Elwha River Mouth, sediment plume, fall 2012

Elwha mouth fall 2012.

Seagulls at the mouth of the Elwha, Oct 2011

Lower Elwha Tribe Member After Fishing the River Mouth

Driftwood Beach Shack

Garbage Collected on Strait of Juan de Fuca 10/29/10

This batch is from a popular sea kayak paddle we did along the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Freshwater Bay to Salt Creek Rec Area. Vertical cliffs, sea caves, aches, and abundent sea life are part of the trip. Wind and swell can make it an advanced skills paddle, but fun if you know what you're doing. In a few pocket beaches I found large chunks of foam and the normal plastic bottles and other items that had floated in. The kelp beds were saturated in tiny pieces of foam, plastic, and nylon rope, pretty sad, as removing those items would be impossible. I carried these larger pieces back in my kayak, a great way to haul trash out. There were some very large plastic and foam chunks I couldn't fit in and an industrial looking 6 foot wide tire on the first pocket beach north of Observatory Point. Anyone have a helicopter?

Garbage Collected on the Elwha River Mouth 10/30/10

Garbage Collected on the Elwha River Mouth 9/16/10

Garbage Collected on the Elwha River Mouth 9/15/10

Garbage Collected on Freshwater Bay 9/14/10

Elwha River Dike near Place Road, Before and After

The dike along the south side of the river has been improved to allow for better flow below the dams upon removal. This side is accessed via the public parking lot via Place Road. The wooded view with the path is before the new dike.

Da Fuca Blog

Here's a great blog called Da Fuca with incredible witty drawings of waves, surf, surfing, and such around the Juan de Fuca area.

Da Fuca

Beach Garbage Collected at the Elwha River mouth, 5/14/10

The most common items we find are tampon applicators, bottle caps and a flat plastic item used in the shrimp fisheries.

Progress Finally

TV Screen Frame in Beach, 4/30/10

We've tried to remove this TV screen frame a few weeks ago, no luck.

Driftwood Beach Shack, 4/30/10

Sunset over Freshwater Bay, 4/29/10

Motion Blur on Freshwater Bay, WA

Beach Garbage Collected at the Elwha River mouth, 1/2/10

Beautiful winter day on the Elwha, 1/2/10

Flattened Driftwood Shack

After a series of high wind storms in late November, and possible human influence, the driftwood shack below has been flattened. We've found the beach further down by Place Road to change in form every time we visit due to the winter high tides and recent strong surf.