ASBPA is now accepting award nominations for federal officials and Members of Congress who champion coastal causes at the national and/or local level. The ASBPA Government & Policy Awards will be presented during the ASBPA 2022 Coastal Summit to be held virtually on March 29 – 31, 2022. 2022 Coastal Summit Award Categories Include: Congressional…
ASBPA recently submitted our Water Resources & Development Act 2022 priorities to the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee. The priorities focused on four main areas: Identifying dredged material disposal sites for beneficial use and standard disposal Benefit to Cost Ratio Flexibility and Reform Budgeting for Natural and Nature Based Infrastructure projects USACE Sec. 1122…
Call for Manuscripts: Dedicated Issue of Shore & Beach “Social Components in Resilience Planning” The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) invites manuscripts on “Social Components in Resilience Planning” for a dedicated issue of ASBPA’s journal Shore & Beach (S&B). The goal of the dedicated issue will be to: 1) raise awareness of social and environmental equity issues…
Save the Date! NSBPA is excited to announce that we will be hosting our Northeast Coastal Conference on September 15-16, 2022 in Atlantic City, New Jersey! This event will focus on how the science, engineering, planning and policy of managing our coasts changed in the 10 years since Superstorm Sandy (as well as how we…
How is your community managing coastal flooding? ASBPA is helping to address top coastal management challenges such as high tide flooding, which has become a major concern to tourism-based and residential coastal communities. We are seeking participants to help assess specific community challenges and needs related to coastal flooding. Please share your experiences with flood…
ASBPA is helping to address top management challenges in coastal communities across the Southeast U.S. High tide flooding has become a major concern to tourism-based and residential coastal communities. A widespread network of water level monitoring stations is needed to improve coastal resilience. ASBPA’s 5-year “Southeast Coastal Communities Water Level Observation System” project has been…
