Mile 237 Report
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
November 16, 2023
Beautiful day for the mile report walk.
Report Details
Beautiful day for the mile report walk. Nothing really noteworthy, except I chose to do this walk on an incoming tide and got a little wet around some of the revetment work going on at the end of my mile.
Conditions
Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 3.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 2. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 2.
Notable Wildlife
A few brown pelicans...
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1.
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Shells, Wood pieces.
Man-made Modifications
New riprap or shoreline protection structures. One area still in progress (here's a link to the permit) https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/PRP/Documents/PRP_OS_PERMITFOF_3021.pdf
This was only a 3.5' tide...wow!
rip-rap project continues
Some of the armoring got loose it looks like
Looking south
unknown type of bird...
Report Images
237 Watcher
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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
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
A beautiful day at mile 237 again!
237 Watcher
