erosion

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is making people aware of the dangers of hunting, hiking, fishing and recreating in wildfire burn scars, which can have unstable soil, dead trees ready to topple and other hazards.

Aptly nicknamed Washaway Beach in Pacific County, Washington, has long suffered from the most extreme coastal erosion along the whole U.S. West Coast. Now a relatively low cost defense is raising hopes among property owners and nearby cranberry growers.