Mile 306 - Cove Beach south, Tillamook-Clatsop county line - January 3, 2016

Report Details

A beautiful way to start 2016: having a two-mile long all to ourselves on a mild winter day. Sand and rocks scoured clean from recent storms. Driftline high up on rocks filled with logs and bull kelp, and some plastic. Surprisingly few birds. One jarring note: a small dump of old railroad ties and fencing by an owner - why did they think that was OK? 9 offshore commercial crab boats for beginning of the season. Looks like they are outside of new Cape Falcon Marine Reserve boundaries but difficult to tell.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 1.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Walking or running: 2. Dumped old creosote railroad ties and fencing just north of the Tide Ave public access.

Concerns

Litter

Apparent violations: dumped railroad ties & fencing.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass. many logs, bull kelp

New Development

Bluff development. new house on bluff; removed native vegetation to put in lawn up to the edge

Natural Changes

Newly exposed roots/trees falling. small slides throughout area

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Cove Beach south, Tillamook-Clatsop county line

January 19, 2024

We walked the mile on a clear, chilly afternoon. We picked up trash--one full bag. We found a little eel, the same color as brown rockweed! We saw sea foam blowing on the sand. We found a small skull bone. We found a scientific measuring device planted in the cobble with a float saying that it was the property of OSU.

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