Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham, hosts of the American Shoreline Podcast Network’s flagship show are joined by Derek Brockbank (Executive Director of ASBPA and host of the Capitol Beach podcast), Shannon Cunniff (recently retired from the Environmental Defense Fund and board member of ASBPA) and Annie Mercer (ASPBA Fellow) to discuss the recently released white…
On this episode of The Capitol Beach, host Derek Brockbank dives in to “GOMESA,” speaking with former Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, Director of Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Joe Spraggins, and Mobile, Alabama County Commissioner, Connie Hudson. The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 directed federal funding generated from offshore oil production in…
We’ve had a busy and productive year in Science & Technology. Here are some highlights: The Nation’s Top 5 Coastal Management Challenges At the 2019 Coastal Conference, ASBPA Science & Technology (S&T) expanded upon the initial 2018 effort with funding from the US Geological Survey (USGS) toward a strategic evaluation of coastal management challenges. The…
Over the course of ten shows in 2019, The Capitol Beach spoke with members of congress, federal agency staff, and decision-makers who set policy and direct billions of dollars of funding for coastal restoration and research. The podcast is intended to bring everyone into the coastal “room where it happens” in our nation’s Capitol. One…
American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) is pleased to see the Department of Interior will be re-considering a section Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) that has made it more expensive for many coastal communities to improve their resilience. Allowing communities with federally authorized coastal shore protection projects, including federal beach restoration and ecological restoration, to…
On this episode of The Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank interviews Mark Osler with NOAA. As Senior Advisor for Coastal Inundation and Resilience, Mark works with all of NOAA (its four “Services”, two “Departments” and all sub-units) to coordinate and advance coastal resilience throughout the agency. He has a critical behind-the-scenes role with a great perspective…
On this special joint podcast from The Capitol Beach and WaterLog, hosts Derek Brockbank, Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi have a discussion with the leadership of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning and Policy. Eric Bush, Acting Director, and Joe Redican, Deputy Director, bring district and division experience to their roles in leading Planning and…
On this episode of the Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank welcomes Bradley Watson, Executive Director of Coastal States Organization (CSO) to the show. ASBPA and CSO are close allies and frequently partner on policy issues. The conversation includes discussion about ASBPA and CSO’s joint policy position, the history of the Coastal States Organization including how the…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has officially begun the South Atlantic Coastal Study (SACS), a study “to identify the risks and vulnerabilities of those areas to increased hurricane and storm damage as a result of sea level rise” in the region of the US covered by the South Atlantic Division of USACE. (As…
ASBPA is pleased to be partnering with the American Shoreline Podcast Network to launch “The Capitol Beach,” a podcast that discusses federal beach and coastal policy with the people making that policy in Washington, DC.