Maryland – Beach upkeep, injury correlation at issue – delmarvanow.com
OCEAN CITY — Beach replenishment fills in the trough between the natural sandbar and the beach sand, and in doing so, takes away what’s effectively an underwater speed bump that…
Delaware – Unrelenting erosion gnawing away at resort towns’ viability – delawareonline.com
Bethany Beach Councilwoman Margaret Young has been visiting or living along Delaware’s shore since 1937, long enough to recognize trouble on the horizon. Lately, its filling the horizon. Rising water…
Maryland – In Ocean City, beach replenishment acts as flooding protection – delmarvanow.com
OCEAN CITY — If you want to live here, you have to pay the consequences. That’s been the mentality of Lil Farlow, a lifelong Ocean City resident. Every time a…
New Jersey – Rising sea level puts the Shore in ‘hot zone’ – APP.com
Inch by inch along parts of the Atlantic Coast, global climate change is running in what scientists warn is geology’s version of fast-forward — swamping and eroding beaches, wetlands and…
Florida – Gulf counties to discuss RESTORE Act Thursday – The News Herald
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Representatives of Florida’s 23 Gulf Coast counties will converge on Panama City Beach Thursday morning to discuss how RESTORE Act funds should be managed. The meeting,…
Florida – Panel learning from mistakes of North Beach renourishment project in Indian River County – TCPalm.com
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Keeping beach data up to date could help the county’s next beach restoration project from turning out like the recently completed $14.7 million North Beach project,…
Florida – Some Pinellas beach communities object to agreement on renourishment – Tampa Bay Times
Pinellas County is in jeopardy of losing at least $200,000 it is spending on beach renourishment if Belleair Beach does not put in enough public parking by the end of…
Delaware – Beach revival creates ‘nowhere to surf’ – delmarvanow.com
OCEAN CITY — Surfers are generally a laid back bunch, but they won’t hesitate to tell you that they hate beach replenishment. “We have nowhere to surf in Delaware anymore,”…
New Jersey – Sea Bright may say no to replenishment – atl.gmnews.com
SEA BRIGHT — The Sea Bright Borough Council may reject a federal project that would require the borough to fund a beach replenishment project that would fall short of the…
Texas – Rising Gulf Erosion Complicate Galveston’s Development Planning – The Gilmer Mirror
Work was scarce for architect David Mullican and many Galveston Island builders after Hurricane Ike. As damages were assessed, insurance claims disputed and homes were repaired piecemeal, Mullican was out…
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