Marine life dwindles after beach renourishment at Folly Beach, SC
In what’s considered the first study of its kind in South Carolina, a state scientific report says two beach renourishment projects had a long-lasting effect on bugs, small shellfish and worms that lived in areas where offshore-sand mining occurred at Folly Beach.
Coastal geologist criticizes beach renourishment efforts
“The federal government should rethink the wisdom of spending money to renourish beaches as sea levels rise and coastal property in the Carolinas and other places becomes increasingly vulnerable,” said Rob Young, a coastal geologist who heads the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at WCU.
Despite millions spent on sand, Presque Isle in danger of splitting in two
The Lake Erie peninsula is in danger of breaking in two, despite millions of taxpayer dollars spent trying to preserve it.
Bill Marks Shoals as Sources for Beach Sand, NC
Senate leaders hit the brakes last week on a fast-moving set of amendments to state environmental laws with several coastal-related provisions, including one that would for the first time target North Carolina’s three great capes as a sources of sand for beach re-nourishment.
Shifting sand differs on developed, undeveloped beaches; Georgia
Natural and undeveloped beaches should not be armored or modified with “nourishment,” as the sand-sharing system moves deposits from dune to beach in storms and back again. Normally following storms, beach sands are gradually returned to reform dunes.
Study to deter Maui beach erosion finds offshore sand
300,000 cubic yards of sand have been discovered off Kahana Bay in April, and this offshore sand is intended to be dredged to re-nourish eroding beaches in west Maui.
Danger in the sand: Miami beach votes to secure control over sand
The City of Miami Beach voted to secure some control over the donation of sand to its beaches- which are owned by the state of Florida.
Where’s all the sand in La Jolla? CA
La Jolla beaches in Southern California, present an erosion level that has surprised residents and visitors this spring.
Green group questions beach renourishment costs, environmental effects
A local environmental group is questioning the need to spend millions of taxpayer dollars for beach renourishment work.