Mile 298 - Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2 - June 11, 2008 | Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition

Report Details

Heavy (73) human use. First time we didn't see any beached birds. ~20 NKN Middle School students participated in the monitoring/clean up - only 1 SOLV-size bag of debris (mostly plastic bottles) collected, some with oriental writing. Most students participated in the nature hike + estuary science activities following the monitoring.

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate.

Human Activities

Number of people: 73. Other Activities: 3 horseriding, 66 nature hike + science stations. 2 tourists, 3 horseriding, 62 students, 5 teachers, 1 grandparent

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 4. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Beached Birds

First time we didn't see any beached birds

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass. 1 gill net float + pole

Actions & Comments

Students were interested seeing a cattail stalk that was found along the driftline. We were wondering where it came from.~20 NKN Middle School students participated in the monitoring/clean up - only 1 SOLV-size bag of debris (mostly plastic bottles) collected, some with oriental writing. Most students participated in the nature hike + estuary science activities following the monitoring.

nkn pete

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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.