Mile 297 Report
Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP
June 6, 2023
It was a blustery sunny day with 3 horse back riders and one walker on the beach.
Report Details
It was a blustery sunny day with 3 horse back riders and one walker on the beach. The restrictions for encouraging snowy plovers are now high enough to allow a long beach area to walk. The sand is high so little wood showing, and a very gradual slope to the water. Only two cars were in the parking area. There was no human debris and little wrack. No bird carcasses were found, and there were and only a few gulls and crows were braving the wind.
Conditions
Temperature: 64 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Strong. Wind Direction: NW.
Human Activities
Number of people: 4. Walking or running: 1. Other Activities: 3 riding horses.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 2.
Driftline Content
little wrack
Man-made Modifications
The grasses planted in the modifications to encourage plover nesting seem to be doing fine
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