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Monthly Archives: May 2011
What makes a beach great? You tell us!
With the release of Dr. Beach’s best beaches list and the summer season upon us, we’re wondering: what makes a great beach? As you head out to the beach this Memorial Day weekend, what are the elements you look for … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, environment, favorite New England beaches photo contest, planning
Tagged beaches, coastal, environment, favorite beach, New England, photo contest
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What’s your beach’s water quality?
With Memorial Day right around the corner, the state of our beaches is an important topic. In anticipation of the beach season, we wondered: how many New England beaches are there, and how are they all doing? According to the … Continue reading
Beach and dune restoration completed on Martha’s Vineyard
Earlier this year, we reported progress on a beach and dune restoration project on Martha’s Vineyard. A unique and productive public private partnership has evolved since project commencement in 2007, resulting in a regional nourishment project for county, town and … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, coastal erosion, environment, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach grass, beach nourishment, beach projects, beach resource, beach restoration, beaches, Bend in the Road, beneficial reuse, Cape Cod, coastal bank restoration, coastal erosion, Cow Bay, dune restoration, Edgartown, funding beach projects, Marthas Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, public private partnership, sediment management, Silvia State Beach
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Possible erosion fix in the works | CapeCodOnline.com
Possible erosion fix in the works | CapeCodOnline.com. Cape officials are looking for help for their rapidly disappearing beaches from the very source of the problem — the ocean. At a meeting earlier this week, officials from across the Cape … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, coastal erosion, planning, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach nourishment, beach restoration, beaches, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Commission, coastal, coastal erosion, coastal infrastructure, Coastal Zone Management, planning, sand borrow sites, sediment management, spatial planning
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The benefits of coastal management
New approach reveals the benefits of coastal management. Here is an interesting article about some research in the UK combining salt marsh restoration modeling with contingent valuation to target the most efficient and beneficial sites for “managed realignment” (breaching coastal … Continue reading
Littoral cells delineated for Cape Cod
The Woods Hole Sea Grant (WHSG) and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension (CCCE) recently released a Longshore Sediment Transport report for Cape Cod. This is a useful report for the public , coastal managers, conservation commissions, and landowners in that it … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, coastal erosion, planning, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged beaches, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, coastal, coastal erosion, coastal infrastructure, Coastal Zone Management, littoral cell, longshore sediment transport, planning, sediment management, sediment transport indicators, sediment transport model, wave model, Woods Hole Sea Grant
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Bio-engineered solution for coastal erosion protection, pt.7
Update from Woods Hole Group’s bio-engineered erosion control project at Bayswater Seaside in New Seabury, MA: the final sand envelope lift has been installed, and we are awaiting delivery of the anchors before the fiber rolls can be placed at … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, bio-engineering, coastal erosion, planning, shoreline erosion, Uncategorized
Tagged beach grass, beach nourishment, beach projects, beach restoration, beaches, bio-engineering, Cape Cod, coastal bank restoration, coastal development, coastal erosion, coir, fiber roll, non-structural solution, sand envelope
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