Mile 245 Report
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
May 2, 2010
Why is so much plastic continuing to wash up on this beach as never before?
Report Details
Why is so much plastic continuing to wash up on this beach as never before?
Conditions
Temperature: 51 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Number of people: 74. Number of dogs: 16. Walking or running: 40. Playing in surf: 3. Playing in sand: 15. Sitting: 7. Other Activities: flying kites, 6. It's a little frightening seeing people, usually young men, climbing the unstable slide area of the big basalt rock at the north end of the beach.
Concerns
Climbing bluffs/seastacks
Vehicles
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 4. 2 oystercatchers (heads gone but wings and bright red legs intact) 2 unidentifiable downy feathered remains
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
a few crab, a few dozen sandcrab
Driftline Content
Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Small rocks, Styrofoam, Wood pieces. Lots of pulverized plastic bits continue to litter the driftline.
Man-made Modifications
New riprap or shoreline protection structures.
Natural Changes
Erosion of vegetated foredune, Newly exposed roots/trees falling.
Actions & Comments
This week's bag of trash consisted predominantly of plastic: bottle tops, tubing in 6-8 inch lengths, bags, bottles, pieces of flat sheet, halves of hollow green 1" balls, syringes, bait containers, conical 8" sieves, several clumps of plastic melted into a wad, assorted bits, rubber shoe soles, and short lengths of half inch and quarter inch poly pro. lines.
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
A beautiful afternoon on the beach.
Donald and Cheri Dour/Soyland
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Beautiful warm day - not crowded.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Lots of human activity and evidence of campfires and "building" with driftwood.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Was a dreary day, but active with the low tide.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Tourist season is upon us - observed later in the day, but leftovers visible.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
After king tides and heavy surf, most of the usual driftwood was up nearer the bank along with minimal bull kelp.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
The beach mile varied quite a bit - with the south (less traveled) section with darkened sands and clear of most debris while the north end, with more visitors, was covered in stones with more small debris (esp.
LisaBC
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Just wanted to say there have been a lot of brown pelicans this season, more than I've ever seen, and I'm wondering if they will stay for the winter?
TerryH