EVENTS: August 16, 2008
East Harbor State Park (CONSERVATION DAY!)
The park will allow conservation groups to setup
displays and share information and fun games for
all ages.
August 30, 2008
Buckeye tailgate party
CROWS NEST on Buck Road near the State Park.
OUR DVD
We will begin filming our DVD in the next few
weeks, more information to come on this project.
Updates : Spring of 2008 We have word that $50,000 has been allocated
to complete this summer's study of restoration
options, the contractor has been chosen for the
study work, and a project manager has been
assigned by ODNR.
We are now exempt
from
federal income taxation under Section 501(C)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code. We also have
Non-profit/Tax Exempt Status from the State of
Ohio. We have had our first board meeting on
March 9, 2008. The slate of officers is listed
on the left of this website.
Goal & Objectives: Our main goal is to
reach others who remember and miss the 2 mile
sand beach we grew up with at East Harbor State
Park near Port Clinton Ohio. The main
objective of this drive for public interest is
to urge local, state, federal and private
agencies to engage in the necessary research and
remedial action required for full beach
restoration at East Harbor.
Beach Aid - East Harbor evolved in
2003 when I began asking the Ohio Department of
Natural resources, Division of Parks and
Recreation questions about beach restoration
efforts at East Harbor. What I learned was that
they had no plans to restore the 9000 foot
section of beach that had been destroyed by
storm erosion 30 years prior. Beach Aid -
East Harbor has grown from the realization that
any restoration "aid" that come to East Harbor
will only come from the efforts of concerned
citizens. Welcome to Beach Aid-East
Harbor, we hope your memories of a pristine 2
mile sand beach move you to plan an active,
vital role in it's restoration.
By clicking on our website you have
taken the most important step. This restoration
project will be a huge physical challenge, but
the first challenge will be to persuade local,
State, Federal and possibly private agencies
that this is a worthy cause. This will not be
one great leap but a process of many small
steps. I have taken a few of those small steps
with the research I have done over several
years. The next step in the process will be to
get each of you involved and pool our advocacy
abilities and resources. At some point this will
need to migrate from a "good idea" to an
initiative and then to a campaign. We are open
to ideas. Please let us know what your level of
interest is, and how you can contribute.
sandman@beachaid-eastharbor.com
NEW BEACHAID T-SHIRTS
Our new T-Shirts are available at the East
Harbor State Park Camp Store, or by calling
419-422-1441 and leaving a call back number
MISSION STATEMENT
To advocate agency response to the
continued
recreational value lost at East Harbor State Park Beach
and to ensure that corrective measures are made with a
full understanding of the forces that led to the current
eroded condition.
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This website is funded in part by a grant from the
Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network & Fund
