Seasonal Stream
During periods of strong rain, Trestles park has a stream that runs through its center and empties into the ocean. Usually you find the stream flowing during winter, and spring which are the seasons with the most rain in Southern California. The stream does not usually contain much animal life, as it dries up fairly quickly without a steady water source. The stream does fund a small tide pool which contains mainly Tadpoles. When the stream dries, the water underground still exits into the ocean, just not through a river delta. It is an interesting phenomenon to see the river drain from under the sand into the ocean!
One large problem Trestles has dealt with is littering. Many of it's visitors, who are not locals, will leave trash in the way of the dried stream. When the stream starts, it brings the waste into the ocean and onto the beach. This is one of the main reasons why Trestles has many signs reminding you to dispose of waste properly. It not only helps the environment, but it keeps the beach clean.
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Famous quotes containing the word stream:
“This pond never breaks up so soon as the others in this neighborhood, on account both of its greater depth and its having no stream passing through it to melt or wear away the ice.... It indicates better than any water hereabouts the absolute progress of the season, being least affected by transient changes of temperature. A severe cold of a few days’ duration in March may very much retard the opening of the former ponds, while the temperature of Walden increases almost uninterruptedly.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)