Mile 223 Report
August 22, 2013
by lvfish
Other Mile 223 Reports (28)
2020
September 26, 2020 - adelmanc
Human Activities: Most people were just walking the beach. I only observed one women with her child climbing a bluff. I observed a few people flying kites, playing football, and a few riding bikes....
2019
October 6, 2019 - adelmanc
Photos show damage from erosion and vandalism. Also the dead bird that is possibly a Caspian Tern.
May 18, 2019 - adelmanc
The weather was not conducive to a lot of beach activity on this day. Rain off and on and a little wind. I was disturbed by the amount of plastic debris I found. I cleaned up as much as I could and...
2018
2017
2016
September 26, 2016 - Leo Poole
Initial survey of mile by this adopter. Baseline photos for future observations. Concern: bank erosion below Highway 101, south of Spenser Creek confluence (Beverly Beach State Park).
May 29, 2016 - Anonymous
There were several people on the beach, it being Memorial Day weekend. Several were flying kites. The Beverly Beach Campground was full. Several driftwood huts have appeared during the past few weeks...
April 22, 2016 - Volunteer Trainer
After giving the Earth Day talk at Beverly Beach State Park, we ventured onto the beach for the wrack walk. A small amount of debris. Thank you to those who joined me on the surprisingly( it was...
2015
December 15, 2015 - lvfish
The group picked up about 200 lbs of debris from the beach. The King tides had brought in quite a bit from the ocean. There were not many RVs at the campground.
November 1, 2015 - Anonymous
A beautiful day at the beach. Moderate wind from the southwest at 17 mph. Accessed the Beach at Beverly Beach State Park. Spencer Creek has been diverted by a huge sandbar and is flowing to the south...
February 18, 2015 - lvfish
There was very little debris on the beach, and very light human activity.
2014
December 2, 2014 - lvfish
There were 5 members of the Fisherman's club on the beach cleanup and their observations were that the beach was pretty clean except for some plastic and rope.
September 26, 2014 - lvfish
There was very little garbage on the beach. There were 4 people in our group and only picked up about 30 lbs of garbage on our mile.There were 25 people and 5 dogs. Beverly Beach State Park RV Park...
June 16, 2014 - lvfish
Light visitation to the mile. Very decomposed sea lion observed.
January 17, 2014 - lvfish
The beach was fairly clean for this time of the year, but rope, floats and plastic bottles were observed.Nine members of the Longview Hills Fishing club enjoyed the walk on the beach. It was a...
2013
June 13, 2013 - lvfish
There was very little trash on the beach. This was the cleanest that our club has found the beach.There were 6 club members in attendance.
2012
July 23, 2012 - lvfish
There was very little debris on the beach. We found mostly styrofoam and rope.There were lots of people on the beach and the campground was full.We found about 45 dead birds. 30 were baby murres (...
May 9, 2012 - lvfish
There was very little litter on the beach. Some styrofoam, rope, some plastic bottles and cans. Beach was fairly clean and no dead animals were found. There were 5 volunteers from the club that...
February 21, 2012 - lvfish
The beach was pretty clean. No wildlife spotted, alive or dead.
2010
October 1, 2010 - lvfish
(No summary provided)
June 24, 2010 - lvfish
This walk was a joint effort by our group of Longview Fishing Club members, 17 of us. Our club received many thanks from the tourists on the beach for keeping it clean.
March 10, 2010 - lvfish
We (the ten of us Longview Fishing Club members) explained the Coast Watch program to four people. We also picked up about 100 pounds of garbage.
2009
December 23, 2009 - lvfish
Several people stopped us and thanked us for our help in keeping the beach clean.
June 25, 2009 - lvfish
The campground was full of campers. A very low tide. We hauled out about 150 lbs of trash, and 200 lbs of rope.
2008
July 24, 2008 - shan&louie
I was pleased to see only a small amount of litter or ocean debris. I did not find any dead sea birds. Normal amounts of dead crab and other marine animals.
April 15, 2008 - shan&louie
The beach was fairly quiet and clean and the amount of human presence i.e. trash from ocean and beachcombers was less than on other walks. The work on the new Spencer Creek Bridge continues and...