SUMMARY FOR 2006

Styrofoam collection continued with an intial sweep of about 10 kayak deck and tow loads needed in the Spring to clean up after the winter storms. A small but steady stream of foam blocks continues to escape from the resorts resulting in 1-3 blocks being brought in by kayak 1-2 times a week.

LAKE BERRYESSA CLEANUP DAY, April 25, 2006

The federal Bureau of Reclamation sponsored a major Cleanup Day at Lake Berryessa on April 25, 2006. Ten staff members and five volunteers on shore and in the two large Bureau work boats picked up piers, buoys, styrofoam and trash from the various places around the lake that had been reported on the Projects page over the past several years. Particular emphasis was placed on the northern end of the East Shore between Eticuera and entrance E6 where about fifty bags of debris were collected.

During the week previous to Cleanup Day, Bureau maintenance folks towed in several large piers from around the shoreline. After Cleanup Day, Bureau staff and HH continued collection of the accumulated bags from the shoreline.

With this major advance in the ongoing lake cleanup, the format of the Projects page changes. Instead of itemizing each needed collection, all items awaiting collection are now shown on the Berryessa Collectables map, a small version of which is shown to the right. This map will be continually updated to show items awaiting collection plus items collected. During Cleanup Day, a printout of this map was carried by cleanup personel and this was found to be more effective than detailed itemization on the Projects website.

EAST SHORE

Buoys and Styrofoam Piles

Almost all of the styrofoam lining the East Shore was collected into about 50 piles by kayak and hiking by Herb Howe between November, 2003 and February, 2004. See the Styrofoam Chronicles for a journal with photos of this volunteer cleanup. In particular, see the Monticello Resort link on the Styrofoam Chronicles depicting the major removals. The following is a list of removal of the piles by the Bureau of Reclamation and Monticello Resort by truck and boat.

• Piles and buoys east of Eticuera removed by Bureau truck, late January 2004
• Piles below E15 removed by Bureau truck, late January 2004
• Part of pile S1 removed by Bureau truck, late January 2004
• Piles S2 and S3 removed from Gamble Point by Monitcello boat, March 1, 2004
• Piles S4, S8, S9 and several buoys removed by Monitcello boat, March 1, 2004 (see photo)
• Piles S10, S19, S20, S21, buoy B8 and several large individual pieces removed by Monticello boat, March 6, 2004
• Piles S22, S23, S27, S28, S29, S33, S34 (about 20 cubic yards of foam!) removed by Monticello boat, March 9, 2004
• Piles between E12 and E14 removed by Monticello boat, March 11, 2004
• Most remaining piles removed by Monticello boat, March 16, 2004
• Remaining piles in the Gunn Easement removed by ??? between March and October, 2004
• Remaining piles between E3 and E5 and between E10 and E14 removed by ??? between March and October, 2004
• Field covered with large pieces of styrofoam near Entrance E6 - best collected by truck - map and photo (collected by Bureau truck between March and October, 2004)

PIERS

Piers removed from the shoreline:

1. A large wooden pier with styrofoam floats in cove on south side of the BSA Camp (see map and photo). (Reported 11/23/03, moved to more convenient location for removal by HH 5/14/05, towed away for disposal soon after by Bureau)
2. A large pier with metal floats east of Eticuera (map and photo). One of the metal floats was near entrance E6 (map). (Reported 5/5/03 on the north side of Big Island, floated to the North Shore and broke up in a storm, 2/25/2004, floats collected by Paul and Cathy from McLaughlin Reserve 1/30/05, leaving wooden frame).
3. A complete wooden pier assembly with a backbone pier and about six finger piers (with styrofoam floats) located in cove below entrance E11 (see map and photos). (Reported 11/11/03 in a cove of Putah Creek at the north end of Putah Creek Resort, floated by rising water and tied to shore 2/1/2004, untied and carried to East Shore 2/20/2004, towed and disposed by Bureau, 3/23/05)
4. Large blocks of styrofoam from a disintegrating pier near entrance E13 (see map) (Reported 2/4/2004, floats removed by HH and carried to E14 for collection by rangers, leaving wooden frame 2/23/2005)
5. Pending
6. Large blocks of styrofoam under heavy concrete deck on Big Island (see map and photo) (Reported May, 2003; styrofoam removed by Bureau between March and December, 2004)
7. A single wooden pier with styrofoam floats and several tires (see map and photo). (Reported 11/11/03, set adrift by rising lake levels 1/04, roped to shore 2/04, became untied and floated to north of BSA Camp as of 12/8/04, refloated by rising lake and drifted to north side of Putah Creek Resort 2/24/05, towed onto main lake and left near Pope Creek Bridge 3/7/05, removed by Bureau soon after)
8. A small wooden pier with crumbly floats is in a cove just east of the Putah Creek Bridge (see map) (Reported 2/9/05 north of BSA Camp, refloated and drifted to north side of Putah Creek Resort 3/9/05, drifted under bridge to cove on main lake, 3/21/05, foam floats collected into large pile by HH 5/14/05, pile collected soon after by Bureau)
9. On a small island in the south cove of Big Island (map and photo). (Reported 7/7/03, removed mid-August, 2003 by Bureau of Reclamation).
10. On Indian Island near the Pope Creek Bridge (map and photo). (Reported 5/29/03, styrofoam floats removed later in 2003 leaving wooden structure on shore)
11. A large metal float with foam is in a cove of Putah Creek just north of Putah Creek Resort (see photo). (Reported 11/11/03, set adrift by rising lake levels and towed to north boat ramp of Putah Creek Resort by HH 1/7/04, moved to resort storage/disposal area by resort staff 1/9/04)
12. A wooden pier assembly, consisting of a backbone pier with two finger piers, all with foam floats is in the south cove of Big Island (see map. (Reported 1/25/06, remaining section removed by Bureau, 4/06)
13. A large wooden pier with foam floats is on the East Shore across from Big Island (see map and photo). This is on the East Side Road and could be collected by truck. (Reported 11/23/03, removed by Bureau 4/06)

CAN DUMPS

Two large piles of cans are on a flat point in the Pope Creek arm of the lake (see map and photo of one of the piles) (Reported 2/6/05, collected by HH, CK and the Bureau 4/25/06)

NORTH SHORE

Loose Buoys

• A hazard buoy is in a cove on the south shore of Big Island. See map. (Reported 2/20/06, collected by Bureau 4/25/06)
• Two hazard buoys are near or on shore in Oak Shores at the north end of the peninsula north of Coyote Knolls (see map). (Collected by Bureau 4/25/06)
• Several buoys and a pier are on the shore at the north end of the lake (see map) (Reported 4/17/06, most collected by Bureau 4/25/06)
• Buoys on the North Shore of the lake (see map) (Reported 2/6/05; two buoys with anchors dropped on La Pointe to mark rocks and three buoys towed and rolled to Barton Hill pullout by HH 3/9/05, buoy on East Shore rolled to gate E2 by HH 3/26/05)
• Two hazard buoys with anchors attached on north side of Putah Creek Resort (see map) (Reported March, 2005, buoy near resort removed by May, 2005)

Le Pointe Cove at end of trail from Le Pointe Pullout on Knoxville Road

• Pile of styrofoam ready for pickup. (Reported 11/11/03, towed away by HH 12/3/03)
• Two loose hazard buoys ready for pickup from shore next to driftwood shack. (Reported 11/11/03, towed to Barton Hill and rolled to pullout by HH 1/7/04)
• 5MPH buoy with foam base on shore. (Reported 11/18/03, moved to Barton Hill pullout by HH 1/8/04)
• Structure of unknown purpose set into lake bottom of Le Pointe Cove (see photo). (Reported 11/11/03, removed by Bureau along with new structure, October 2004)
• Two piles of styrofoam on shoreline of Le Pointe Cove (Reported 1/22/04, removed to pullouts for Bureau pickup by HH, December 2004)

Barton Cove at end of trail from Barton Hill Pullout on Knoxville Road

• Two large piles of styrofoam ready for pickup. (Reported 11/11/03, carried to Barton Pullout by HH and trucked to debris bin by BoR 11/21/03)

Schoolhouse Cove

• Hazard buoy on shore. (Reported 11/23/03, towed and rolled to Schoolhouse pullout by HH, 1/7/04)
• Discarded refrigerator in Schoolhouse Cove. (Reported 11/23/03, removed by Bureau, October 2004)

Large tree down across short path from Putah pullout to the beach - see photo. (Reported 1/11/04, removed early summer by the Bureau)

BIG ISLAND

Buoys

Several buoys need to be picked up or moved (see map)

• Buoy #1 on the north shore of Big Island should be removed to a dumpster. (Reported 8/26/03 ; Removed by Bureau early Fall, 2003)
• Buoy #2 on the north shore of Big Island is reusable. (Reported 8/26/03 ; Removed by Bureau early Fall, 2003)
• Hazard buoy in the west cove of Big Island is well inside the No Boat area. While it may mark an actual hazard, it seems more likely that it is out of place and needs to be moved. (Reported 8/26/03; Moved early Fall, 2003)
• A spherical metal buoy attached to a large plastic buoy on Small Island (see map and photo) (Reported 2/6/05; collected by the Bureau soon after)
• Ski School buoy on south side of Big Island (see map) (Reported 3/8/05, removed soon after)
• Two buoys and a large blue barrel on Big Island (see map) (Barrel reported 2/24/04, buoys reported 3/8/05, buoys and barrel towed to Oak Shores by HH in kayak for collection 3/24/05)

Styrofoam

• Four styrofoam piles on grass at top of mud ledge in South Cove (Reported 2/24/2004, towed with kayak to Oak Shores by HH, 12/17/2004)

Signs

Remove old wooden signs from shoreline of Big and Small Islands (Proposed 5/29/03, completed 7/30/03 with kayak by HH).