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We were sitting on the warm sand measuring a beached bird for the COASST program with Bill Bridgeland and Robin Rauch when a small tick-like animal came scurrying across the sand toward us. Bill was able to immediately recognize it as a pseudoscorpion! Pseudoscorpions look like scorpions but do not have the flexible tail with the terminal stinger but do possess the two anterior pinchers or pedipalps. Pseudoscorpions are members of the Phylum Chelicerata along with spiders, mites, ticks and horseshoe crabs. This specimen of psedoscorpion is Parachelifer scabriculus and is only about 6 mm (1/4 inch) long.

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Mile 99

January 7, 2024

A rainy day at low tide.

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Mile 99

September 29, 2023

Post summer survey of Mile 99 showed movement of Johnson creek approx 1/4 mile north from last survey.

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decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 99

July 18, 2023

There is little change on mile 99 since the last survey.

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decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 99

September 9, 2022

A quiet morning after the summer season.

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Mile 99

April 7, 2022

Mile 99 is now mostly flat, without the sand dunes seen on the last survey.

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Mile 99

November 22, 2021

Although there has been over 9 inches of rain since October 1, both creeks (Johnson and Crooked) on mile 99 are at lower than expected levels of max depth of approx 5 inches at usual crossing spots.

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Mile 99

August 23, 2021

Late August  along Mile 99 shows noticably lower sand dunes than in previous years.

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Mile 99

February 2, 2021

Mile 99 shows effects of the winter storms, with expansion of the creeks (Johnson on the south, and Crooked Creek to the north) and erosion of the foredunes.

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