Mile 212 - Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek - June 21, 2011

Report Details

We celebrated the last few hours of spring with a walk on a foggy, breezy but beautiful beach. Plants in bloom brightened the sand, including wild rose, sea rocket, monkeyflower, sedge, clover, yarrow, wild strawberries, silverweed and lavender sea daisies. Some large pieces of driftwood had stranded north and south of Grant Creek, including three silvered trees with roots. Live birds included a pair of eagles, a few gulls, several swallows and a pair of mourning doves, but no dead birds or mammals were found. The beach was clean, with little plastic trash, and few invertebrates, just pebbles and driftwood, and a couple of rotting bull kelp. A stinky place in the sand may have been where a carcass had been removed - there were tire tracks and footprints there, but no dead animal present. Hoofprints in the sand indicated someone had been riding a horse. Significant bluff erosion including cracks and large sand and rock slumps possibly reflected all the rain this spring. Someone had created some interesting art on the beach near Moore Creek - a driftwood shelter south of the creek and a spiral of colorful stones north of the creek.

Conditions

Temperature: 62 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 1.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Walking or running: 2. Two people walking singly, beachcombing

Concerns

Apparent violations: Tire tracks.

Notable Wildlife

A few gulls, a crow, 2 bald eagles, several barn swallows, 2 mourning doves, a song sparrow, and a wrentit (heard), all alive and active

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Shells, Small rocks, Wood pieces. beach mostly clean, few pieces of plastic

Natural Changes

Major cracks appearing in bluffs, Visible retreat of solid bluff, Landslides/major boulder falls.

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Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek

December 20, 2023

A new house is being built just south of Grant Creek near an unstable portion of the bluff (picture attached). A new railing installed along a section of riprap (picture attached). A large rock field is exposed along this section (picture attached). Several small slide/slough areas apparent associated with the rains earlier in the month.

Phil Barbour