Mile 167 Report
South end Siuslaw South Jetty Road
April 18, 2010
Picked up 5 large bags of trash as noted under 'concerns'.
Report Details
Picked up 5 large bags of trash as noted under 'concerns'.
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 17. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 8. Playing in sand: 4. Sitting: 2.
Concerns
Litter
Apparent violations: Picked up 5 large bags of trash..Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 12. RVs/Buses parking: 1.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3. 1 large gull, 2 others unidentified birds.
Stranded Marine Mammals
one dead sea lion.
Driftline Content
Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Styrofoam, Wood pieces. Several large pieces of plastic; lots of plastic bottles and bottle caps; fluorescent light rods.
Natural Changes
Several long sections of 8-10-high vertical bluffs at high-tide waterline instead of sloping foredune.
PKoontz
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