Eroding coastlines: The cost of construction on Florida’s most critically eroding beaches
To curb erosion, the Florida legislature literally drew a line in the sand.It’s called a coastal construction control line. Anyone who wants to build past the line is required to apply for a CCCL permit. Since 2010, of the 236 CCCL permit applications, only four were denied, two because they were incomplete…
Protect S.C. coast: No retreat from ‘line in the sand’
South Carolina faces an historic opportunity this legislative session, with a vote on the floor likely in the coming weeks. The time could not come soon enough, as our coastal communities face record-breaking storm surges, sea level rise, and flooding events.
Is there enough sand to go around?
The sand we spread our towels on in visits to the Delaware beach towns was once at the bottom of the sea, before engineers pumped it onto the shoreline in a wave of beach replenishment projects.
Cape Romain – Part 1: Decoding the structure of Cape Island; By Cecelia Dailey
Cape Romain is South Carolina’s only cape and its most erosional coast. Change is happening rapidly here.