June 10, 2007

Report Details

there was little human derived drift line debris. A few pieces of dried bull kelp were high on the beach and 30 or more small clumps of sea palm at the wrack line. Wood pieces: 126 of size 20 to 30 lbs to tree trunks, Rope: 3 small pieces. Plastic/other: 8 pieces. Glass/plastic bottles and cans: 6. Styrofoam: 4 pieces. Litter: 2 pieces plus 13 wreaths from the laying of the wreaths on the sea at Depoe Bay on Memorial Day. The higher beach summer flattening was evident over most of the area though was less pronounced at the north end where the one gradient estimate was made with a reading of 1 foot drop for 33 feet near the north end. There was one Douglas fir pole of the type that came on the beach in quanty a couple of months ago. The gray whale that came on the beach in late May is now buried at the dune grass line at the south end of the mile. I think that it is well buried and the area looks little disturbed and will repair to natural character shortly.