Mile 94 Report
West of Laurel Lake, Lost Lake
January 12, 2009
No human activities, except for a few old footprints along New River, no noteable wildlife, no noticeable physical changes to shoreline - looks as it always did for the last few years.
Report Details
No human activities, except for a few old footprints along New River, no noteable wildlife, no noticeable physical changes to shoreline - looks as it always did for the last few years. Kelp/algae and wood pieces in driftline. Quite a few big heaps of old kelp high on beach. New River very shallow, in most places not more than one foot deep, and in other places very narrow and ankle-deep.
Conditions
Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 1.
Notable Wildlife
Quite a few big kelp heaps, high on beach
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces.
Actions & Comments
Last year's rainfall in area (1/1/08 to 31/12/08) was about 95% of average; this year's rainfall (from 1/01 to 1/12 was 3". Access road to New River totally dry, very unusual for this time of the year; New River very shallow, in most places not more than 1 foot deep, in places very narrow (10 feet) and ankle-deep. On beach, kelp and driftwood high up, sand build up.
H Witschi
CoastWatcher
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