Saturday, April 12, 2008

Oregon Coast Ghost Forest In Peril


Oregon Coast Ghost Forest In Peril By Erosion That Exposed It: "(Oregon Coast) - This winter's wild weather and big waves scoured more sand than usual from the beaches of the Oregon coast, exposing a host of ‘ghost forests,’ the famed cannons of probable historical significance and other geologic oddities. Those ghost forests – stumps from ancient tree stands – showed up all over once the stormy waves subsided enough to let beachcombers find them. Cape Lookout, southern Lincoln County, Newport, Arch Cape and even rarely seen stumps just north of Pacific City popped up all over."