Mile 253 Report
Neskowin Beach, SW, Proposal Rock, Neskowin Creek
October 30, 2020
Lost plastic beach toys - I went out for an early moring walk.
Report Details
Lost plastic beach toys - I went out for an early moring walk. It was raining, no one else was on the beach. I found several toys including 2 childrens plastic beach shovels, aparently left from last night or before. I find alot of plastic buckets, plastic shovels/rakes, and other children's toys left on the beach. The buckets get smashed by the waves and broken down into smaller pieces, I often find pieces and broken handles. These plastics continue to break down and create microplastics. This is something I have been observing and not heard others mention it. I decided to start documenting catagories of beach debris, including a catagory for beach toys. I counted the trash I collected this morning, and lost beach toys accounted for 25% of the debris I found on this mile this morning. See attached pie chart and photo.
Conditions
Temperature: 53 F. Cloud Cover: Rain. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: S.
Human Activities
People keep losing items on the beach like beach toys and shoes, sunglasses etc
Actions & Comments
I collected items and trash on the beach, photographed and counted in a spreadsheet, and made a graph.
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LisaL
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