News from the North Carolina
Shore & Beach Preservation Association

We invite you to read

• The Dune Book by Spencer Rogers and David Nash
  
• Beach Renourishment for Hurricane Protection:
  North Carolina Project Performance in Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd
  by Spencer Rogers
  
  (these documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download it for free by clicking here)

Click here to view our press releases page
for more information about the NCSBPA activities

Sea-beach amaranth in its natural environment

Congratulations to Caswell Beach, North Carolina for being recognized by the American Coastal Coalition as one of the Top Restored Beaches for 2002 . This presitguous award was announced at the American Coastal Coalition Summit in Washington DC.
Other winners were:

Delray Beach, FL
Panama City Beach, FL
Pompano Beach / Lauderdale-by-the-sea, FL
Virginia Beach, VA

Link to the Karen Beasley SeaTurtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.

Hurricane Fran Effects on Communities With and Without Shore Protection: A Case Study at Six North Carolina Beaches Prepared By Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District, Wilmington Engineer Research and Development Center. Institute for Water Resources.

(this is a .pdf docment if you need adobe acrobat reader you can do it here for free )

"The New York District's Biological Monitoring Program for the Atlantic Coast of New Jersey, Asbury Park to Manasquan Section Beach Erosion Control Project. Final Report

Please read the North Carolina Shore and Beach Preservation Association's Response to Orrin Pilkey's article in the 9/23/2001Charlotte Observer.

We now have photos of beach renourishment from Oak Island and Kure Beach

A study by Spencer Rogers, Jr. describing the protection from beach renourishment during Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd.