Mile 182 Report
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
January 17, 2014
In spite of a glorious, warm day there were not many folks on the beach, but then again the tide was on its way in.
Report Details
In spite of a glorious, warm day there were not many folks on the beach, but then again the tide was on its way in. I saw only six people on the beach, two photographers, two fishermen fishing for perch, and two people walking their dogs.There were no dead birds and few live ones, large piles of kelp, here and there, patchy drift line with small wood, small plastic, medium wood, some sea trash. I picked up up about 1/8 of a sack of plastic trash on this beach and another 1/2 the sack full on mile 181.I noted that the high waves we had recently eroded the cliff base for about 80 feet along the cliff line, undermining it by about 18 inches.
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 7.2 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 4. Photography: 2. Fishing: 2. 2 men surf fishing for perch, a couple taking artful photographs, people just entering the beach with their two dogs; all enjoying our wonderful public beaches...
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 1. RVs/Buses parking: 2.
Notable Wildlife
large clumps of kelp due to recent high seas, a few razor clam fragments
Beached Birds
notable for lack of dead birds two months in a row
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Unusual concentration.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Styrofoam, Wood pieces. more off shore fisherman trash (rope, bait containers) this month than last
Natural Changes
Visible retreat of solid bluff. base of bluffs show evidence of wave erosion. I'll take a picture next time.
Nikki T
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