Tag: ASBPA
ASBPA announces new award for Best Restored Shores
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) is announcing a new award – Best Restored Shores (BRS) – to recognize the growing diversity...
Call for Abstracts: ASBPA 2019 Conference
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.
ASBPA advocates for better coastal planning and budgeting in WRDA 2018
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.
Disaster response bill includes funding for coastal restoration and research
HR 1892, legislation that set two year spending limits also included a Disaster Response bill to address the 2017 hurricanes and wildfires. The Disaster Response bill directly provides hundreds of millions of dollars for coastal restoration and resilience.