Report Details

Although the beach had obviously been heavily used over the Labor Day weekend, there was virtually no human-generated trash. Everything looked fine except for the tire tracks in the dunes near the south end of the mile. Improvement to the beach access road has made it much easier for vehicles of all kinds to get onto the beach.

Conditions

Temperature: 65 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 15. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 15. evidence of recent vehicle activity on dunes toward south end of Mile 54

Concerns

Climbing bluffs/seastacks

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Notable Wildlife

a few seagulls

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. seagull?

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Small rocks.

Actions & Comments

Since the improvement of the access road to the beach, there is evidence of heavier vehicle use of the beach than before; but maybe Labor Day accounts for the increase. There were a lot of tire tracks in the dunes on the south end of the mile, as well as evidence of people recently climbing dunes. From the footprints, both human and dog, it looked as though the north third of the mile had had heavy usage over the holiday weekend. In spite of this, the beach was very clean. Lots of driftwood creations at the north end.

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South of Cape Blanco, access road to Elk River

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South of Cape Blanco, access road to Elk River

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