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Woods Hole Group nourishment project nominated for “Best of the Best Restored Beaches”
Last year, Menauhant Beach – a nourishment project designed and permitted by Woods Hole Group for the Town of Falmouth – was among the winners of the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association’s (ASBPA) annual “Best Restored Beaches” contest. This … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, coastal erosion, environment, flooding, habitat, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged ASBPA, beach grass, beach nourishment, beach projects, beach resource, beach restoration, beaches, Cape Cod, coastal erosion, dune restoration, favorite beach, flooding, sediment management, wildlife habitat
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Competition photo reveals Europe’s worst coastal erosion
At approximately 6.5 ft/yr average long-term annual erosion, this stretch of the British coast is disappearing fast… Continue reading
Posted in beaches, climate change, coastal erosion, favorite New England beaches photo contest, sea-level rise, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach resource, beaches, climate change, coastal, coastal erosion, coastal infrastructure, favorite beach, photo contest, sea-level rise, sediment management, vulnerability
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Top 20 endangered beaches in MA
Is your favorite beach eroding? Is it losing ground to sea-level rise and coastal storms? Many beaches in Massachusetts are eroding, but we wanted to know – which beaches are eroding the fastest? The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, coastal erosion, favorite New England beaches photo contest, sea-level rise, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach nourishment, beach resource, beach restoration, beaches, Cape Cod, coastal, coastal erosion, Coastal Zone Management, favorite beach, Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, photo contest, sea-level rise, sediment management
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What happens to a nourished beach in a storm?
A nourished beach is a carefully designed engineering project with many positive synergistic effects, not a simple dump of sand on the berm. Unfortunately, many projects are perceived to have failed in a storm only because the dynamics and intent … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, coastal erosion, environment, favorite New England beaches photo contest, flooding, habitat, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach nourishment, beach projects, beach resource, beach restoration, beaches, coastal, coastal erosion, coastal infrastructure, Coastal Zone Management, favorite beach, photo contest, sediment management
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Beach nourishment does more
If you head to the beach this summer, you may encounter areas of our coast that have experienced severe erosion. What can be done to restore beaches? Well, some of the sand that has been stripped from the beach by … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, coastal erosion, environment, favorite New England beaches photo contest, flooding, habitat, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach nourishment, beach restoration, beaches, coastal, coastal erosion, coastal infrastructure, favorite beach, photo contest, sediment management, wildlife habitat
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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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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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Shifting sands threaten Rhode Island beaches (The Providence Journal)
Coastal erosion is a natural process. Beaches typically erode in response to high energy winter waves, and then build up (accrete) again with the lapping summer waves. In unaltered conditions, longshore transport also carries sand from sources to sinks within … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, climate change, coastal erosion, planning, sea-level rise, sediment management, shoreline erosion, Uncategorized
Tagged beach nourishment, beaches, climate change, coastal development, coastal erosion, coastal infrastructure, planning, sea-level rise, sediment management
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‘Fighting a losing battle with the sea’ – Woods Hole Group quoted in The Boston Globe
Woods Hole Group Vice President and coastal engineer Bob Hamilton was quoted in a recent article in the Boston Globe on sea-level rise and the status of coastal protection structures in Massachusetts. In 2009, the state commissioned an inventory of … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, climate change, coastal erosion, flooding, planning, sea-level rise, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach nourishment, beaches, climate change, coastal development, coastal erosion, coastal infrastructure, Coastal Zone Management, planning, sea-level rise, sediment management, vulnerability
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