Mile 213 Report
Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south
September 20, 2008
Finally a beautiful day for the fall beach clean-up.
Report Details
Finally a beautiful day for the fall beach clean-up. Not much litter on mile 213, but a horrific site of more development.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 5.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 17. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 12. Playing in sand: 5. SOLVE beach clean-up day at south beach, which is my access point.
Vehicles
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. fairly decomposed, but I think it was a gull.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
One huge dead chinook salmon in the surf.
New Development
Bluff development, Drainage pipes, Steps down bluff.
Actions & Comments
I was wishing I had a camera with me, not only for the salmon, but mostly to shoot the ravaging, -or what those doing the work would probably call excavating- on the cliff. It's at the southern end of my mile, or maybe into the next. I do hope this work is being done legally, but I'm still appalled.
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Beach access previously had been closed for reconstruction.
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