Mile 52 Report
Agate Beach, Garrison Lake, south of Paradise Point SW
June 10, 2007
Lovely day.
Report Details
Lovely day. We picked up about 3/4 of a big trash bag of trash; 75% plastic bottles. Hopefully with the new water bottle bill that will make them worth a few cents, there won't be as many of them thrown away. There looked like some kind of algae bloom that was streaking the ocean. Beautiful day for a stroll and kayaking!
Conditions
Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Number of people: 8. Walking or running: 8. We put our kayaks in at Garrison Lake and paddled over to the beach. Agate Beach is still closed and I did not walk up to the parking lot at Paradise Point. That is how the other folks got to the beach.
Stranded Marine Mammals
Total stranded mammals: 2. dead sea lions, 1 about 1/2 way between Agate and Paradise, the other closer to Agate Beach
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
One of the gentlemen walking said that he found a few "mermaid's purses" a few weeks ago. 1 unhatched, and 3 hatched
Laurie Prouty
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