Mile 246 Report
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
December 13, 2014
Note- Documentation from 1996: Sea star wasting observed and photographed in 1996 by Nancy Chase:"When I talked to you (Fawn) at the conference I mentioned that I had observed some disintegrating sea stars in the past.
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Note- Documentation from 1996: Sea star wasting observed and photographed in 1996 by Nancy Chase:"When I talked to you (Fawn) at the conference I mentioned that I had observed some disintegrating sea stars in the past. I'm sending you scans of photos taken at the Roads End tidepools (south end of Mile 246 &north end of mile 245, June 1996. The first two show sea stars releasing from the rock, caught out in heavy rain, but they looked lumpy and unhealthy. Photo #3 shows the viscous slime from the arm of the sea star, lower right corner. Photo # 4 shows a sea star minus an arm, apparently recovering, and #5 shows the rock that they all were on, near each other. This all might be showing the natural cycle but I had never seen anything like it before, so I thought you might be interested in seeing what I was talking about."
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Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
Human activity was benign, just folks generally enjoying the area.
Gianna Simon
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
Showed up to see if signs of a reported slide were evident.
Gianna Simon
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
Generally, the sand and driftwood have been washed out by heavy surf, but in some areas sand has built up.
David Carroll
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
There wasn't anything unusual that I noted today.
Gianna Simon
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
Partly cloudy morning, low 50's temps, light/moderate winds, 2-3 ft.
DaveC
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
Exposed loose rock and bedrock on beach; cause assumed to be sand washed off beach due to heavy surf over previous days/weeks.
DaveC
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
More charred driftwood than usual along the mile.
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