Mile 301 Report
Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP
September 18, 2025
Three Coast Watch reporters removed 11 bags (one carload) of marine debris from the mile.
Report Details
Three Coast Watch reporters removed 11 bags (one carload) of marine debris from the mile. We were unable to remove significant number of professional crab pots. It was an outstanding, gorgeous day on a difficult to access cobble beach.
Conditions
Temperature: 61 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Tide Level: 6.1 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 3. Other Activities: Beach clean up by 3 Coast Watchers.
Concerns
Litter
Apparent violations: We stopped counting at 44 professional derelict crab pots, some of which we moved above the high tide line. We considered strategies for removal and/or removing not metal components..Notable Wildlife
Raft of surf scoters, cormorants, and gulls. Harbor seal.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 2. common murre
Driftline Content
25 cm + moon jelly in wrack line
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls. Lower Nehalem Community Trust posted a Do Not Enter sign at a landside area that may have been used to access west end of mile.
Report Images
Michelle S
CoastWatcher
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Mile 301
Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP
Three Coast Watch reporters removed 11 bags (one carload) of marine debris from the mile.
Michelle S
Mile 301
Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP
Mile 301 is mostly rocks at the very beginning of the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve. We walk out onto these rocks to pick up all the marine debris and trash that wash up on them, as they're a "sticky" area of the coastline. - large plastic bin that was re-fashioned into a garbage bin of some sort, which we then used to haul out even more garbage - about 20 pounds of styrofoam, some whole floats and many parts of floats, coolers, etc. - a "homemade" float fashioned with a stick of bamboo and an old piece of styrofoam - the same marine oil metal bin that's been on the rocks since June 2024 - countless plastic water bottles, crab traps, plastic bags & other trash
Michelle Schwegmann
Mile 301
Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP
North Coast Land Conservancy's marine program led a registered BioBlitz outing at Cape Falcon Marine Reserve on Thursday August 22nd from 8-10 am.
Angela Whitlock
Mile 301
Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP
Reporting this dispatch because today the Beach Ranger Brian Dodge was able to retrieve the veal crate that I first reported on February 6, 2024! There was a deceased harbor porpoise / dolphin near the tide line and Brian Dodge was able to retrieve that, too. This is also an area where large amounts of debris wash up and "sticks" on the rocks.
Michelle Schwegmann
Mile 301
Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP
The goal of this survey was to conduct our first NOAA Marine Debris survey after our CoastWatch training last month.
sultanym
Mile 301
Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP
The tide was quite low so I walked up on the rocks at the northern most end of Neahkahnie Beach. This area is always full of large marine debris from fishing boats and whatever washes in.
Michelle Schwegmann
Mile 301
Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP
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Michelle Schwegmann
Mile 301
Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP
It was a gorgeous day at Mile 301 on January 24, 2022.
kbrookscopony