Mile 262 Report
Cape Kiwanda State Park
March 10, 2017
Warm windless day.
Report Details
Warm windless day. Picked up one sack of trash. Lots of driftwood, lots more bank and dune erosion. No vehicle tracks in prohibited area, even though sign down.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy.
Human Activities
Number of people: 9. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 9. Other Activities: One person walking and practicing swinging a num chuk.
Vehicles
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. Gull sp.
Stranded Marine Mammals
Total stranded mammals: 1. dead, scavenged, apparent Harbor Seal
Driftline Content
Shells, Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam. lots of wood
Natural Changes
Major cracks appearing in bluffs, Erosion of vegetated foredune, Visible retreat of solid bluff.
Actions & Comments
2 tame rabbits on access road, grazing and begging from beachgoers
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People enjoying the beach with their dogs mostly.
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One pickup stuck in sand being towed out by commercial towing company when I arrived.
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