Short Beach (Oregon)
The seasonal Short Beach
Other attractions are the mussels, which can be gathered from offshore rocks at low tides, surf fishing, and beach fires. An occasional surfer may be seen, as well as paragliders who, now that there is safe access, sometimes land on the beach.
Offshore, and partly onshore, are a number of rocks belonging to the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge. In recent years, both these and the higher land around Short Beach have suffered significant erosion — collapse of rock faces and shoreward erosion along the bluff of over five feet in the last decade.
The sand level has been dropping steadily ever since the first dams went up on the Columbia River and other area rivers, and continues to drop, leading to a local joke that "Short Beach" means it is getting very short on beach.
See also
References
- ^ "Short Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2011-06-12.