The Winter 2007 issue of Shore & Beach magazine is in the mail, and may have already been received by some ASBPA members. This dedicated issue on the storm protective value of coastal restoration (which was distributed at the recent Coastal Summit to be handed out to Members of Congress and their staff) features the following articles:
• ASBPA President Harry Simmons’ Address to the Coastal Engineering Research Board -- Mayor Harry Simmons
• Shore Protection Assessment: Damages Prevented by the Martin County, FL, Project in 2004 -- Linda K. Lent, Brian K. Harper and Mark B. Gravens
• BEACH-fx: Monte Carlo Life-Cycle Simulation Model for Estimating Shore Protection Project Evolution And Cost Benefit Analyses -- Mark B. Gravens, Richard M. Males and David A. Moser
• Decadal Scale Performance of Coastal Maintenance in The Netherlands -- Mark Van Koningsveld and Jamie Lescinski
• Beach Nourishment for Hurricane Protection: North Carolina Project Performance in Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd -- Spencer M. Rogers Jr.
• Storm Protection Beach Fill Planning on Barrier Islands -- Todd L. Walton Jr.
• A Review of Beach Nourishment Impacts on Marine Turtles -- Dena D. Dickerson, Jennifer Smith, Monica Wolters, Craig Theriot, Kevin J. Reine and Jim Dolan
• Contrasting Sediment Transport Along the Southwestern Louisiana and Upper Texas Shorelines: Impacts From Hurricane Rita, 2005 -- Walter S. Guidroz, Kathleen R. Poole, Gregory W. Stone, Dane Dartez and Lisa G. Pond