Mile 210 - Lost Creek Wayside south, Lost Creek - August 24, 2012

Report Details

We had walked from Lost Creek Park to Beaver Creek right after July 4th and found the beach much cleaner on this walk. We picked up two bags of styrofoam and fireworks garbage on our previous walk. This time there was not one piece of trash of any kind. The only manmade structure was a fairly large teepee type strucuture made from long thin pieces of driftwood.

Conditions

Temperature: 62 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 31. Number of dogs: 8. Walking or running: 9. Playing in surf: 4. Playing in sand: 6. Sitting: 12. One older man with young boy on the beach seemed to have a smoldering campfire near Lost Creek State Park

Concerns

Fire

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 10.

Notable Wildlife

7 birds

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 7.

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Shells, Small rocks.

New Development

Bluff development.

Natural Changes

Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Visible retreat of solid bluff, Landslides/major boulder falls. Do not how recent but there is large area just before housing starts on south end of mile where bluff has fallen away and trees have fallen

Actions & Comments

No. This is our first walk of our mile so have no idea how long ago this may have happened.