Report on attendance at the 2016 American Shore & Beach Preservation Association Conference and related nourishment issues – Commissioner Mills Agenda Topic Board of Commissioners Meeting April 15, 2016
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association was founded in 1926 by individuals who recognized the need for an organized effort to combat erosion, a serious problem in many coastal areas. Experience had shown that long stretches of shore were affected, making protective efforts by individual property owners or small communities futile. The expertise required to design comprehensive programs of protection was largely lacking. In bygone days, the needs of navigation were regarded as paramount and there was no redress available for damages to adjacent shores by navigation works. The founding members of the Association were active in persuading the Congress to enact legislation authorizing Federal sharing of the cost, first of erosion studies of specific problem areas and, later, of project works. Then, as now, this required data collection, research on coastal processes, and the development and the use of analytical techniques and hydraulic models (and, today, numerical models as well). In the early years, the primary interest was in combating erosion and restoring eroded beaches. Recently, the work of the Association has been expanded to a broad range of activities and interests related to the overall planning and management of shores and beaches. Recognizing the great diversity of our coasts, the Association encourages regional workshops, as well as national meetings to benefit those working with our shores and beaches. Recently, the Association's directors voted to merge with the American Coastal Coalition.
ASBPA supports: • Funding coastal protection and research: • Specifically long term dedicated funding for coastal protection and resiliency • Increased appropriations for shore protections • Increased funding for the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). • It supports and promotes beach nourishment projects for wider, healthier beaches with protective dune systems.
ASBPA Conference attendees 2015, L-R. Commissioner Stan Mills, Rehoboth Beach; Councilman Bruce Frye, Bethany Beach; Kim McKenna, DNREC; Councilman Joe Healy, Bethany Beach; Tony Pratt, DNREC. ASBPA Conference attendees 2014. Secretary Collin O’Mara, DNREC. Center.
Keynote speakers and programs: • USACE • FEMA • Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) • NOAA • National Research Council • Engineering firms • Panel of elected officials Mid-conference Delaware contingent visited with our congressional representatives: Senator Coons’ staff; Senator Carper and his staff; Congressman Carney’s staff member.
Money is tight – Federal level. • Regular beach projects and maintenance . • Emergency repairs.
Need beaches for recreation; benefits. • Over half of the American population lives within 50 miles of the coast, and tourism is reliant on the beaches. • More than twice as many people visit America’s coasts as visit state and national parks – all of them combined. • About 85% of all tourism-related revenue in the US is generated in coastal states where beaches are the leading tourist attraction. • Each year government takes in $320 in taxes from beach tourists for every dollar it spends on beach nourishment. • Cost benefit: The contribution of the coastal economy to the State of Delaware is almost $7 billion.
Money is tight – Federal level. • Regular beach projects and maintenance. • Emergency repairs .
Money is tight – state level.
MAY 2005
MAY 2005
Nor-Ida November 2009
During replenishment 2013
During replenishment 2013
Before replenishment 2013
Before replenishment 2013
During replenishment 2013
During replenishment 2013
After replenishment 2013
After replenishment 2013 Before replenishment 2013
After 2013 replenishment – Dec2014
Jan2016 – pre Nor’easter Jonas
January 24, 2016 – Nor’easter Jonas
1:30 p.m. January 24, 2016 Nor’easter Jonas
Jan2016 – post Nor’easter Jonas
Jan2016 – post Nor’easter Jonas
Jan2016 – post Nor’easter Jonas
Jan2016 – post Nor’easter Jonas
Jan2016 – post Nor’easter Jonas
STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE – PRE-BOARDWALK RECONSTRU CTION
BOARDWALK RECONSTRUCTION BEGINS
BOARDWALK RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUES NORTHERLY
POST JONAS
POST JONAS
POST JONAS
POST JONAS
REMINDER WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT – WIDE BEACH AND HEALTHY DUNES PROVIDE A BUFFER TO DAMPEN WAVE ENERGY AND PROTECT INFRASTRUCTURE
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