Mile 221 Report
Schooner Pt, Moolack Beach S of Moolack Creek
October 27, 2007
Saw ten people & one dog off-leash enjoying themselves.
Report Details
Saw ten people & one dog off-leash enjoying themselves. Very nice mile of beach, nearly empty of human litter. New evidence of continual beach bluff erosion on Mile 221 on the Moolack Slide portion: a moderate-sized land slip off of a sandstone/shale bluff approx. 1,200 feet south of Moolack Creek. This event happened within the last 4 months.
Conditions
Temperature: 65 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 10. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 6. Playing in sand: 4.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 1. RVs/Buses parking: 1.
Notable Wildlife
About 15 seagulls in 2 flocks milling around near surf line
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Small rocks, Styrofoam, Wood pieces.
Natural Changes
Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Visible retreat of solid bluff, Landslides/major boulder falls.
Actions & Comments
Driftline human debris was very light, hardly any litter.The recent bluff erosion is a land slip from a sandstone/shale bluff on a quarter mile section known as the Moolack Slide,located about 1200 feet south of Moolack Creek - nerthern edge of Mile 221. Debris fan is about 60 feet wide at its beach-level base and about 30 feet high. Fan's top is about 15 feet from bluff edge above it. Slide carried downslope a large old tree snag that had previously been hanging off the top edge of the escarpment,lots of dead brush, shore pines, Oregon grape,and tons of earth. Slide is continuing evidence of inevitable westward migration of most of the bluff line above Mile 221's beaches.
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