Mile 298 - Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2 - February 11, 2012

Report Details

There were 17 members of the NKN Nat'l Resource/Envir. Club to help with the beach cleanup and coastal monitoring. We collected 3.5 SOLV bags of debris (mostly all plastic and styrofoam) & one 30' plastic fishing rope. No evidence of tsunami debris. Monitored bird mortality, and checked beach for other natural & man made changes. Not much in the driftline. We cut Scotch Broom in Nehalem Bay State Park during the rest of our field trip.

Conditions

Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 0.9 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 3. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 3.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 4. 1 puffin, 1 ancient murrelet, 1 Rhinoceros Auklet, 1 Crested Cormorant

Driftline Content

Shells.

Natural Changes

Visible retreat of solid bluff. beach face steep due to high surf recently

Actions & Comments

No-natural activity

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Mile 298

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2

March 31, 2023

It was very windy and rainy with just one person observed walking in the distance towards the southern end of the mile.

ReichM

Mile 298

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2

July 12, 2022

Very little human-made debris on beach.

LeboC

Mile 298

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2

February 4, 2022

The beach was empty.

LeboC

Mile 298

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2

July 21, 2019

From the entrance to the beach from the state park, walking north, I saw about 40 people, eight dogs, three horses, lots of washed up upside-down crabs, and several small beached jellyfish.

Sue R.