The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) has published a white paper explaining ways communities can fund coastal management projects, entitled “Local Funding for Coastal Projects: An Overview of Practices, Policies, and Considerations.” The paper identifies regional characteristics and local considerations communities must assess when determining how to raise revenue for beach and coastal…
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…
How will ASBPA increase membership? Everyone loves going to the beach: the surf, the sun, the sand! Lounging around, not a care in the world… Except us loyal ASBPA members who may get carried away examining grain size, dune vegetation or the offshore bar location (knowing many of you, I expect that you already know…
Winning photos will be published in the upcoming issue of Shore & Beach, volume 86, number 1. Winners Grand Prize and U.S. East Coast Winner: “LBI Sunrise 6-23-17” by Jim O’Connor U.S. Pacific Coast and Alaska Winner: “Beneath the Manhattan Beach Pier” by Jen Wu Pacific Winner: “Diamond Head Lighthouse, Hawaii” by Bret Webb U.S….
ASBPA is pleased to announce that Dr. Nicole Elko is starting as our new Science Director in 2018. Nicole Elko has been leading ASBPA’s Science & Technology work – as chair of the S&T Committee and as VP for Science & Technology – for the past few years and has been a driving force in…
Call them what you want — living shorelines, natural infrastructure, green infrastructure, natural and nature-based features — interest is growing in looking at alternatives to traditional shoreline armoring and ways to more naturally mitigate shoreline erosion. More and more communities see that they derive multiple benefits from restoring natural infrastructure. Healthy coastal habitats reduce the…
We are pleased to announce that we will are hiring a part-time science director to start in 2018. The science director’s roles will include: a) coordinating the coastal science community (federal, academic, and stakeholder) and advocating for investment in national coastal science; b) supporting traditional science activities such as “staffing” the Science and Technology Committee,…
Viewing coastal sediment (basically, sand, cobble and fine-grained material) as an asset rather than an afterthought is the focus of a recent article – making the case that how we manage sand is an issue of even greater importance now as climate change and human intervention are dramatically changing the way such sediment is needed…
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…
Almost four years after the devastation brought on by the landfall of Superstorm Sandy, coastal scientists and policy-makers are still working to fashion a response shaped by the lessons learned from the storm. Some of the battle is scope, particularly given Sandy’s unique size and attributes. Another factor is sound science, since gathering, analyzing and…