April 29, 2018 - NHS Leadership
Everything was normal on the beach. There was not erosion or anything that was bad. One group of people was smoking but there was no sign of litter.read more
April 8, 2018 - NHS Leadership
Nothing out of place. No noticible physical changes were observed. There were just a few people were walking and only one dog at the time.read more
November 9, 2017 - Ranger Bug
While eating lunch at Georgie's Beachside Grill above Nye Beach, I noticed an excavator driving on the beach by the Vietnam Memorial Walk. On further investigation, I found a strip of the cliff beneath the Elizabeth Street Inn (232 SW Elizabeth St. in Newport) bare of vegetation with another excavator...read more
September 18, 2017 - Volunteer Trainer
Tagged pinneped- X 536. Photo sent by Karen Driscollread more
March 31, 2016 - NHS Leadership
There were 6 people total and people were walking their dogs as well. Some people were on their morning run. It was a foggy morning and cool outside. It was not sunny and wasn't raining. There was no trash on the beach, just small rocks, kelp, and shells. The walk...read more
February 1, 2016 - Anonymous
The beach was relatively clean. The driftline consisted primarily of wood pieces, plastic pellets, styrofoam, animal shells and casings. Most notably, we did observe a dead gull and headless,sea lion on the beach.read more
March 17, 2015 - NHS Leadership
As we were walking the mile there were 18 people walking their dogs. There were 9 cars parked in the parking lot. There were many birds that were alive and flying around. We only discovered one dead seagull.
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January 22, 2015 - NHS Leadership
Beach was being used by many a.m. walkers. Things looked ordinary and will serve as a benchmark for subsequent observations.Attached is a photo the dead marine mammal at the north end of Mile 216.
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January 18, 2015 - Ranger Bug
Quite a few (58) people on the beach, despite the overcast, windy weather. Fifteen people were walking 8 dogs, 5 off-leash, 3 on.One decomposing California sea lion carcass on the sand at the Nye Beach turnaround. Don't know how long it has been there.Saw 2 dead Cassin's auklets. There were...
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May 10, 2014 - Ranger Bug
The sunny, warm weather has brought numerous people out to the beach. Their major activities were walking, playing in the sand, playing in the surf, and tidepooling. No major infractions: a couple teenagers climbing the cliff rather than taking a nearby trail; one campfire on the beach, which didn't appear...
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January 1, 2014 - daveincamas
Went for an evening walk and as we approached the Nye Beach turnaround from the south, we could hear something dropping onto the beach from the turnaround. As we got closer we saw that a pickup had backed up onto the sidewalk at the south end of the turnaround and...
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January 1, 2014 - Ranger Bug
Temperate New Year's Day around sunset. Lots of people on the beach. Visibility low due to darkness. 9 people walking dogs: 3 dogs off-leash, 3 dogs on. One regulatory sign at the Nye Beach turnaround may have been vandalized (see accompanying photo).
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September 19, 2013 - Ranger Bug
Nice weather: clear sky with a mild SW breeze. Despite being a weeknight after Labor Day, there were quite a few (74) people on the beach. Only 3 dogs, all on leash. Lots of crab molts on the swash line, mostly 3" wide or less. Also uprooted surfgrass, feather boa...
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July 7, 2013 - Ranger Bug
Lots of people and dogs on the beach. One loose dog was chasing swallows, but the swallows didn't seem to be affected by it. No significant changes on beach; small sand moguls at the base of the cliff seem to be becoming vegetation-stabilized by natural rather than human propagation.
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January 2, 2013 - Ranger Bug
Sunny day, but few beach-goers because it was a weekday. As usual, there were people walking dogs off leash, and one dog defecated and its owners didn't clean up after it. Relatively little debris, most notable several metal bands that might have been barrel hoops. Numerous gulls, but not much...
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September 20, 2012 - Ranger Bug
Overcast with a hint of light drizzle. A day of many pelicans. Few people on beach. Not much debris, but lots of eelgrass plus a little seaweed (rockweed, bull kelp, and a couple sea palms) washed up by last two tides.
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June 6, 2012 - Ranger Bug
A quiet day on Nye Beach (it _is_ a weekday morning). Only one dog, and it was on leash. It's nice to see the new "do not harass the birds" signs at major beach access points. Relatively little trash on the beach, and only one dead bird. A lined shore...
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March 17, 2012 - Ranger Bug
Relatively high tide, but still quite a few people on the beach. Not much debris, not many dead animals. Lots of loose dogs.
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November 20, 2011 - Ranger Bug
Sunny day before a series of storms arrives. Lots of people (102) on beach. Major activities were walking (39 people) and dog-walking (37 people w/ 22 dogs). Not much washed up on beach, natural or artificial. 1 dead common loon, and 1 weak but alive western x glaucous-winged gull. Many...
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September 18, 2011 - Ranger Bug
Cloudy Sunday. Moderate number of people. Almost no trash, doubtless because the fall beach cleanup was yesterday.
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May 7, 2011 - Ranger Bug
Quiet Saturday, weather cloudy, not much debris on beach, not much wildlife, either. An area of mass slumping beneath a house on the cliff south of Nye Beach turnaround has been filled. A harbor porpoise stranded near the southern edge of mile 216 on 25 April 2011. Attempts to refloat...
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March 23, 2011 - Ranger Bug
Despite the wind and partial cloud cover, there were quite a few people walking the beach today. The only significant change in the mile is that the Newport Visual Arts Center, at the Nye Beach turnaround, has been painted a garish yellow, which might be considered a degradation of the...
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December 25, 2010 - Ranger Bug
No significant changes from last walk. Few people on the beach, no doubt due to the weather and it being Christmas morning. Lots of bull kelp and wood pieces along the high drift line near the base of the cliff, but almost nothing lower on the beach but a few...
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Not much activity. Wildlife activity: about 12 seagulls, juvenille(grey), and 3 mures between nye and agate beaches. In nye beach, 3 large 20inch, sunfish
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i also want to report for the past months on the newport beach....in july and august there were at first dozens of dead juvenille mures, and then, altogether 30 dead cormorants. now there are, daily, from nye beach to agate beach, 8 dead mures, not emaciated and hardly picked over...
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September 21, 2010 - Ranger Bug
Another humdrum (haven't seen much of interest washed up this summer) day on Nye Beach, except for the eight variegated meadowhawk dragonflies I counted on the dry sand by the Nye Beach turnaround on my way to the starting point of my walk just south of Jumpoff Joe. Because the...
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lots of dead baby mures? in Nye Beach. A couple streams north of joj are really funky. and also, below best western. probably at least 100 people in the water this weekend here.
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May 30, 2010 - Ranger Bug
An uneventful survey. Few birds (a few gulls and a whimbrel). 94 people, and 6 dogs off leash. Someone left a fire burning in driftwood, but it was remote from any flammables it might have spread to.
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March 7, 2010 - Ranger Bug
Overcast Sunday with moderate west wind. Ca. 80 people on beach during my 45 minute monitoring walk. There appears to have been significant mass slumping of the cliff below a house just south of the Nye Beach turnaround since my last report in December 2009. [Correction: someone who lives in...
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December 18, 2009 - Ranger Bug
Tide fairly high; overcast but no rain and little wind on the beach. Relatively few people. Little marine/terrestrial debris. Few dead organisms washed up. A father and son had constructed a large sand castle; you don't see much of that on Nye Beach even in the summer. Sewage contamination alert...
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August 27, 2009 - Ranger Bug
Mass stranding of jellyfish, Aequorea sp. (possibly A. forskalea) on Nye Beach. Many appeared as little more than smears on the sand, but some were in good condition (aside from probably being dead). In places, they formed dense concentrations. See associated photos.Thanks to David Wrobel, author (with Claudia Mills) of...
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August 11, 2009 - Ranger Bug
The F/V Little Linda is stranded on Nye Beach in Newport, just north of the turnaround. According to conversations I overheard on location, the stranding was first reported around 6 am. I became aware of it around 10:30 when I went down to the beach at Yaquina Bay State Park...
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August 8, 2009 - Ranger Bug
A typical summer day on Nye Beach, with heavy visitation, but relatively little trash on the beach, marine or terrestrial in origin. The rustic cottages at the Viking's Motel are being replaced by condominiums. I twice stayed in these cottages as tourist in the early 1980s, before moving to Newport...
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August 7, 2009 - Diane H
50? people enjoying a cool day on the beach and many playing in the sand. Dead birds and lots of seaweed and kelp in area in the Hallmark Hotel and Elizabeth Inn.
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May 30, 2009 - Ranger Bug
A moderately foggy day with a modest number of beachgoers. Most interesting sightings were a gull eating a shriveled up gumboot chiton and a test apparatus being used by a Marylhurst College student to help design a "beach proof" bench.
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May 15, 2009 - Diane H
A very sunny hour turn very foggy quickly; lots of people and dogs out walking on the beach, and people (adults and kids) tidepooling; not much sealife either birds, fish, or washed up on shore
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March 19, 2009 - Ranger Bug
A cool, overcast Thursday morning. Few visitors; nothing exceptional. No unusual drift-line contents, but an interesting assortment of seaweeds.
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I want to call atention to effluent,11,000,000 gallons daily, from the mill 1/3 mile off nye beach. now is the opportunity to refuse this heavy pollution(1 ton of lead a year to start with). City hall does not have to sign the contract on the table. there is a task...
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December 30, 2008 - Diane H
Beach clear of driftwood and any tide residue; large kelp wad; bluffs appear sharper
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December 6, 2008 - Ranger Bug
An uneventful day on Nye Beach. No dogs off leash was the biggest surprise.
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September 1, 2008 - Ranger Bug
An unexceptional day on Nye Beach, except for the large number of people due to the holiday (Labor Day) and pleasant weather.
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May 31, 2008 - Ranger Bug
Aside from a 10-day pollution alert in late April following heavy rains, and a longnose lancetfish stranding on 14 May, this has been an uneventful quarter. Most striking has been the absence of mass strandings of jellyfish and by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella) this winter and spring. Additionally, I have only...
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December 17, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Considering the recent heavy weather, there is surprisingly little washed up on the beach: a few lengths of nylon rope or netting, a few picnic items (e.g., paper cups), four dead birds, and some seaweed. The most interesting discovery was a large (ca. 35" long) fish that I believe was...
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September 8, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Business pretty much as usual along this stretch of Nye Beach, though people seem to be doing more sitting, sunning and swimming this year, perhaps due to the frequent failure of the customary strong north winds of summer.Sewage contamination continues to be a problem, particularly considering that this is summer,...
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June 22, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Weather was nice, wind was calm, and there were quite a few people walking or playing on the beach. Little marine debris washed up. There were numerous gulls on the beach near the tide line when I first went down. It didn't take long for a couple with a dog...
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June 13, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Numerous sea palms washed up along current tide line, as well as swash line from a previous high tide. At least 5 turkey vultures patrolling/feeding along the mile. Relatively little trash. Dried up sea foam mixed with sand or mud forms strange, reticulate patterns on the beach.
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May 6, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Mass stranding of by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella). This event may be continuous with the 5/4/2007 stranding. The corpses appear fresh and recently stranded. They aren't just the remains of earlier wash-ups.
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May 4, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Mass stranding of by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella)
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April 28, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Mass stranding of by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella).
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April 15, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Mass stranding of by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella).
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April 9, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Mass stranding of ladybugs.
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March 11, 2007 - Ranger Bug
Stranded California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). It appears that someone has tried (but failed) to hack or saw off the head.
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November 12, 2006 - Ranger Bug
Many stranded sea gooseberries (Pleurobrachia bachei), a kind of ctenophore, or comb jelly. One dead immature male California sea lion near Don Davis Park.
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November 11, 2006 - Ranger Bug
Mass stranding of jellyfish, primarily sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens).
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October 29, 2006 - Ranger Bug
Several stranded jellies and ctenophores, plus a 24" section of the tail end of a robust club-hook squid.
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June 21, 2006 - Ranger Bug
Large numbers of dead mole crabs (not molts) washed up on beach. About 1/3 appeared to be gravid females bearing masses of bright orange eggs.
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April 18, 2006 - Ranger Bug
(Velella velella) in broad gray swash rows. The jellies (actually hydrozoans, related to jellyfish) are mostly 5-10 mm (.2-.4 inches) across. The largest specimens I encountered were 20 mm (3/4 inch) across. There must have been millions of them. I detected them by smell as I approached the beach, long...
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