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National Coastal Organizations Propose Policies to Address Unprecedented Coastal Threats

January 11, 2021asbpa_edBeneficial Use, Congress, federal funding, NOAA, RSM, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Coastal States Organization (CSO) and American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) have issued a call for policies, funding, and science to address the unprecedented challenges facing our nation’s coasts. In an era of rising sea, changing Great Lake levels, increasing storm intensity, coastal erosion and flooding, and lack of available coastal sediment, Congress and…

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…

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…

ASBPA invited to provide testimony for Senate Water Bill

April 22, 2020asbpa_edArmy Corps, Congress, RSM, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, WRDA

ASBPA was one of just five stakeholder groups invited to provide testimony for a formal “Information-Gathering Process on Draft Legislation entitled, America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2020” by the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee. This “information-gathering process” was in lieu of a public hearing with Congress working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic….

Government Affairs: 2019 Year in Review

December 19, 2019asbpa_edAppropriations, Army Corps, CBRA, Congress, Podcast, RSM, WRDA

In a year that started with the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and is ending with impeachment, the lack of major federal policy initiatives is not surprising. However, coastal issues have mostly flown under the radar: federal agencies continue to do their work and congressional committees are planning for legislation that will have bipartisan…

ASBPA Testifies on WRDA

July 10, 2019asbpa_edArmy Corps, Beneficial Use, Benefit Cost Ratio, Congress, infrastructure, natural infrastructure, RSM, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, WRDA

On July 10th, ASBPA Executive Director, Derek Brockbank, testified before the House Transportation & Infrastructure committee in the hearing “Water Resources Development Acts: Status of Implementation and Addressing Future Needs.” ASBPA called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to manage the coastline to support four interconnected values: Protection from coastal storms, hazards and sea level…

The Capitol Beach has Highlights from USACE at ASBPA’s Summit

March 22, 2019asbpa_edArmy Corps, Beneficial Use, natural infrastructure, Podcast, RSM, Summit, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE

This episode of the Capitol Beach is an annotated “highlight reel” of presentations by the US Army Corps of Engineers at the recent National Coastal Summit hosted by American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). Most of the episode is Chief of Engineers, General Todd Semonite talking about how the Corps is changing to embrace…

Launch of the South Atlantic Coastal Study

February 28, 2019asbpa_edArmy Corps, Resilience, RSM, SACS, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

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…

Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Pilot Projects Announced

January 8, 2019asbpa_edArmy Corps, beach nourishment, Beneficial Use, RSM, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WRDA

Ten coastal projects that beneficially use dredge material have been chosen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to be pilot projects as authorized by Section 1122 of the 2016 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA).  After 95 projects were submitted by local communities and NGOs, on December 28th, USACE announced the chosen projects in the…

Science & Technology: 2018 Year in Review

December 20, 2018asbpa_edArmy Corps, beach nourishment, coastal research, Dunes, hurricanes, National Coastal Conference, Resilience, RSM, Shore & Beach

ASBPA’s Science & Technology Committee and the Technical Advisory Committee were busy in 2018: U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP) ASBPA’s Science Director serves as a member of the USCRP Virtual Program Office (VPO) coordinating a community of researchers from federal agencies, academia, and industry who have developed a sustained, coordinated national research program. Goals are…

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