Resilience

Shore & Beach announces dedicated issue on Social Components in Resilience Planning – Abstracts due March 15, 2022

December 7, 2021asbpa_webResilience, Shore & Beach

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…

2021 & 2022: Legislative & Federal Agency Agenda for Coastal Resilience

January 27, 2021asbpa_edAppropriations, Army Corps, coastal infrastructure, Congress, federal funding, NOAA, Resilience, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

The climate is changing and our coasts are facing unprecedented threats – from sea level rise and increasing storm intensity to on-going erosion and sediment loss. The new Administration and 117th Congress must take major actions to restore and preserve America’s shores and beaches. As we wade into these new waters, ASBPA recommends the following…

ASBPA and Coastal States Organization commend Water Bill, urge passage

December 7, 2020asbpa_edArmy Corps, Congress, natural infrastructure, Resilience, RSM, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) and Coastal States Organization (CSO) commend the U.S. House of Representative and U.S. Senate for the introduction of the bipartisan S. 1811, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, and encourage Congress to pass this legislation before the end of the year. This bill contains numerous…

How the Election impacts Coastal Policy and Politics – podcast

November 11, 2020asbpa_edArmy Corps, federal funding, planning, Podcast, Resilience, USACE

In a joint Capitol Beach and WaterLog podcast, the American Shoreline Podcast Network’s full Washington DC team, Derek Brockbank, Howard Marlowe, and Dan Ginolfi team up to provide perspective and analysis on how the election results will impact federal coastal policy and politics in 2021 and beyond, as well as in the remaining weeks of…

Podcast on the Mouth of the Columbia River, Wiegel Coastal Project award winner

October 28, 2020asbpa_edAwards, Podcast, Resilience, RSM

On The Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank speaks with representatives from the US Army Corps of Engineers, US EPA, the State of Washington and the State of Oregon – just a few of the many members of the Lower Columbia Solutions Group, who won this year’s Robert Wiegel Coastal Project award from the ASBPA for the…

House Committee moves 2020 Water Bill

July 15, 2020asbpa_edArmy Corps, Beneficial Use, coastal infrastructure, natural infrastructure, Resilience, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

Almost exactly one year ago, in July 2019, ASBPA testified before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on the need to develop water resources legislation that would advance: Regional Sediment Management (RSM) and the Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDM); A modification of the Corps’ Benefit-Cost-Ratio (BCR) process; Natural Infrastructure. This week, the Transportation & Infrastructure…

The National Coastal Resilience Fund on the Capitol Beach

July 15, 2020asbpa_edCoastal Hazards, federal funding, infrastructure, NFWF, NOAA, Podcast, Resilience, wetlands

Very often, understanding federal coastal policy means understanding the flow of federal funds. Once again, The Capitol Beach explores a federal funding program that advances coastal resilience, but this time by meeting with National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to hear about the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF). This program, funded by Congress and administered…

Congressional staff and advocacy on a hybrid Capitol Beach & Sea Change podcast

July 6, 2020asbpa_edCongress, federal funding, Podcast, Resilience

On this joint episode of The Capitol Beach and Sea Change podcasts, Derek Brockbank & Jenna Valente interview two congressional staffers to discuss what it’s like to work on coastal policy-making from inside and outside the halls of congress. Yes, the so-called “revolving door” of staffing in Washington DC is not always about making money,…

Will the Great American Outdoors Act fund the coast?

June 18, 2020asbpa_edAppropriations, coastal infrastructure, federal funding, GOMESA, Resilience

The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA, or S.3422), which recently passed the Senate, directs a significant portion of federal revenue from offshore oil and gas development to the Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which fund parks and public lands, and deferred maintenance in National Parks. While fully funding LWCF and addressing maintenance backlog at…

2020 ASBPA Coastal Conference, “Navigating Stormy Times,” Information and Call for Abstracts

June 8, 2020asbpa_ed2020 national coastal conference, coastal research, conferences, National Coastal Conference, Resilience

Given the challenges presented by the coronovirus pandemic, the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association will host its 2020 National Coastal Conference as a “virtual,” online-only conference platform. We have changed the theme to “2020 Vision for Our Coasts: Navigating Stormy Times.” With a reduced registration cost, no associated travel costs, and no concerns about…

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