Vista Point, Lake Pleasant, AZ
9 July, 2017
- Team Leader
- Tyler Swencki
- Number of Participants
- 15
- Total Debris Collected
- 75 lbs (estimated)
33.854953900627, -112.25666275617
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Vista Point, Lake Pleasant, AZ
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Individual - Eagle Scout Project
- City
- Queen Creek
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 9 July, 2017
- Survey Duration
- 49 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 33.854953900627
Longitude: -112.25666275617
- Weather Conditions
-
Clear and calm for most of the week. Some afternoon wind at unknown speed the two days before the event.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–18 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 4300 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Lake bottom with sand, mud, and rock bottom for area covered
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Balls | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 69 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 9 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 20 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 8 |
| Fishing: Line | 28 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 8 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 14 |
| Straws, Stirrers | 9 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 10 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 60 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 3 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 1 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 2 |
| Wood Fragments | 1 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 20 |
| Cloth Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 16 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crayfish |
| Number Entangled | 3 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Cloth |
| Comments | Crayfish had gotten themselves tangled up in the cloth. We didn't notice them till brought to shore. They began to crawl out. Once we saw them, we safely returned them to the lake. |
Additional Information
Tuesday of that week was 4th of July. However, this area is heavily used by jet-ski users, boaters, and party goers on the shore.
Kitchen Knife
Plastic bags and sheets that have become caught under rocks and silted over. Hard to see and remove once found.
Plastic bottles - blow in from shore and fall off boats.
Beer cans - left on shore and thrown from boats.
Comments and Feedback
Thank you for helping and allowing me to support you as my beneficiary!
I'd also like to add that with our shore support helpers we were able to gather about another ~40 pounds of debris from the shore putting our estimated total around 115-120 pounds of trash and over 430 pieces of debris recovered. Also, several volunteers, both non-diver and diver, let me know they went home that day and looked up Project AWARE for more info and loved what we are doing. Also, we have decided to make this an annual event to keep bring Scouts and Project AWARE together to fight for our water and oceans!
