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The cave in one of the monoliths was accessible. The modest exposed marine garden in front of the cave has repopulated with seastars, two of them being very large. The die-off of a few years ago had killed all in that area. This is is a non-scientific opinion as I have no actual counts to present.

Conditions

Temperature: 58 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Tide Level: 1.2 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 29. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 21. Tidepooling: 8. The high fog didnt reach down to beach. There were many small groups of people walking and enjoying this scenic beach

Concerns

Apparent violations: None.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 9. RVs/Buses parking: 2.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Wood pieces. Not much stuff of any kind

New Development

None ml

Man-made Modifications

Nonel

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune. Sand ramps are stacking up against last winter's steep dune cuts.

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Sand ramps building against steep winter-cut dune fronts
New population of seastars at cave front ; also blue seaweed
Dead bird. Unidentified

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All Mile 23 Reports

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Mile 23

Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek

May 30, 2024

Found the partial remains of a large (6'x6') cylindrical buoy on top of driftwood about 1/3 mile north of Henrys Rock (monolithic HR marks the south end of mile 23. Your reporter called Harris Beach SP who is responsible for cleanup of Pistol River SP which mile 23 is within. The rest of the beach is smooth and litter free.

Bob Harvey

Mile 23

Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek

January 25, 2023

There was a lot of small plastic debris and natural tree debris along the tide line between Meyers Creek and a short distance south of the stacks.

Botermans

Mile 23

Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek

January 23, 2023

Steep newly cut foredunes and rocks more exposed because of winter waves scouring the beach.

Bob Harvey

Mile 23

Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek

August 3, 2022

The cave in one of the monoliths was accessible.

Bob Harvey

Mile 23

Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek

January 18, 2022

1.

Bob Harvey

Mile 23

Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek

November 30, 2021

The tallest dunes (~10ft) are being eroded as they are each year.

Bob Harvey

Mile 23

Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek

July 13, 2021

1 dead murre.

Bob Harvey

Mile 23

Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek

May 10, 2021

Illegal ATV tracks recently made running from south to north and back again.

Bob Harvey