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MILE 224 on 4/1/12   -   MALACHITE LOCATION Lincoln  •  Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek CONDITIONS Sunday 4:30 PM  •  Cloudy  •  45° F  •  Wind: Moderate from the SW  •  Tide: 1.1 ft HUMANS People: 15  •  Dogs: 4 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 8  •  Playing in surf: 0  •  Tidepooling: 2  •  sitting on/playing on driftwood log CONCERNS Apparent violations: dog chasing shore birds DISTURBANCES Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 7  •  ATVs/OHVs parking: 0  •  RVs/Buses parking: 0 ACTIV.COMMENTS All but one dog under control. NOTABLE WILDLIFE Saw one plover, that's unusual for this beach. Usually I see only gulls & crows. DEAD BIRDS Total: 0 STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Wood pieces plastic bits. Occasional bit of sea weed. NEW DEVELOPMENT none MODIFICATIONS none NATURAL CHANGES Landslides/major boulder falls what seemed to be slight acceleration of usual erosion COMMENTS No action to be taken. SUMMARY Actual time on beach was from 3:55pm to close to 5pm and I don't know the exact tide height, low tide for the Marine Science Center dock was listed as 0.9 at 2:55pm. Looked like there was some storm surge, lots of surf & the tide was definitely coming in. # of people on beach changed, there were perhaps 3 people at the south end of my mile by the time I ascended the stairs at the north end of the mile. Everyone else had left. Beach was even cleaner than usual today, no doubt because of the work of all the SOLV volunteers yesterday. I saw 5-7 full SOLV bags piled around the trash cans at the state park restrooms. Thanks SOLV volunteers! Much greater volume of water in all creeks/culverts then usual, due to the heavy rainfall in the past few days. I took a few photos (attached)of (1) what looked like a recent slide/erosion of the part of the headland at the north end of the mile. (2) driftline, (3) colorful beach sediment/particles; (4) two different/separate erosion sites on the same section of bluff. It was sunny for part of my walk, rained for only 10-15 minutes. A very welcome break from the rain, snow and strong winds of the past few weeks. OBSERVER malachite EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 4/3/12 10:37 PM PHOTOS 1 headland erosion Description: Erosion/rock fall of part of headland structure/cliff, north end of mile. Location: north end of mile, south west side of headland. Date: 04/01/2012 Copyright: (c) 2012 Susan Hogg 2 driftline Description: photo of items in driftline. Location: southern 1/2 of mile. Date: 04/01/2012 Copyright: (c) 2012 Susan Hogg 3 minerals in the beach sands Description: Photo showing how water flowing from creek to ocean winnows out the heavier particles of minerals (garnet, magnetite, amphiboles & pyroxenes) from the lighter more silicaeous sand sized particles. Location: about midway of mile. Date: 04/01/2012 Copyright: (c) 2012 Susan Hogg 4 2 separate erosion sites Description: towards the left is one erosional site at the top of the bluff, note light colored cobble sized rocks making their way down the face of the bluff. Further to the right, there's a scar indicating where a mass of much small sized sediment has eroded away or caved off. Location: southern 1/3 of mile. Date: 04/01/2012 Copyright: (c) 2012 Susan Hogg PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US