DON’T LET TRUMP AND PRUITT TURN ALASKAN WILDERNESS INTO WASTELAND: NRDC Petition
There’s a new front in President Trump’s war on our environment: Alaska’s spectacular Bristol Bay. And if we don’t stop them, the resulting pollution and environmental destruction would be a catastrophe for the wildlife and communities that call Bristol Bay home.
How a useless dam nearly destroyed an iconic beach; CA
The city of Ventura and environmental groups launched a $4 million beach-building project when the coastline eroded in the early 1990s because the Ventura River was no longer bringing enough sand and sediment to nourish the beach. The sand thief was 16 miles upstream: Matilija Dam.
A variety of maritime activities contribute to sea turtle deaths
Ask what water-based activity interacts the most with threatened and endangered sea turtles and many will reply without hesitation: commercial fishing. But state records show that to be incorrect.
Seawalls: Ecological effects of coastal armoring in soft sediment environments
For nearly a century, America’s coasts — particularly those with large urban populations — have been armored with human made structures such as seawalls. These structures essentially draw a line in the sand that constrains the ability of the shoreline to respond to changes in sea level and other dynamic coastal processes.
See How The N.C. Coast Has Changed In 30 Years
North Carolina Sea Grant, using Google satellite imaging, looked at coastal erosion dating back to 1984.
Battling erosion an endless job for South Carolina beach towns
In South Carolina, beach renourishment is a never-ending job…
Supervisors Seek Long-Term Plan for Goleta Beach Erosion as Emergency Costs Pile Up; CA
Santa Barbara County has been unable to get the upper hand in its constant battle with Mother Nature.
Plan Streamlines Re-Nourishment Permitting; North Carolina
A program designed to cut more than three months from the review process for certain beach re-nourishment projects will soon be unveiled.
Let’s end war with ocean, Op-Ed by Orrin H. Pilkey
The immediate future most certainly holds more miles of sandbags, resulting in more narrowed and ugly beaches.But this trend can be halted and reversed. Now is the time to make peace with the ocean.The time is now to stop sandbagging, both physically with no more shore-hardening structures, and politically with no more exceptions to the intent of the rules, no more undermining existing legislation, and a return to enforcement.