Mile 297 Report
Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
December 8, 2019
This was a pleasant day with clouds and little wind.
Report Details
This was a pleasant day with clouds and little wind. The beach is very wide and clean. The wood is still covered except high by the dunes. And the grass is growing back on the large area that was bulldozed north of the jetty. Two people and two dogs were observed along with a few gulls and shorebirds but no bird carcasses. Most notable was the large number of relatively fresh jellies at the high water line along the whole mile. A group of deer had come down on the beach at the south end and there was a truck track the whole way. Otherwise there were no disturbances man-made or natural in this area.
Conditions
Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: W.
Human Activities
Number of people: 2. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 2. One truck track all down this mile
Vehicles
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Unusual concentration. Large number of relatively fresh jellies at the high tide line down this whole mile
Man-made Modifications
Dune modification/removal. The grass is growing back on the area bulldozed north of the jetty
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