Mile 182 Report
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
May 22, 2020
People with several dogs walking and rock hounding around China creek and Big creek.
Report Details
People with several dogs walking and rock hounding around China creek and Big creek.Lots of dead baby crabs in the wrack line. Much less or hardly any trash or plastic seen today. Continued erosion of sand dunes an d cliff walls on Muriel Ponsler.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 0.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 11. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 7. People social distancing from each other.People looking for rocks in China creek and Big creek
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 6. RVs/Buses parking: 1.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). Baby crabs, sand fleas, 1 big log on Muriel Ponsler, medium gravel
Natural Changes
Visible retreat of solid bluff.
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