Mile 221 Report
Schooner Pt, Moolack Beach S of Moolack Creek
September 20, 2008
Lots of human and good-dog activity on this sunny, mild fall beach clean-up day.
Report Details
Lots of human and good-dog activity on this sunny, mild fall beach clean-up day. There was some new erosion of the bluff--one large tree tipped over and erosion due to disturbance made in bluff at a relatively new bluff-top luxury RV-pad facility. We found an unusual number of bottles and cans to pick up as well as a lost wallet containing one young man's driver's license and an unrelated (?) woman's ATM card...
Conditions
Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SE. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 29. Number of dogs: 7. Walking or running: 24. Other Activities: 5 flying kites. A SOLV-sponsored 4-wheeler was going up and down beach between Yaquina Point and Cape Foulweather picking up trash collected by us and other volunteers.Many more vehicles parked in other Moolack Beach parking areas than the one at our access point.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 4. ATVs/OHVs on beach, allowed: 1.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 17. 17 Common Murres dead on beach, none of them tagged.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Unusually heavy wrack-line load of 1-2" crabs. Lots of kelp and grasses.
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.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Shells, Styrofoam, Wood pieces.
Natural Changes
Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Landslides/major boulder falls. Several new small slides in sandy bluff. Continued general erosion at new RV facility due to their disturbance of bluff when putting in path and stairs.
lipberm
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