A California Beach Town Is Desperate to Save Its Vanishing Sand – the New York Times
![Girl on the Jetty, Oceanside, California - April 18, 2009 (by Brian Auer CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3797989079_6a7d4d9e92_o-798x532.jpg)
Sea-level rise and man-made projects have left Oceanside with precious little beach space. That’s a problem if coastal life is part of your city’s identity…
At risk from rising seas, Norfolk, Virginia, plans massive, controversial floodwall – NPR
![Ground level rendering of proposed pump station and expanded flood wall along the Elizabeth River (courtesy of US Army Corps of Engineers | City of Norfolk, via ResilientNorfolk.com)](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-06-at-8.44.15-PM-798x448.png)
The city (of Norfolk) is now moving forward with a massive floodwall project to protect itself, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The project will include tide gates, levees, pump stations and nature-based features like oyster reefs and vegetation along the shoreline. It’s one of the biggest infrastructure efforts in city history – and an example of projects the Corps has proposed up and down the U.S. coastline, from New York to Texas….