Coastal Blog — Coastal Preservation
May 07 2012
Ma’alaea Saved
Coastal Preservation Shoreline Armoring Ocean Ecosystems Surf Protection
Environmental campaigns are most often marathons, not sprints. You have to be prepared to be in it for the long haul. An extreme example of this is our Save Ma'alaea campaign, which has extended for over 20 years. Ma'alaea, on the island of Maui, is home to a small boat…
May 02 2012
Another Beachfill Botched!
Coastal Preservation Beach Dredge & Fill
In trying to remedy one problem of beachfill, steep and dangerous beaches, the Army Corps has created another problem; a beach full of rocks in Cape May, NJ.
April 02 2012
Peter Douglas 1942 -2012
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of a legendary advocate of coastal protection in California and beyond.
January 27 2012
Leatherback Sea Turtles Get Protection Along West Coast
Coastal Preservation Know Your H20 Desalination Ocean Ecosystems Rise Above Plastics
Regulators designated nearly 42,000 square miles of ocean on the West Coast as critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles, protecting them from ocean-related development projects and pollution.
January 06 2012
Florida’s Coastal and Ocean Future: An Updated Blueprint for Economic and Environmental Leadership
Beachapedia Coastal Preservation Ocean Ecosystems Water Quality
This updated report is the latest from the Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition, which Surfrider Foundation is a member, and addresses Florida's most challenging coastal and marine topics and recommends actions for protecting and preserving the future of Florida's coasts and oceans.
December 16 2011
From King Tides to Sea Level Rise
Coastal Preservation Shoreline Armoring
“King tides” are extreme high tide events that tend to be more dramatic in the winter when storms cause increased wind and wave activity along the coast. These high water events allow us to visualize now how flooding from rising sea levels will impact our beaches, coastal areas and shoreline…
October 10 2011
TransparentSea Shines Spotlight on Surfrider’s Save Gaviota Campaign
Coastal Preservation Ocean Ecosystems
TransparentSea is an ongoing awareness campaign aimed at highlighting coastal environmental issues with particular attention given to cetaceans (whales and dolphins) and the waters they inhabit. They're following the southern migration of the California Grey Whale whale throughout the month of October, joining them near Santa Barbara on October 1st,…
September 04 2011
Making Beaches Smaller for Safety
Coastal Preservation Beach Dredge & Fill
Cape May, NJ is planning to have the Army Corps remove sand from one of their many replenished beaches. The volume of sand is causing a steep beach which in turn leads to increased number of shorebreak injuries; many of them c-spine injuries.
September 02 2011
2011 Enviro Intern Clara Cartwright works on Beach Ecology
Clara Cartwright is the 2011 Dillon Henry Memorial Intern in the Environmental Department of the Surfrider Foundation. Clara has been working on improving the Beach Ecology indicator for our State of the Beach report and is finalizing some case studies on best practices for considering beach ecology while managing beaches.…
August 10 2011
Beachfill Implicated in Injuries
Coastal Preservation Beach Dredge & Fill
A beach replenishment project completed last year in Harvey Cedars, NJ is implicated in this news article about a number of injuries in the shorebreak. The surf was chest high at best, yet they restricted swimming due to injuries.
August 04 2011
Shifting Tides: Sea level rise in US
Coastlines throughout the world are very sensitive to changes in sea level. Sea level changes where waves break, how coasts erode or accrete, the tidal flow in estuaries, and the location and extent of wetlands and coral reefs. And small changes, on the order of inches, can have profound impacts…
June 02 2011
Look Out - Thoughts from the Beach
Coastal Preservation Beach Dredge & Fill Shoreline Armoring
Steve Pezman puts a few thoughts down on the state of the coast and our lasting impacts on it.
May 25 2011
North Carolina Legislature Removes Coastal Protections
Coastal Preservation Shoreline Armoring
North Carolina has long had one of the strictest coastal management laws limiting the use of hardened structures on the beach for erosion protection. Unfortunately their legislature recently moved to allow the construction of terminal groins to try to control sand movements near tidal inlets.
April 27 2011
Another Failed South Florida Dredging Project
Coastal Preservation Beach Dredge & Fill
The federal government had to issue a cease-and-desist order in April for a beach-nourishment dredging project off Hillsboro Beach and Deerfield Beach. Residents had noticed high levels of turbidity, or muddy water, moving along the shoreline. The order cites a leaky pipe that dumped sand on an area of "hardbottom,"…
March 07 2011
Surfrider Foundation Files Suit to Restore Sharp Park
February 17 2011
Dealing with Storm Damage & Preparing for Sea Level Rise
February 14 2011
Lessons from an Unlikely Place - the Passaic River
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