Want some effective and affordable protection for your coast? If you’re in the right clime, consider planting some mangroves. Recent research published in Hydrobiologica looked at the coastal protection attributes for the east central Florida coast – specifically the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which also houses the Kennedy Space Center (NASA helped fund the study, appropriately). The two…
On August 21st, ASBPA – together with our friends at Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association – submitted comments to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) on how to streamline National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) permitting and regulatory process. As many of our members well know, coastal restoration and resilience projects, particularly those in the…
Are you planning to go to the coast in the next month? Will you take your camera or phone? Or have you gone to the coast anytime this year? We bet you took some great photos. Were they of the marshes? The beach? The bluffs? If so, submit them to ASBPA’s 10th annual Shore &…
As Congress heads out of DC for its August recess/district work period[1], here’s an update of where coastal FY18 appropriations stand. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) coastal appropriations. The full House of Representatives passed the Energy & Water Appropriations Bill on July 27th as part of a “mini-omnibus” that included Defense, Veterans Affairs, and…
