ASBPA is announcing a new award – Best Restored Shores – to recognize the growing diversity of shoreline restoration projects that advance multiple objectives. Several key factors influenced our desire to develop a BRS Award. First and foremost, ASBPA is dedicated to preserving, protecting and enhancing our coast, both shores and beaches. ASBPA addresses current…
ASBPA is excited to introduce the Best Restored Shores Award to recognize projects that enhance the environment, including low-energy or moderate-energy shorelines. Nominations for the inaugural 2019 awards will be accepted through July 12. The award-winning projects could include: Back bay projects Living shoreline projects (including large freshwater lakes) Beneficial use of dredge material for…
Winning photos are published in the current issue of Shore & Beach, volume 87, number 1. Grand Prize and U.S. East Coast Winner: Fifth Street Beach Access (Kill Devil Hills), by Kathleen Wolthuis • U.S. Pacific Coast and Alaska Winner: Ocean Beach San Diego, by Josh Utley • U.S. Great Lakes Winner: Sodus Bay, NY,…
This episode of the Capitol Beach is an annotated “highlight reel” of presentations by the US Army Corps of Engineers at the recent National Coastal Summit hosted by American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). Most of the episode is Chief of Engineers, General Todd Semonite talking about how the Corps is changing to embrace…
