Report Details

Mile 285 is in good shape with no serious developments noticed.

Conditions

Temperature: 68 F. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.

Human Activities

Number of people: 20. Number of dogs: 5. Sitting: 2. Photography: 2. Fishing: 5. Other Activities: 11. Little or none of litter seemed to be of local origin. Litter consisted of various forms of plastic debris coated with numerous forms of attached sea life. Much of the debris appeared to have originated from commercial fishing operations. A cracked blue container showed that it originally contained hydrogen peroxide.

Concerns

Litter

Apparent violations: almost exclusively pelagic litter.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Driftline Content

Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Styrofoam, Wood pieces.

Actions & Comments

There have been numerous inquiries at the planning office. "Everything is entirely legal" is response given to all. The cottage directly to the south of the construction site was required to have a somewhat trapezoidal deck because of encroachment into wetland area between cottage and beach. That concern seems to have vanished. (See picture)We picked up an abundance of ocean-based plastic trash. (See picture) Nevertheless, SOLVE picked up the following day and got a much larger pile of debris. They may have wandered farther from the parking lot than we did. The SOLVE collection was promptly picked up later that day.

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Mile 285

October 15, 2023

Very quiet day at the beach despite the great weather and low tide.

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January 15, 2022

Very calm afternoon despite the "tsunami warning"!

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June 28, 2021

With the exception of the increased number of people on this mile, it was a very calm"day at the beach" group.

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January 7, 2021

The beach was SO quiet.

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September 25, 2020

From memory.

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April 25, 2020

The beach is quiet although the same number of folks are there as there usually are!

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January 3, 2020

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September 19, 2019

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