Mile 237 Report
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
July 17, 2011
The endangered house I have been monitoring looks more stable.
Report Details
The endangered house I have been monitoring looks more stable. Grasses have been planted and a no trespassing sign posted.
Conditions
Temperature: 65 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Number of people: 21. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 21.
Concerns
Fire
Apparent violations: small bonfire from previous night was not fully extinguished. I smothered with sand and picked up surrounding litter..Notable Wildlife
one seagull
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
one dead rat (from a ship?)
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). Very clean driftline today
Man-made Modifications
New riprap or shoreline protection structures. The endangered house I have been monitoring looks more stable. Grasses have been planted and a no trespassing warning sign posted.
JDip237
CoastWatcher
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Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Wonderful morning to do this mile! I returned at high tide (7.
237 watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Beautiful 'low-tide' walk of my mile today.
237watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
The most important factor for me personally with the changes I've observed in this section of my mile is how impactful the shoreline armoring has been on the beach to the south.
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
The most heartbreaking part of my mile report today is that I couldn't even walk my entire mile due to shifting sand and the subsequent tide (even though I did this at low tide,) preventing a safe northward walk. I have been walking on this stretch of beach since the early seventies and never-- even five or ten years ago, would you not had adequate distance to walk the beach from the surf to the foredune. I provided on pic looking north on my mile from the top of a revetment that was installed a few years ago, that's the only way I could get a glimpse of it safely.
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
A beautiful day here at the Central Oregon Coast!
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Beautiful day for the mile report walk.
237 Watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
I learned that two shore structures (stairs built on top of rip-rap) were heavily damaged during a recent storm/tide condition earlier this month.
237 Watcher