Tag: American Shore & Beach Preservation Association

The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA), in cooperation with the Coastal Zone Foundation, announced the Call for Abstracts for its 2019 National Coastal Conference, October 22-25 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

In order to help cities, towns and states educate residents and tourists, the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) honors the Best Restored Beaches in America annually to help build awareness of the value of America’s restored beaches.

Despite the fury Hurricane Florence unleashed along the coastline of the Carolinas, areas with wide sandy beaches and high dunes fared well in the face of an unprecedented onslaught of storm surge and waves, according to the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA).

As Congress begins the process of drafting a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018, the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) has been working with the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works and House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure to develop policies that would bring greater transparency and longer-term planning to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE’s) budgeting process and provide greater justification and resilience for coastal projects.

The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA), in cooperation with the Coastal Zone Foundation, announced the Call for Abstracts for its 2018 National Coastal Conference, Oct. 30-Nov 2 at the Galveston Island Convention Center on Galveston Island, Texas. The theme of the 2018 conference, “Resilient Shorelines for Rising Tides.”

As a record-setting hurricane season retreats from memory, the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association recommended that coastal communities hold on to the following lessons as they prepare for future years.

The full range of coastal concerns will be up for discussion at the upcoming National Coastal Conference, with more than 180 speakers addressing an array of issues during the three-day event.