Dutch Unveil Plan In War Against The Sea: A Sandbar
In its age-old war to keep back the sea, low-lying Netherlands has dumped sand onto a surface larger than 200 football fields just off the coast, and will wait for nature to do the rest…
1895: The First Article On Beach Nourishment
In a retrieved article dated 1895 ” Sea and Land, Features of coasts and oceans with special reference to the life of Man,” geologist NS Shaler, describes the transport of clasts by seaweed, makes footnote of sea wall and beach nourishment… most possibly a first.
The High Costs Of Beach Renourishment
The sand at the newly renourished North Shore Road beach, on Longboat Key, Florida, is already eroding after its completion in May 2011, and an escarpment, or drop off, has formed at the beach access area. The beach renourishment project was completed only 5 months ago at a cost of $4.5 million and placed 133,000 cubic yards of sand on the beach…
Ship Islands Restoration Underway
A $300 million, 30-month project to build shoreline in an attempt to restore the storm-severed Ship Islands back into one island began this month as a torrent of up to 15,000 cubic yards of sand a day began pouring onto the north shore of West Ship Island…
Officials Seek Public Comment On Beach Renourishment Project, California
Residents have two weeks left to comment on the Army Corps of Engineers beach replenishment project. In 2011 dollars, the project will cost $84.9 million over the 50-year lifespan.
Beating land pressures
High land prices, particularly in coastal areas, make reclamation a relatively ‘cheap’ option for many port expansion projects.
Nags Heads Shoreline Losses A Lot Of Sand, And Money
Just weeks before the expected completion of a $36 million beach nourishment project, Hurricane Irene may have chewed away as much as 25 percent of the new sand pumped onto the Nags Head shoreline.
Florida Truncates Eco-Safeguards On Beach Projects
Florida has suspended key protections to reduce or prevent environmental harm and public health risks in rebuilding eroded beaches with dredged materials, according to agency documents posted by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a membership organization of employees in natural resources agencies.
Nags Head beach nourishment approved
With the blessing of a state oversight commission secured last week, the project to nourish Nags Head’s eroded beaches will officially get under way as early as mid-June. The total cost of the project is between $36 million and $37 million