NRCM supporter Roger Leisner of Augusta, Maine, shares his thoughts and photos from a recent post-storm trip to Popham Beach in Phippsburg.
Roger writes, “On March 2nd, I travelled down to Popham Beach for the first time since the destructive winter storms of January. Large parts of the beach have been swept away into the ocean along with a number of trees. Workers were busy hauling out fallen trees and other debris from the beach. A high tide prevented a walk to Fox Island. An overcast and gray day, but still a pleasure to walk next to the Atlantic Ocean.”
And he asks, “How much longer will there be a Popham Beach? When will the ocean reach the park’s parking lot? At what date in the future will St Rt 209 be cut off permanently from the beach and the fort? Climate change is coming earlier than we thought. What are we going to do?”
