Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Beavers Bend Lake @ Broken Bow Ok
21 May, 2017
- Team Leader
- Bryan K. Brown MI 316976
- Number of Participants
- 7
- Total Debris Collected
- 75 lbs (estimated)
34.163138787024, -94.711916398865
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Beavers Bend Lake @ Broken Bow Ok
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Buoyant Life Scuba Diving
- City
- Longview
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 21 May, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 90 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 34.163138787024
Longitude: -94.711916398865
- Weather Conditions
-
mainly clear... minimal rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–30 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 6000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- rock
- Ecosystem
- Freshwater Lake
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 15 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 15 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 5 |
| Plastic Fragments | 23 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 6 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 20 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 197 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 12 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 3 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 2 |
| Toys | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Other Fish | |
| Species or Common Name | Mad Tom Catfish |
| Number Entangled | 1 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Crawfish |
| Comments | Let all fish go that were inside the trash we collected |
Additional Information
Just normal use of the lake with people not caring and disposing trash overboard
Fishing Pole Stem
Cans- People are lazy
Bottles- People are lazy
Plastic- People suck
Comments and Feedback
My wife is a biologist so we are advocates of this program. Thank you for continuing to offer these types of events and we hope to continue to contribute to helping our environment one piece of trash at a time!
