Mile 254 Report
March 31, 2021
Calm, beautiful day on the beach; people walking dogs or just strolling.
Report Details
Calm, beautiful day on the beach; people walking dogs or just strolling. Debris consisted of shells and small rocks, plastic and styrofoam pieces, small amount of driftwood and an intact light bulb, and pieces of fishing boat netting. Most notable was the erosion causing root exposure and dying shore pine trees. Several dead shore pine trees along beach.
Conditions
Temperature: 57 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Number of people: 13. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 13.
Vehicles
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Shells, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). Capped drink bottles
Natural Changes
Newly exposed roots/trees falling.
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The north 1/2 mile of 254 was recently eroded to the point that I did not recognize it.
Heidi Heidenreich
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One cannot help but notice the 120+ large clumps on entangled kelp all along mile 254.
heidenreichh
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The north half mile of 254 (after the end of the rip rap )has experienced serious erosion.
heidenreichh
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There is a marked difference between the 1/4 mile of rip rapped beach with its gentle slope and 2' shelf of sand blown against the rocks AND the north 3/4 mile where the dunes are receeding and are eroding in height.
heidenreichh
Mile 254
It has been two months since my last observation and, of course, there have been many storms, a great deal of rain and high winds in that time.
heidenreichh
Mile 254
One dead sea lion which I understand is all too common at this time on the Oregon Coast.
heidenreichh