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MILE 198 on 4/11/10   -   BAHNGARTEN LOCATION Lincoln  •  Beachside State Park to Reynolds Creek CONDITIONS Sunday 8:00 AM  •  Cloudy  •  50° F  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the S  •  Tide: 2.8 ft HUMANS People: 8  •  Dogs: 1 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 7  •  Sitting: 1 CONCERNS Apparent violations: none DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 1 ACTIV.COMMENTS Some maintenance vehicle tracks on the sand at campground entrances. NOTABLE WILDLIFE 15 gulls altogether--4 Ring Billed, 11 Western. Very little kelp or seaweed. Some broken small Dungeness crab shells and Razor clam shells. DEAD BIRDS Total: 0 STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Shells  •  Animal casings  •  Kelp/Algae  •  Small rocks  •  Wood pieces  •  Plastic pellets  •  Land-based debris  •  Ocean-based debris  •  Styrofoam Copious amounts of Ocean based debris. NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES Visible retreat of solid bluff  •  Erosion of vegetated foredune There is a small amount of new vegetation"break off" on the southern end of Beachside campground and shore bluff breakoff on the south shore of Big Creek. COMMENTS None. SUMMARY We carried out 50 pounds of litter--mostly Japanese current based. The content was a mix of plastics, styrofoam, and heavier than usual glass content. OBSERVER bahngarten EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 4/11/10 1:43 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US