Mile 108 Report
September 2, 2006
by K Fassett
Other Mile 108 Reports (10)
2016
April 1, 2016 - Anonymous
There wasn't an excessive amount of trash and only found a few glass bottles that appeared to have foreign markings (Japanese?). We were surprised to find two incandescent bulbs and one regular bulb...
2013
March 23, 2013 - K Fassett
We expected to find a lot of debris, tsunami and otherwise, because it had been quite some time since we made the trip to the beach, but to our surprise and amazement there was very little trash of...
2012
April 15, 2012 - K Fassett
We were expecting alot more trash because it had been some time between cleanup(s) but it was just the usual ... plastic bottles, rope, styrofoam, etc. Unusual amount of driftwood washed sshore. 15...
2011
April 8, 2011 - K Fassett
As previously reported, there was an unusual amount of trash and debris, esp. rope - mostly intact, and we assumed it could possibly be washed up from the Crescent City/Brookings area which were...
2010
September 25, 2010 - K Fassett
The amount of garbage seemed less than usual. A lot of very small pieces of plastic, etc., the usual plethora of bottle caps and pieces of rope. Arrived at low tide and observed a large number of...
April 10, 2010 - Michelle
10 people on the beach and four dogs. Beach is still filled with tiny pieces of plastic and other debris like plastic bottles, glass bottles, tires, hard hats, bottoms of shoes, oil containers, etc.
February 27, 2010 - Michelle
12 people walking, 1 dog not on leash,few wildlife, only a few Snowy Plovers,piles of trash: plastic, rope, pillow, part of a dock covered in trash. Picked up some of the trash but there was way too...
2008
September 20, 2008 - K Fassett
Nothing too unusual except an unusual number of bottle caps, and short pieces of rope. Noticed a bit of 'sheen' on the streams coming off the bluffs -perhaps from the golf course but nothing too...
2007
September 15, 2007 - K Fassett
Very large sand dunes which made it difficult to traverse and pick up trash. Might be alot of debris under the sand dunes. The mile north of 108 (109?) has changed considerably. Large rocks seem...
September 3, 2007 - D Bilderback
The main reason to file this report is to document the dead Steller's Sea Lion pup and the dead juvenile male Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis) on this mile. The Steller's Sea Lion pup carcass was being...