September 2005

Coastal Voice
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION
— SEPTEMBER 2005 —
CONTENTS:
PAGE 2: Getting to know
you
PAGE 2: The top reasons
to registre for the fall
conference now.
PAGE 3: A roundup of
ongoing coastal issues
PAGE 5: Challenges can’t
stop Indian River project
PAGE 8: ASBPA
conference program
and sponsors
PAGE 13: Fall conference
registration information
PAGE 14: Conference
sponsorship
opportunities abound
PAGE 15: America’s Coast
PAGE 18: Conferences
Early-bird deadline
for fall conference
registration is Sept. 9!
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What can we do to help?
By HARRY SIMMONS,
ASBPA President
O
ur primary thoughts now
are with the folks on the
Gulf Coast and the City of
New Orleans, our coastal neighbors. I’ve been to Gulf Shores and
Orange Beach in Alabama twice in
the past six months while working
on ASBPA’s efforts to assist the
Weather Channel to more correctly
report the impacts of tropical
cyclones on the beaches of
America. I’m traveling to Gulf
Shores again on Labor Day, to see
firsthand how Katrina impacted that
community.
I’ve watched the coverage of
Katrina’s impact on New Orleans,
another place I’ve traveled twice in
the past year, once for our 2004
Annual Conference last September
and again in November for a
meeting of the leaders of various
national water resource groups, in
an effort to work together for the
good of all.
I was scheduled to go there
again on Sept. 15 to speak to the
National Waterways Conference.
That event has now been shifted to
Little Rock, Arkansas, in late
October, but I’m confident we will
get to New Orleans again.
I’m sure I speak on behalf of
the entire ASBPA family when I
offer any help that we can provide
to our neighbors on the Gulf, and
also to our neighbors in south
Florida who got hit by Katrina just
days earlier.
Our thoughts and prayers are
with all of you as you work your
way back to being the places that
Americans and the World will surely
visit again and again. ❖
ASPBA to attend
roundtable on
hurricane response
The American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE) and The Infrastructure Security Partnership
(TISP) have invited ASBPA to
participate in a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, Sept. 6, on
coordinating a unified response by
the engineering, design, and construction community to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina
earlier this week.
The intent of the forum is to
share information on current response activities, identify future joint
activities, and assess needs currently
not being met and a plan of action
to meet them.
ASBPA board member Phill
Roehrs and Paul Ordal, ASBPA
governmental affairs consultant, will
represent the ASBPA. ❖
Coastal Voice
Getting to know you . . .
By HARRY SIMMONS,
ASBPA President
I
’m very excited about the
upcoming ASBPA fall conference in San Francisco. I’ve
already registered to take advantage
of the discount and I have my hotel
room reserved. How about you?
People ask me why I am
excited about this upcoming conference. The easy answer is that there
is a program chock full of great
speakers from all over America.
That is true.
But there is another reason
why I am excited – we’re visiting
California. I’m from North Carolina,
on the other side of America, and I
don’t know as much about the
California shoreline as I would like.
On the optional field trip I’ll get to
see the Pacifica project, one of our
Top Restored Beaches award
winners. I’ll also be able to attend
numerous sessions to learn more
about the California coast. I can ask
questions directly and learn while I
am there.
Aside from being president of
ASBPA, why should I care? The
main reason is that America is one
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
country, with one Congress that
makes decisions about all our
coastline, and we need to pull
together as one – for funding, for
sound policies for all. In order to
accomplish that we all need to have
a better
understanding
of how our
beaches and
coastal areas
are alike and
how they are
different, what
is important to
SIMMONS
all and what
needs more help from others. We’re
all in this together.
On top of it all, there will be
great opportunities to network, talk
to each other, find ways to take
better care of our beaches and
shores, helping each other. That’s a
great benefit to our responsibility of
taking care of our coast. ASBPA is
the national organization that speaks
for all of America’s shores and
beaches, and we need your voice
with us now. See you in San Francisco. ❖
Conference details:
Program – Pages 8-12
Registration – Page 13
Sponsors – Page 8
Sponsor details – Page 14
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The top reasons
to register for the
conference now!
By RUSS BOUDREAU,
Fall Conference Chair
1. Early registration deadline is
Sept. 9.
2. It’s San Francisco – need we
say more?
3. A great opportunity to network
with other coastal professionals
(and some of the finest people
you’d ever want to meet).
4. No hurricanes to worry about
here!
5. Over 80 great speakers.
6. Learn about the economics of
beaches.
7. A panel discussion on the issue
on public access nationwide.
8. Special breakout sessions on
California and West Coast
coastal concerns.
9. A look back at the tsunamis
and hurricanes of 2004.
10. Plenty of fantastic exhibitors
and sponsors.
11. An awesome pre-conference
field trip by boat – whales, San
Francisco Bay and beach
projects all in one!
12. Your chance to support the
only organization that speaks for
America’s shorelines.
13. You’ll find out how you can
integrate science, policy and
passion! ❖
Coastal Voice
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A roundup of ongoing coastal issues
By HOWARD MARLOWE,
ASBPA Governmental
Affairs Director
T
he House and Senate have
both recessed for August
with Members heading back
to their home states for the annual
“District Work” period. The legislative session will resume after Labor
Day with pressure on both chambers to finish work on appropriations bills as the fiscal year comes to
a close on Sept. 30. The only Fiscal
Year 2006 appropriations bill to
have become law is the Interior and
Environment Appropriations bill
which was signed by the president
on Aug. 2. While Congress has
been in recess, Marlowe & Company has worked to explore a few
non-congressional issues.
Integrated Ocean
Observing System
We recently met with Dr.
Richard Spinrad and Dr. Marie
Colton at NOAA headquarters to
discuss the development of IOOS
and how ASBPA could play a role.
Dr. Spinrad is the assistant administrator for Ocean Services and
Coastal Zone Management. Dr.
Colton is the technical director for
the National Ocean Service.
The NOAA officials explained
that “Regional Associations” are
being formed to support the development of the Integrated Ocean
Observing System (IOOS). These
Regional Associations will help
WASHINGTON REPORT
ensure that stakeholders are involved in the developed of IOOS,
that the process is coordinated
within the region and with the
national program, and that data is
being exchanged in the most effective and useful manner. Right now,
funding for
these Regional
Associations is
being done
through earmarks. As a
result, some
associations are
more developed than
MARLOWE
others.
We have received from
NOAA a list of contacts for the
Regional Associations and are
working to set up meetings with
ASBPA members and regional
coordinators. In addition, we are
working to set up meetings with
DC-based officials to discuss what
products derived from IOOS data
would be most beneficial to our
members across the country.
“Products” would be such things as
sea level change data, biological sea
conditions (algal blooms), ocean
currents/wave action, long-term
monitoring of beach nourishment
areas, and so on.
NOAA is eager to meet the
needs of its consumers and identify
what people want out of the IOOS
program. They are very interested in
developing a coalition of supporters
that will help sustain the program.
ASBPA has been added to the
NOAA contact list so that we may
be kept informed of any future
roundtable meetings. They have also
expressed interest in participating in
any ASBPA functions in Washington
or elsewhere around the country.
Handicapped access
Marlowe & Company also
met with the director of the United
States Access Board and three
members of the staff. The board is
responsible for developing regulations that implement the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA). In
1999, the board published draft
regulations for access to a variety of
recreational sites and facilities. One
portion of those draft regulations
applies to certain beaches. The draft
regulations are undergoing internal
review and economic analysis. They
may be published as proposed
regulations by late winter or early
spring of 2006.
The draft regulations are:
“Accessible Beach Routes: The
proposed guidelines for providing
accessible routes on a beach are
intended to reach the edge of the
water. The committee recognized that
a developed path on a beach often
ends at the top of the beach and is of
little use to a person with a disability
who wishes to enter the water. Since
the beach access route may obligate
an entity to extend a path farther than
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Roundup
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originally intended, there is an option
for the beach route to be either
temporary or permanent.
“Designers and operators can
decide the type of route appropriate
given the different beach environments. A beach is considered a
“designated area along a shore of a
body of water providing pedestrian
entry for the purposes of water play,
swimming, or other water shoreline
related activities.”
“The proposed guidelines
address new and existing beaches.
Where a beach is newly constructed, a minimum of one accessible beach route would be required
for every half mile of linear feet of
new beach. The accessible beach
route would be required to extend
to the mean high tide level, mean
river bed level, or the normal
recreation pool level.
“Where a pedestrian access
route is constructed from a developed
site to the edge of an existing beach or
alongside the beach, an accessible
beach route would be required that
extended to the high tide level, mean
river bed level, or to the normal
recreation water level. A series of
exceptions limit the application of the
accessible beach route.”
The Access Board would like
input from ASBPAon implementation
of the regulations and an understanding of challenges facing beach managers would be highly beneficial. If you
have comments, send them to
[email protected]. ❖
Dr. Scott Douglass (seated, in blue shirt) during his previous on-air session
with the Weather Channel in Gulf Shores, Alabama, last March.
Dr. Scott Douglass on Weather Channel
O
n Saturday, Aug. 27, ASBPA board member Dr. Scott Douglass
was able to tell The Weather Channel viewers that “Beach nourishment works!” while standing on the recently nourished whitesand beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama. He was available to the TWC crew
in Gulf Shores by arrangement through ASBPA, live on-air with meteorologist Stephanie Abrams as a part of their Hurricane Katrina coverage. The
Weather Channel is seen in approximately 90 million households in the
USA. In the midst of his own hurricane plan execution, Scott took the time
to inform watchers about beaches. ❖
Louisiana shoreline PowerPoint
presentation on ASBPA Web site
At last year’s ASBPA conference, Dr. Shea Penland gave a
great presentation entitled “Long-term and Short-term Shoreline
Change History of Louisiana’s Gulf Shoreline.” In light of the renewed interest in Louisiana’s shoreline problems, we have loaded
that presentation on the ASBPA Web site. Go to www.asbpa.org/
ASBPApenlandSHORELINE.pdf. ❖
Coastal Voice
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Indian River:
Challenges
can’t stop
vital project
A
s part of Indian River
County’s Beach Preservation Plan, Indian River
County successfully restored 2.5
miles of Atlantic Ocean shoreline
beginning approximately 3,500 feet
south of Sebastian Inlet, Florida.
Construction began on Feb. 5,
2003 and ended on April 16, 2003.
The county’s contractor for the
project – Great Lakes Dredge and
Dock Company of Oak Brook, IL
– placed 536,505 cubic yards of
beach-quality sand. The project
design included a 15-foot-wide
extension of the existing dune, which
was planted with 140,000 native
dune vegetation plants. The restored
beach berm was 40-60 feet wider
and six feet higher in elevation than
the pre-existing beach, providing
Graphic Courtesy of Applied Technology and Management, Inc.
By RALPH SEXTON
much-needed storm protection to
this area of beach.
There were a number of
special challenges in building a
beach restoration project in this
area that were successfully addressed by the project team.
The entire project area is
included within the Archie Carr
National Wildlife Refuge, which is
home to the highest density sea
turtle nesting beaches in the Western
hemisphere. For this reason, the
highest priority had to be given to
avoiding and minimizing the effects
of the project on sea turtle nesting
habitat. An extremely high-quality
source of offshore sand was identified that would provide an excellent
match to the existing beach in terms
of sea turtle nesting suitability, and
an extensive and detailed program
of sea turtle monitoring was developed and implemented.
There is also a large area of
limestone reef formations located
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“. . . from the viewpoint of
a sea turtle, Indian River
County . . . is the most
successful beach restoration
project ever constructed.”
Indian River
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just offshore of the project area.
Minimizing the impact of sand
spreading and turbidity from the
beach restoration on this valuable
wildlife habitat was a major design
challenge. Beach fill volumes had to
be carefully adjusted throughout the
project area to minimize the spreading of sand onto the nearby reef
while still providing the needed
storm protection. The cut boundaries in the offshore sand source
area were very carefully tailored to
result in sand with very low silt
content to reduce turbidity.
Indian River County also
developed comprehensive biological
and physical monitoring programs to
study the impacts the Sectors 1 and
2 beach renourishment project had
on the surrounding habitat. Indian
River County has also developed a
reef mitigation plan to address the
unavoidable impacts to the
nearshore reef that is currently
under way with the construction of a
5.2-acre artificial limestone reef.
The Indian River County
Sectors 1&2 beach restoration
were considered a top restored
beach in the United States for its
environmental performance. While,
like all beach restoration projects,
this project provided storm protection and economic benefits through
enhanced recreational opportunities,
this project should be commended
for the extreme sensitivity given to
environmental issues in the design
and execution of the project.
The results of the first year of
sea turtle nesting monitoring clearly
show the payoff of the expense and
effort expended to design and build
a turtle friendly beach restoration. In
virtually all previous beach restoration projects, there has been a clear
and significant decrease in the
percentage of female turtles that
come ashore that are able to
successfully nest (the nesting success) and the percentage of eggs
laid that successfully hatch (the
hatching success). This is usually
due to a poor match of
renourishment sand to the native
beach sand, resulting in excessive
compaction of the beach fill and the
formation of large escarpments.
In the case of the Indian River
County Sectors 1&2 project
however, nesting success was higher
on the renourished beach as compared to the same beach before
renourishment, and the hatching
success of turtle nests laid on the
renourished beach was higher than
that on adjacent control beaches.
Certainly, at least from the viewpoint of a sea turtle, the Indian River
County Sectors 1 & 2 restoration is
the most successful beach restoration project ever constructed.
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Sectors 1 and 2 Beach Restoration Photo Courtesy of US Imaging, Inc
Web sites of the month:
Indian River
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In Florida’s historic 2004
hurricane season, the project
withstood direct hits from Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. While
many areas of Indian River County
received significant wave damage to
upland structures and experienced
up to 90 feet of retreat of the
primary dune, there was virtually no
dune retreat in the project area and
no wave damage to structures.
There were substantial erosion of
beach fill as a result of the storms,
and the project area is currently in
need of renourishment. However,
the beach project performed as
designed by providing enough storm
protection to prevent an estimated
$50 million worth of damage to
upland structures and loss of
essential sea turtle nesting habitat. ❖
Digital imagery of
coastal damage
from Hurricane
Katrina is now
available. The area
now posted is
coastal Mississippi.
This imagery
includes a very
good shot of
Gulfport,
Pascagoula and
other port areas.
More imagery will
be posted for the
rest of Mississippi,
Southeast Louisiana
and Mobile.
Go to: http://
www.ngs.noaa.gov/
or http://
alt.ngs.noaa.gov/
katrina/
or http://
ngs.woc.noaa.gov/
katrina/
KATRINA0000.HTM
~ PROGRAM ~
Caring for America’s Shoreline: Integration of Science, Policy & Passion
All events held at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco
MONDAY, OCT. 10
8:30 a.m.
ASBPA board of directors’ meeting
■ Opening session
1:00 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:45 p.m.
Harry Simmons, President, & Russ Boudreau, Conference Chair: Welcome
California Corps Update
John Headland: ASCE/COPRI Post-Tsunami Assessments
Hurricane Katrina Update
Paul Klarin: “Living on the Edge of the Oregon Coast” video
3:05 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
William B. Stronge, Ph.D: America’s Beaches as National Resources
Public Access: The Achilles Heel for Beach Nourishment and ASBPA?
A panel discussion featuring:
• Scott Douglass, Ph.D., faciitator
• Linda Locklin, California Coastal Commission
• Michael Barnett, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Charles Shabica, Great Lakes Shore & Beach Preservation Association
• Harry Simmons, ASBPA
6:00 p.m.
Welcome reception
SPONSORS (SO FAR) FOR THE FALL CONFERENCE
Proceedings held at
HYATT AT FISHERMAN’S WHARF
~ 555 North Point Street, San Francisco ~
FULL PROGRAM ONLINE AT WWW.ASBPA.ORG
CO-SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
California Shore & Beach Preservation Association
California Coastal Coalition
Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE
Coastal States Organization
Long Island Coastal Alliance
Fire Island Association
Virginia Shore & Beach Preservation Association
North East Shore & Beach Preservation Association
North Carolina Beach, Inlet & Waterway Association
Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association
Jersey Shore Partnership
Clean Beaches Council
Great Lakes Shore & Beach Preservation Association
B+B
DREDGING
COMPANY
TUESDAY, OCT. 11
Concurrent sessions morning and afternoon
■ 1A • Economics of beaches — Benefits and costs
8:40 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:20 a.m.
9:40 a.m.
Philip King, Ph.D.: The Costs and Benefits of Regional Sediment Management
in California
Philip King, Ph.D.: The Costs and Benefits of Regional Sediment Management in
California
Linwood Pendleton, Ph.D.: The Economic Impact of California Beaches: Expenditures
& Non-Market Values for Day Use Visitors
Barry Pitegoff: Economic Impact of Beaches
■ 1B • Beach nourishment — Applying creativity and opportunity
8:40 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:20 a.m.
9:40 a.m.
Barbara Quimby Guild: A Decade of Beach Nourishment at Sugar Cove, Maui, Hawaii
Jonathan Warrick, Ph.D.: Dam Removal as Sediment Restoration — The Elwha River
Littoral Cell
Karen Green: Influence of Sand nourishment on Biological Resources
Juan Moya, PG, Ph.D.: Investigating the New Texas Beneficial Use of Dredge Material
from Existing Placement Areas Along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Galveston County,
Texas.
■ 1C • Beach processes — Achieving a better understanding
8:40 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:20 a.m.
9:40 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
J. Michael Hemsley, P.E., CFM: Forecasting Coastal Flooding and Beach Erosion — The
Need for Integrated Data
Cheryl Hapke, Ph.D.: A Regional Analysis of Shoreline Change Rates and Trends Along
the California Coast
Don Danmeier, Ph.D.: Predicting the Geomorphic Evolution of Bolinas Lagoon — The
Role of Sediment Dynamics, Sea Level Rise and Tectonics
Carla Chenault: Quantifying Beach Width Change in the Oceanside Littoral Cell,
San Diego, California
Break
■ 2A • Educational issues and opportunities
10:20 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:20 a.m.
11:40 a.m.
Kate Gooderham, APR: How to Talk Beaches, or Communicating Technical Issues
in a Non-Technical World
Russell H. Boudreau, P.E.: Beach Nourishment Design — Beaches 101
Daniel Cox: How Healthy is the Future of Coastal Engineering Education?
Craig Frampton: FEMA Helps Rebuild the Nation’s Beaches through the Public
Assistance Program
Charles W. Finkl, Ph.D.: 2005 Rules, Regulations, Policies and Hidden Agendas That
Threaten Coastal Protection & Environmental Conservation
ASBPA makes no representation or warranty regarding the accuracy, truth, quality, suitability or reliability of information or
products provided by any third-party sponsors, exhibitors, authors or presenters associated with any ASBPA-affiliated event,
publication or Web site.
■ 2B • Beach nourishment — Impacts and implementation
10:20 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:20 a.m.
11:40 a.m.
Steve Keehn, P.E.: Fast Track Beach Rehabilitation & Renourishment Project, Panama City
Beach, Florida
Bill Hanson: What Makes a Dredging Contractor Smile (or Cry)? — A Contractor’s
Perspective on the 2005 Southeast Shoreline Protection Rehab Work
Kyle D. Johnson: Geotechnical Investigations for Beach Renourishment Projects
Michael Stephen, P.G., Ph.D.: Borrow Area Design, Pass Chaland to Grand Bayou Pass
Restoration Project
Cameron Perry, P.E.: Search for Offshore Sand Sources at Galveston Island, Texas
■ 2C • Beach processes — Solving the erosion problem
10:20 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:20 a.m.
11:40 a.m.
Noon
Thomas D. Smith, P.E.: Section 227 Demo Project — Sacred Falls, Oahu, Hawaii
David L. Revell: Long-Term and Storm Event Changes to Isla Vista, California Beaches
Stuart Chase, P.E.: Sand Bypassing with Land Based Equipment — A Cost-Effective
Approach For Beach Restoration
Kevin Knuuti, P.E.: Use of Thermoplastic-Composite Sheetpile to Prevent Shoreline
Erosion Caused by a Migrating Estuarine Channel — A Section 227 Seabrook, New
Hampshire, Demonstration Project
Thomas Kendall: California Harbors — Where Does The Sand Go?
Luncheon – An Interview with Robert Wiegel and Orville Magoon,
moderated by Harry Simmons
■ 3A • Shoreline management — Integration of science and policy
1:20 p.m.
1:40 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:20 p.m.
2:40 p.m.
Howard Marlowe: Taking Coastal Advocacy to the Next Level
Ralph Cantral: Federal, State and Local Approaches to Shoreline Management —
Four California Case Studies
Robert T. Battalio, P.E.: Pacifica State Beach Improvement Project — A Contemporary,
West Coast Approach to Shore and Beach Management
Patrick L. Barnard, Ph.D.: Integrating Engineering, Geology, and Nearshore Processes —
Utilizing High-Resolution Survey Techniques and Numerical Modeling to Support Evolving
Dredge Disposal Practices — Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California
Jerry Mohn & John Lee: Getting a State Shoreline Protection Program Enacted:
The Texas Experience
■ 3B • Devastating hurricanes of 2004 — What did we learn?
1:20pm
1:40 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:20 p.m.
2:40 p.m.
Bradley H. Pickel: An Evaluation of Storm Impacts, Cumulative Effects and Short-Term
Recovery for Walton County, Florida, Shorelines
Rick McMillen, P.E.: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Repair of the Shore Protection
Projects Adversely Affected by the Hurricanes of 2004
Michael R. Barnett, P.E.: Beach and Dune System Impacts to Florida Following the
2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Jeffrey R. Tabar, P.E.: Performance Evaluation of Coastal Armoring Structures in the
State of Florida During the 2004 Hurricane Season
Donald L. Ward, Ph.D.: The 63rd Street “Hot Spot,” Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County,
Florida, National Shoreline Erosion Control Development & Section 227 Demonstration
Program
■ 3C • Environmental restoration — San Francisco Bay and beyond
1:20 p.m.
1:40 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:20 p.m.
2:40 p.m.
3 p.m.
Jeremy P. Lowe: Design Guidelines for Tidal Wetland Restoration in San Francisco Bay
Nicholas J. Garrity: Tidal Wetland Restoration at Cooley Landing: Design, Implementation
and Observations on a San Francisco Bay salt Pond Restoration
David E. Demko: Branchbox Breakwater Design for Section 227 Demonstration Project
at Pickleweed Trail, Martinez, California
Shanon A. Chader, P.E.: Sheldon Marsh Environmental Restoration (Section 227) Project
Lee Weishar, Ph.D.: Restoration of Oil-Contaminated Sand Beaches and Salt Marshes on
Saudi Arabia’s Arabian Gulf Coast
Break
■ 4A • Shoreline management — Engineering and the environment
3:20 p.m.
3:40 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:20 p.m.
4:40 p.m.
Michael Walther, M.S., P.E.: Shore Protection and Navigation Environmental
Design Criteria
Ed Thornton: Sediment Budget for South Monterey Bay
Greg L. “Rudi” Rudolph: The Bogue Inlet Realignment Project: Fulfilling the Needs of
a Multifaceted User-Group
Jeffrey P. Waters, Ph..D.: Performance of the Jefferson County, Texas, Section 227
Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Project
Donald L. Ward, Ph.D.: Section 227 Program — A Dynamic Berm Revetment at
Cape Lookout, Oregon
■ 4B • Beach water quality — The health of our nation’s beaches
3:20 p.m.
3:40 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:20 p.m.
4:40 p.m.
Elizabeth Mills: Using Indicators to Assess Coastal Health
Pam Slater-Price: A Regional Perspective on Managing Beach Water Quality
Richard Hauge: Beach Ocean Water Quality Monitoring — A County Perspective and
Experience
Craig Jones, Ph.D.: Modeling of Wave Driven Circulation and Water Quality in Nearshore
Environments
Donna S. Francy: Modeling and Source-Tracking Tools for Predicting Water Quality and
Identifying Fecal Contamination at Coastal Beaches
■ 4C • Environmental restoration — Meeting challenges in the Gulf
3:20 p.m.
3:40 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Loland Broussard: Restoration of a Louisiana Barrier Island — The Raccoon Island
Case Study
Jeffrey L. Andrews, PSM, CH: Assessment of Riverine Sand Mining to Support Louisiana
Island Restoration Projects
Reception and banquet (banquet begins at 7 p.m.)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12
Concurrent sessions morning
■ 1A • Regional sediment management in California, challenges & solutions – Part 1
8:40 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:20 a.m.
9:40 a.m.
Clif Davenport, P.G., C.E.G., C.H.: Introduction to the California Sediment Master Plan
David G. Cannon, M.C.E., P.E.: California Coastal Sediment Management Master Plan
Policies, Procedures, and Regulations Analysis
Karen Green: Biological Impact and Resource Protection Issues Associated with Beach
Nourishment
Chris Webb: The Sand Compatibility and Opportunistic Use Program (SCOUP)
■ 1B • Beach processes — unique geographical challenges
8:40 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:20 a.m.
9:40 a.m.
10: 00 a.m.
Peter Ruggiero, Ph.D.: Coastal Evolution in the Columbia River Littoral Cell
Nicholas J. Garrity: How to Define the 100-year Flood Event for the Pacific Coast
Sheltered Waters: Joint Probability Methods for Coast Flood Mapping
Steve Watt: The Geology, Geomorphology, Hydrodynamics and Inlet Stability of
Elkhorn Slough
James P. Selegean: Coastal Bluff Stabilization through Active and Passive Dewatering –
Section 227 Demonstration Project, Allegan County, Michigan
Break
■ 2A • Regional sediment management in California, challenges & solutions – Part 2
10:20 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:20 a.m.
11:40 a.m.
Gary Griggs, Ph.D.: An Analysis of Littoral Cell Sand Budgets for the Coast of California
Matthew J. Slagel: Cumulative Losses of Sand to the Major Littoral Cells of California by
Impoundment behind Coastal Dams
Katherine Farnsworth, Ph.D.: Sources of Fine Sediment to the California Coast —
Toward a “Mud Budget”
Susan M. Ming, P.E.: Multi-Purpose Submerged Reef at Oil Piers in Ventura County,
California, for the National Erosion Control Development & Section 227 Demo Program
Heather Schlosser: GIS Development for the California Coastal Sediment Master Plan
■ 2B • Beach processes — Application of science and engineering
10:20 a.m.
10:40 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:20 a.m.
11:40 a.m.
Noon
Philip D. Osborne, M.Sc.,Ph.D.: Shoreline Impact Assessment of Passenger Fast
Ferries in Rich Passage, Washington
Adam Young: LIDAR Applications for Coastal Seacliff Morphology Studies
Stanley H. Humphries: Assessment of the Existing Coastal Storm Protection Provided
by a Barrier Beach for Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts
Ray Newby, P.G.: Mapping of Coastal Barrier Headlands Using Lidar and Aerial
Photography Data
Donald K. Stauble, P.G., Ph.D.: An Evaluation of Preliminary Performance Measures
for Prefabricated Submerged Concrete Breakwaters: Section 227 Cape May Point,
New Jersey, Demonstration Project
Adjourn
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Before Sept. 9 ~ $425 • After Sept. 9 ~ $475
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— SUNDAY —
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Tour of the bay and whale watching
— MONDAY —
Afternoon general sessions
Welcome reception
— TUESDAY —
Morning and afternoon sessions
Awards banquet
— WEDNESDAY —
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$155 (single or double) per night; ask for the ASBPA room block or
use the code AMSB when you make your reservation. The rate
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Conference.
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ASBPA Fall Conference
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Welcome reception
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Introduction at the event, and mentions during the program
Your handouts can be included with conference materials
A full-page ad in our program
A half-page ad in our program
A quarter-page ad in our program
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Your logo on our PowerPoint loop during conference breaks
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One exhibit space (request exhibit form for details). If possible, all breaks and the welcome reception
will be held in the exhibit area.
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Avis car rentals offers discounts
to ASBPA conference attendees
Avis has assigned a specific discount number for our fall conference in San Francisco. The Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) Number is J907336. Please use this AWD number when calling Avis
directly toll-free at (800) 331-1600 to receive the best possible car
rental rates available.
Below are the links where you can access the Avis web page for
the ASBPA Fall Conference. When you click the link, not only will it
take you to their reservation site, but the AWD# will follow them also!
http://www.avis.com/AvisWeb/html/meetings/go2.html?
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San Francisco:
Prepare to leave
your heart
Taken from “Hilton Honors Points of
Interest, June 2005.”
It’s easy to understand why
San Francisco is one of the world’s
most popular destinations. Simultaneously old-fashioned and cosmopolitan, the city has succeeded in
modernizing without compromising
its rich past. Fog-covered hills,
sparkling waters, quaint cable cars,
great restaurants, cultural centers
and compelling architecture are just
a few of the city’s many charms.
By most standards, San
Francisco is not a large city, but its
diverse neighborhoods provide
plenty of attractions. Visitors often
find themselves echoing the sentiment once expressed by author
Rudyard Kipling, “San Francisco
has only one drawback. It is hard to
leave.” ❖
Shore & Beach
Magazine update
The spring/summer double
hurricane issue of “Shore &
Beach” magazine was mailed
from Oakland on Sept. 2.
Delivery ranges from one to
three weeks. ❖
Beach Book
“North Carolina Beaches,”
long hailed as the best guide to
enjoying the state’s 320 miles of
coastline, will help you find just
the right spot for a long vacation
or a one-day getaway. To learn
more, go to http://
uncpress.unc.edu/books/T7744.html. ❖
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AMERICA’S COAST
Katrina update
Louisiana
New Orleans: Breaches in at
least two levees allowed water from
Lake Pontchartrain to inundate
sections of New Orleans. An
estimated 80 percent of New
Orleans was under water, up to 20
feet deep in places, with miles and
miles of homes swamped.
New Orleans: “We’ve been
living in this bowl,” said Shea
Penland, a coastal geologist who
has studied storm threats to Louisiana for years. “And then Katrina
broke channels into the bowl and
the bowl filled. And now the bowl is
connected to the Gulf of Mexico.
We are going to have to close those
inlets and then pump it dry.” – As
quoted in the New York Times,
Aug. 31, 2005.
New Orleans: “The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers was
waiting for money to conduct a
feasibility study on upgrading the
New Orleans levee system when
Hurricane Katrina hit, an agency
spokesman said. The earthen berms
that separated the city from southeast Lake Pontchartrain was
originally authorized in 1965, after
Hurricane Betsy put much of the
city under up to seven feet of water.
The floodwalls were built to withstand a Category 3 storm.
Coastal Louisiana: “With
New Orleans built on unstable river
delta sediment and sinking at about
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9 millimeters per year and coastal
wetlands, which can help to diffuse
storm surge, disappearing at a rate
of 25 square miles a year, engineers
have had to continually administer
small-scale upgrades and fixes to
flood control infrastructure, said
Tom Jackson, a former president of
the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE), who lived in
New Orleans before Katrina
struck.” – As quoted in Greenwire
Aug. 31, 2005.
Coastal Louisiana: “The
Chandeleur Islands, a narrow string
of sandy barriers in the Gulf of
Mexico about 70 miles east of New
Orleans, were virtually destroyed by
Hurricane Katrina, according to
federal researchers who flew over
the area.
“Abby Sallenger, a scientist
with the United States Geological
Survey, said researchers reported
that the uninhabited islands had
turned into marshy outcrops,
denuded of sand.
“By the standards of Louisiana, where coastal barriers have
been suffering serious erosion for
decades, the Chandeleurs, which
make up most of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, had been
relatively robust, with sand dunes of
perhaps six to nine feet, Dr.
Sallenger said. As such, they offered
some storm protection for the
Louisiana coast.
“But measurements with a
radar like instrument called lidar
show that the sand ‘is just gone,’ he
said.” — As quoted in the New
York Times, Sept. 2, 2005.
Mississippi
Early coastal assessments
focused on rescue and recovery
rather than ramifications. It may be
months before the full extent of
damage is clear.
Many casinos that dotted the
coast were damaged or destroyed.
Emergency officials had reports of
water reaching the third floors of
some of the barge-mounted casinos.
Storm swept sailboats onto
city streets in Gulfport and obliterated hundreds of waterfront homes,
businesses, community landmarks
and condominiums.
A foot of water swamped the
emergency operations center at
Hancock County courthouse —
which sits 30 feet above sea level
— and the back of the courthouse
collapsed.
Katrina’s storm surge at Bay
St. Louis, Mississippi was the
highest ever measured in the United
States. One model said 29 feet
while another said 25 feet. Either
way, it surpassed the storm surge of
Hurricane Camille at 22 feet.
Alabama
Mobile County: —Flooding
reached 11 feet in Mobile, matching
record set in 1917, according to
National Weather Service. Water
up to roofs of cars in downtown
Mobile and bayou communities.
Piers ransacked and homes flooded
along Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay.
Dauphin Island: Significant
structural damage on the west end
of the island. Pier and roadway
damage, but the connecting bridge
remained intact. Sand pumped onto
the public beach swept away.
Ground-level condominiums near
the public beach were damaged
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extensively, with several feet of sand
visible inside the units. Both the
Middle Bay and the Sand Island
lighthouses survived the storm.
Baldwin County: Officials in
Orange Beach and Gulf Shores
indicated recovery will take days
instead of months. Along Baldwin’s
Gulf beaches, the worst damage
was incurred by the beach itself.
Officials have credited a 14-mile,
$26 million beach renourishment
project that is nearly complete with
saving beach houses from Katrina’s
surge. The beach will need to be
fixed as large sections of sand were
washed away, but officials credited
the berm with saving the cities. “Just
speculating, I’d say we lost 35
(percent) to 40 percent,” said
Orange Beach Coastal Resource
Manager Phillip West. “We had a
Category 3 surge and the project
successfully protected those upland
structures and infrastructure.”
Florida
Pensacola: High waves and a
six-foot-high surge battered
beaches, overwashing some lowlying areas. Overall, however,
minimal cleanup and a feeling that
Katrina’s impact was less than
Ivan’s but more than Dennis’.
Walton County: Accretion on
Santa Rosa Island, unnourished
areas survived with little structural
damage.
Broward County: Minimal
damage, with recently renourished
stretches of beach faring better than
those awaiting new sand.
National
Scientists are challenging the
conventional wisdom that global
warming is fueling the increase in
number and strength of hurricanes.
Instead, they, say the severity of
hurricane seasons changes with
cycles of temperatures of several
decades in the Atlantic Ocean. The
quiet period from 1970 to 1994
saw cooler water promoting wind
shear, which kept storms from
strengthening. In 1995, that pattern
switched back to a busier cycle that
saw 32 major hurricanes in the
Atlantic from 1995 to 2003. Global
warming may eventually intensify
hurricanes somewhat, say some
scientists, though different climate
models disagree on the impact.
California
The state boasts the nation’s
largest “ocean economy,” according
to a just-released study. Industries
along the coast generated $42.9
billion in 2000, including 408,000
jobs and $11.4 billion in wages and
salaries. Tourism and recreation
positions led the jobs list, as expected, while employment in
commercial fishing and ship building
declined between 1990 and 2000,
the study’s target year.
accreted because of a seawall did
not belong to the owner of the
seawall. The homeowner is appealing to the state Supreme Court.
Florida
As part of its 10-year erosion
control plan, Key West has added
four tons of sand to Smathers
Beach. Florida DEP could pay for
up to half the cost of the $135,000
project. A little further to the north,
beachgoers in Venice were greeted
with a beach up to 150 feet wider
than before, thanks to the completion of a $12 million restoration
project. The west coast is seeing a
number of such projects, a response
to last year’s hurricanes and chronic
erosion problems.
Michigan
The state Supreme Court ruled
that the land along the 3,200 miles
of Great Lakes beaches between
the water’s edge and the high water
mark is public, and access cannot
be denied by upland private property owners.
North Carolina
Research by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers’ Field Research
Facility in Duck is showing a correlation between erosion patterns on
the beach and Ice Age-era river
channels on the ocean floor. Their
data collection is also helping to
Connecticut
better explain how seasonal wave
differences influence a beach’s
Recently, a Connecticut
appeals court ruled that a beach that erosion and accretion cycles. ❖
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CONFERENCES
■ Oct. 10-12 — ASBPA’s fall
conference (field trip Oct. 9), Hyatt
Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco.
Early registration deadline Sept. 9.
Go to http://www.asbpa.org/.
■ Sept. 14-16 — Texas Coastal
2020 conference, Hilton Houston
NASA Clear Lake, Houston,
Texas. Go to http://
www.glo.state.tx.us/coastal/ct2020/
index.html
■ Sept. 28-30 — FSBPA annual
meeting, Ocean Reef Club, Key
Largo. See www.fsbpa.com.
■ Oct. 10-12 – ASBPA fall conference at the Hyatt on Fisherman’s
Wharf in San Francisco. Preconference field trip on Oct. 9. See
www.asbpa.org.
■ Oct. 20 — The Jersey Shore
Partnership’s “A Balance Between
Ecology and Economy” conference,
at the Wildwoods Convention
Center, Wildwood, Cape May
County, NJ. Go to http://
www.jerseyshorepartnership.com/
artman/publish/news.shtml
■ Oct. 26-28 — 2005 H2O
Conference, co-sponsored by
California Shore & Beach Preservation Association, CalCoast and
the Southern California Wetlands
Recovery Project, Huntington
Beach, CA. Go to
www.coastalconference.org.
■ Oct. 31-Nov. 2 — Clean
Beaches Council’s “Sustainable
Beaches Conference,” Renaissance
Vinoy Resort, St. Petersburg, FL.
See www.cleanbeaches.com.
■ Nov. 14-15 — North Carolina
Beach, Inlet & Waterway Associa-
■ E-mail submissions for Beach Spotlight,
America’s Coast, Chapter News and
Factoids are due the 20th of each month.
CONTACT LIST:
■ White House comments — (202) 4561111
■ White House fax — (202) 456-2461
■ George W. Bush’s e-mail —
[email protected]
■ Dick Cheney’s e-mail — [email protected]
■ White House mail — 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave., Washington, DC 20500
■ Capitol Switchboard — (202) 224-3121
■ To contact your senators — http://
www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm
■ To contact your representative — http://
www.house.gov/writerep
tion annual conference, Nov. 14-15.
Go to www.ncbiwa.org.
■ Feb. 1-3, 2006 — FSBPA’s
19th annual National Conference on
Beach Preservation Technology
Feb 1-3, 2006, at Hyatt Sarasota
on Sarasota Bay. Go to
www.fsbpa.com.
■ March 1-3, 2006 — ASBPA’s
2006 Coastal Summit, Hilton
Washington, Washington, DC.
■ Sept. 3-8, 2006 — International
Conference on Coastal Engineering,
San Diego, CA. Call for papers due
July 15. Go to www.icce2006.com
for information.
■ Oct. 10-13, 2006 — ASBPA
2006 fall conference at Ocean
Place Resort & Spa, Long Branch,
NJ. Pre-conference field trip Oct.
10, conference Oct. 11-13. ❖
American Shore & Beach Preservation Association
Online: www.asbpa.org
Executive Directors: Kate & Ken Gooderham
5460 Beaujolais Lane, Fort Myers, FL 33919-2704
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (239) 489-2616 • Fax: (239) 489-9917
Director of Governmental Affairs: Howard Marlowe
1667 K Street N.W., Suite 480, Washington, DC 20006
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (202) 775-1796
Shore & Beach editor: Reinhard E. Flick, Ph.D
c/o Scripps Institute of Oceanography,
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92092
E-Mail: [email protected]
President’s Office: Harry Simmons
1100 Caswell Beach Road, Caswell Beach, NC 28465
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (910) 200-7867 • Fax: (800) 967-0816