Mile 198 - Beachside State Park to Reynolds Creek - February 4, 2007

Report Details

Large, copious kelp beds we observed earlier this winter ae now very dehydrated beds of rope. Some fishing rope is entwined in them. On the beach at Beachside State Park, at surf side, we saw Western Sandpipers for as far as we could look to the north -- perhaps a thousand of them.

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.

Human Activities

Number of people: 8. Walking or running: 5. Playing in sand: 2.

Concerns

Litter

Notable Wildlife

1 Black Turnstone

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

There were fewer razor clam shells than last month, but they were larger, and higher on the driftline.

Driftline Content

Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). Some rope; packing/banding straps, oil & air filters off ships

Natural Changes

Evidence of wave overtopping. Waves come up into Beachside State Park occasionally in the winter.

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