In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, attention has been focused on rebuilding resilient coastal systems to reduce damage from future disasters. “Resilience” has been defined in a variety of ways; in general, resilience is having the capacity to recover or bounce back from adversity and adapt to be prepared for the future. Providing…
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed S.612, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act” or the “WIIN Act” (also known as the Water Resource Development Act [WRDA]), which includes many provisions to help protect, restore, and increase the resilience of U.S. coastlines. The bill passed the House 360-61 and the Senate 78-21,…
EVENT: ASBPA 2016 National Coastal Conference ORGANIZATION: American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) DATES: Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 26-28, 2016 VENUE: Ocean Place Resort, 1 Ocean Blvd., Long Branch, NJ SUMMARY: ASBPA is the nation’s first organization to promote science-based policies for the preservation of coastal areas. The 2016 conference, whose theme is “Lighting the Way…
Some thoughts inspired by Hurricane Matthew: Coastal recovery and research already well under way. Almost as soon as the winds and waves subsided, coastal managers were heading to the coast to assess the damages and weigh a response. In almost every post-storm community, coastal managers are looking at the damage (or lack thereof), calculating the…
Hurricane Matthew poses a major threat to the U.S. southeast coast, thanks to its strength, breadth and forecast duration traversing the Atlantic coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina (as of current predictions). Projected to approach the southeast Florida coast as a Category 4 storm, forecasts show it moving northward in close proximity to the…
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed S.2848, the Water Resource Development Act (WRDA), which includes many provisions to help protect, restore, and increase the resilience of U.S. coastlines. The bill passed 95-3, with overwhelming bipartisan support. The House of Representatives must now act for the bill to move to the President’s desk. “Hurricane Hermine should serve…
More and more coastal communities face hard evidence that sea level rise (SLR) is far from abstract but is becoming very, very real – as in “water lapping at your doorstep” real. This has pushed them to take steps to keep their communities safe – an effort that has increasingly been referred to as working…