Hershey Lake
18 February, 2017
- Team Leader
- Rob Lybarger / Casey Sack
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 123 lbs (measured)
41.135575103288055, -100.99063038825989
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Hershey Lake
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Platte River Scuba Divers
- City
- North Platte
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 18 February, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 225 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.135575103288055
Longitude: -100.99063038825989
- Weather Conditions
-
40's to 50's - calm and snow
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–22 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 16.39 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Sandy / Silt and Grassy Bottom
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Marine Mammals | |
| Species or Common Name | None |
| Number Entangled | 55 |
| Status | dead |
| Type of Debris | None |
| Comments | None |
Additional Information
Normal use
Batteries, Syringe and Lawn Chair
Cans
Bottles
Fishing Lures and line
Comments and Feedback
We are a new dive club in Central Nebraska that use this lake and other surrounding lakes for recreational and training proposes. Our club goal is to promote safe diving for all ages and to keep our lakes and oceans clean. Many of our club members travel abroad and we also enjoy diving our local venue to keep up our skills and participate in some diving comradery. Our goal is to also excite youth into diving and protection our aquatic life. We would like to adopt this lake and others that we use. Please contact Rob Lybarger at the e-mail above on how to get more involved with the project a ware organization. Thank you, Sincerely Platte River Scuba Divers (RL)
We are a new dive club in Central Nebraska that use this lake and other surrounding lakes for recreational and training proposes. Our club goal is to promote safe diving for all ages and to keep our lakes and oceans clean. Many of our club members travel abroad and we also enjoy diving our local venue to keep up our skills and participate in some diving comradery. Our goal is to also excite youth into diving and protection our aquatic life. We would like to adopt this lake and others that we use. Please contact Rob Lybarger at the e-mail above on how to get more involved with the project a ware organization. Thank you, Sincerely Platte River Scuba Divers (RL)
