Incidental to his outdoor activities such as farming, fern-picking, and horse logging, Darrel Faxon made 17.4 years of detailed observations at Thornton Creek during 1973-1990. He determined bird presence, not bird abundance, and made about 99,800 records, where a record is one bird species found during one day. Depending upon...
Bold, rocky headlands alternating with long curved beaches, sand spits, and bays -- these are the dominant landforms that make up the more than 40 miles of scenic coastline between Roads End and Tillamook Bay. With the exception of Cape Kiwanda, which is composed of sandstone, the headlands are made...
The 26-mile stretch of shore extending from Florence to Yachats is one of the most rugged and scenic parts of the Oregon Coast. Along most of this part of the coast the shore is bounded by basalt bedrock of varied types. Through differential erosion of the basalt, the many landforms,...
On June 15, 2005, a 7.2 earthquake occurred off the coast of Northern California. The earthquake was widely felt. A tsunami warning was issued to the West Coast. This document contains correspondence between a citizen and Lincoln County Commissioners regarding the County's response to the emergency, and offering suggestions for...
Research was conducted in the Oregon Coast Range to address
the concern that conversion of large diameter old-growth forests
to small diameter second-growth forests would lead to reduction
of large woody debris in adjacent stream channels. The objective
of the study was to quantify spatial trends in large woody debris...
Given the broad scientific consensus that global climate is changing, it is no longer a question if sea level will rise, but rather by how much will it rise. The regional estimates for the Eastern Pacific suggest that the Northwest coastlines will experience a greater eustatic sea level rise than...
In order for proper land use planning to occur in coastal Lincoln County, Oregon, coastal erosion rates should be determined. This has been accomplished by identifying the location of the Lincoln County coast in 1939, 1959 -, and 1973 and measuring the amount of change occurring between the years. The...