Report Details

10 people on the beach and four dogs. Beach is still filled with tiny pieces of plastic and other debris like plastic bottles, glass bottles, tires, hard hats, bottoms of shoes, oil containers, etc.

Conditions

Temperature: 54 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 10. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 5. Playing in surf: 1. Playing in sand: 2. Sitting: 2.

Concerns

Fire, Litter

Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 3.

Notable Wildlife

Gulls and Snowy Plovers

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Shells, Small rocks, Styrofoam, Wood pieces.

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune, Evidence of wave overtopping, Visible retreat of solid bluff.

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Mile 108

April 1, 2016

There wasn't an excessive amount of trash and only found a few glass bottles that appeared to have foreign markings (Japanese?

Anonymous

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Mile 108

March 23, 2013

We expected to find a lot of debris, tsunami and otherwise, because it had been quite some time since we made the trip to the beach, but to our surprise and amazement there was very little trash of any kind.

K Fassett

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Mile 108

April 15, 2012

We were expecting alot more trash because it had been some time between cleanup(s) but it was just the usual .

K Fassett

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Mile 108

April 8, 2011

As previously reported, there was an unusual amount of trash and debris, esp.

K Fassett

Mile 108

September 25, 2010

The amount of garbage seemed less than usual.

K Fassett

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Mile 108

April 10, 2010

10 people on the beach and four dogs.

Michelle

Mile 108

February 27, 2010

12 people walking, 1 dog not on leash,few wildlife, only a few Snowy Plovers,piles of trash: plastic, rope, pillow, part of a dock covered in trash.

Michelle

Mile 108

September 20, 2008

Nothing too unusual except an unusual number of bottle caps, and short pieces of rope.

K Fassett