Mile 294 Report
December 13, 2016
by Paulissen
Other Mile 294 Reports (13)
2019
June 11, 2019 - Paulissen
Very calm day with more activity than usual due to the presence of a middle school class doing PE on the beach. No concerning observations made.
2018
December 6, 2018 - Paulissen
The beach had very little activity, however it is important to consider the very high tide that may explain the lack of foot traffic. We are a class that is limited to the school bell schedule, and...
2017
2016
September 13, 2016 - Paulissen
No new changes to the beach, evidence of high usage as shown by high amount of dog waste bags that were not thrown out and driftwood shelters.
June 9, 2016 - Paulissen
Saw a few people, a few wildlife animals along with some debris. Saw dead birds, dead crabs, and dead vellela vellela. Weather was overcast with little wind.
February 9, 2016 - Paulissen
There were no dead birds, and a tremendous amount of phytoplankton along the driftline which are the only really different observations we had compared to previous surveys. The increase in human...
2015
September 29, 2015 - Paulissen
Aside from the large sand pit (approx. 2ft in diameter) that was dug up, the beach looked fairly undisturbed.Humans were mostly just walking their dog(s).
2011
April 22, 2011 - skyhar8000
We have begun to see an unusual number of medium-sized dead sand dollars in this area. I say "unusual" because we often see none -- or, at best, a few broken pieces of shell. Some years ago, during...
2009
October 28, 2009 - Nedonnaman
good news -- no dead birdsthis part of beach gets pretty heavy use during summer but shows no negative effects