Mile 220 Report
Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
October 7, 2023
A large amount of debris, 7 large wood/foam panels and lots of pieces of all sizes of foam.
Report Details
A large amount of debris, 7 large wood/foam panels and lots of pieces of all sizes of foam. I texted Ryan Parker as there were 2 areas of foam that people had gathered both at the 68th St access trash can and at the stairs leading from the motorcoach area as well as the large wood/foam pieces that were tooheavy and awkward to move very far (many with rusted nails in them). Ryan said that he has been cleaning parts of this container up since Thursday on North Jetty. He appreciated the heads-up about the location and amount to be retrieved from Schooner South. A COASST marine debris survey was done during this CoastWatch mile walk.
Conditions
Temperature: 63 F. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 5.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 18. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 14. Sitting: 1. Surfing: 3.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 4.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3. COASST tagged COMU and 2 untagged COMU's
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass.
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls, Major cracks appearing in bluffs, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Visible retreat of solid bluff.
Part of float/container
More float/container pieces
Foam pieces from container/float at access parking lot at 68th St.
Boulder/rock fall from bluff
More photos of Rock/boulders from bluff
Big Skate (Raja Binoculata?) Egg Case
The never-ending plastic pipes out of the bluff at 220
Report Images
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