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Sandbagging our coasts

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Orrin Pilkey, always good for a blog quote, authored an article in the Fayetteville Observer this weekend. A primer:
As time passes, the beach continues to retreat in front of the wall, narrowing until it eventually disappears. The lost beach means that breaking waves can no longer transport an adequate amount of sand to adjacent beaches [...]

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State funds to finance beach renourishment?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

An editorial ran in the Wilmington Star News the other day. It’s recommendation: should federal funds for beach renourishment disappear, the state needs to foot the bill. From the article:
To date, the federal government and local governments have borne the cost of expensive annual beach rebuilding projects. But with the economy in the doldrums and [...]

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The Rising Tide: Who Will Lead

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

BlueNC has an excellent summary of the current rundown of coastal management in NC. Prognosis: not looking so good.
Some excerpts:
In case you haven’t been paying attention, the coast of North Carolina is a big deal. According to Stanley Riggs, the international expert in coastal management in the Geology Department at ECU, roughly $2.25 billion in [...]

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