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Only in Oregon: Unique Places and Strange Sights December 15, 2020 After spending the last year mostly at home, it could soon be the right time to look around outside of home a bit more.   From the Ghost Forest of Neskowin to the Oregon Vortex, our beautiful state is filled with unexpected and unique experiences that you can’t find anywhere else in the world. One trip simply isn’t enough time to explore every corner and interesting thing, which is why living here is often deemed preferable. As residents, we have year-round access to all of the marvels Oregon has to offer. According to a...

Water, but so much salt water has pushed north and risen up from the gulf of mexico that these trees are simply withering away. leaves and limbs have fallen off. eventually these trees will simply crumble into the march. spots like this around here are often called a ghost forest. after all this, you would think charlie hammons and others would be on the climate change bandwagon. >> people believe that climate change and sea level rising is contributing to what you're seeing. you don't buy that. >> i don't buy that. >> reporter: hamomons and many others minimize climate change say other factor...

Leaves and limbs have fallen off. eventually they'll injure crumble into the marsh. spots like this around here are often called a ghost forest. after all this, you would thick charlie hammond and others would be on the climate change bandwagon. there's a lot of people who believe that sea level rising is contributing to what you're sigh, but you don't buy that? >> i don't buy that. >> reporter: they minimize the impact of climate change and say other factors are in play, like the impact from the mississippi river, and marsh ladd is fally sinking called subsidens. but for environmental activis...

Withering away. leaves and limbs have fallen off. eventually, these trees will simply crumble into the marsh. spots like this around here are often called a ghost forest. after all this, you'd think charlie hammonds and others will be on the climate change band wagon. >> there are a lot of people who believe that climate change and sea level risie ining contributo what you're seeing, but you don't buy that. >> well, i don't buy that. >> reporter: hammonds and many others minimize the impact of climate change and say other factors are in play, like the impact from the mississippi river. they sa...

So much salt water has risen up from the gulf of mexico, that these trees are simply crumbling into the mair sh. spots like this around here are often called a ghost forest. after all this, you'd think charlie hammonds and others would be on the climate change bandwagon. >> there's a lot of people that believe sea rising is contributing to what you're seeing. >> yeah. >> reporter: you don't buy that? >> i don't buy that. >> reporter: hammond and others say other impacts are in play. they say marshland is naturally sinking, something called subsied subsideance. >> it's depressing. >> reporter: ...