Mile 1 Report
Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
May 27, 2007
Access to the beach south of Winchuck R.
Report Details
Access to the beach south of Winchuck R. is strewn with homeless type trash. There is a semi-abandoned looking RV parked along the access trail, brought in from the south end roads. Might not be abandoned? The beach was clean; neither natural nor trash debris to speak of. I only walked south of the Winchuck R.
Conditions
Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Strong. Wind Direction: N.
Human Activities
Number of people: 16. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 1. Playing in sand: 14. Fishing: 1. 10 people accessed the beach from the houses directly east of the beach. 6 people from the north end trail at the river.
Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
Flock of @20 scoters(?) in surf
Driftline Content
Shells, Small rocks. pretty clean
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Clean beach.
Melissa McDowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
45 People were enjoying the beach near the Visitor Center in the usual ways; walking, walking dogs (8), playing in the surf and shallows, beachcombing, sitting.
mmcdowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Human activity: 23 people, 6 dogs.
mmcdowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
High tide reaching close to vegetation (composed of European beach grass) above the waveslope.
mmcdowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Most important observation was the dumped contruction material - mostly wood - at the end of a rough trail down the west side of dune.
jessejones
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Beach looks super clean; no litter except for one dog poo bag.
mmcdowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Crissey Field Visitor Center and Winchuck River access on north side of river are both opened today.
mmcdowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
There were a few large tires on the beach.
iornman777