Mile 237 - Gleneden Beach north, golf course - October 21, 2023

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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. I thought I'd share the before and after pics to demonstrate how the tide will do what it wants regardless of what we want...The debris which inevitably ended up on the beach was hauled away by the folks that constructed these I heard. Ironically OPRD drove by these structures all summer in order to inspect the armoring taking place a bit further north (also in my mile reports). Hopefully they were in communication with those responsible for these structures; I haven't located a permit request or approval on OPRD's website where shoreline structures are required to be posted such as armoring, stairways or alterations.

Conditions

Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 2.7 feet.

Human Activities

None

Concerns

Apparent violations: Unapproved (permitted) shore structures..

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Mile 237

Gleneden Beach north, golf course

March 12, 2024

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

January 16, 2024

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