CONTENTS:PAGE 2: A productive

year, with so much more to do

PAGE 6: In 2008, ASBPA’s media relations take a new, effective direction

PAGE 8: Web site use on the rise

PAGE 9: Good gains during a tough year in Washington

PAGE 10: Transition the theme for Summit

PAGE 12: ‘Best’ beaches a diverse bunch

PAGE 13: Great Lakes a great site for conference

PAGE 14: ASBPA financially sound despite downturn

PAGE 15: Serving science and sustainability

PAGE 16: Shore & Beach...a memorable 75th anniversary

PAGE 22: Conferences

Visit the ASBPA online at www.asbpa.org

Coastal VoiceTHE NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN SHORE & BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION

— JANUARY 2009 —

A year of looking aheadBy KATE GOODERHAM, APR, CPRC

This year, ASBPA worked on two fronts. One was to build on the efforts we’ve

initiated in the past. We kicked off our new

grassroots media relations cam-paign, and saw fantastic results in a very short time. We visited CNN and The Weather Channel during an executive commit-tee meeting in Atlanta. Shore & Beach celebrated 75 years of continuous publication with four outstanding issues. President Har-ry Simmons became a member of the Sea Grant Advisory Board; he also traveled extensively to coordinate and communicate with similar organizations. A number of us worked with the Access Board to help make beach access for disabled people a practical reality. The science committee prepared a position paper on ter-minal groins. We held two highly successful conferences on coastal technology and policy. Our state

chapters became more active. Yet at the same time, we

were also looking toward the future. We anticipated a new ad-ministration and began to prepare for it, beginning with Coastal Summit 2008. We know that President Obama communicates very differently, so we’re more focused on social media and other media alternatives. We know that we need to communicate better with each other, and are working on ways o facilitate that.

More members have stepped up to be a part of this looking forward. People are asking to be on committees. We are becom-ing more international every day, even as we continue to reach out to new areas in this country.

Going into our 83rd year, we have the strong base of tradition, but we are not hamstrung by it. If we look at our history, we see that we have a tradition of looking forward, finding the new way of doing things. v

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PRESIDENT’S REPORTBy HARRY SIMMONS, ASBPA president

This report on my ASBPA activities for 2008 may include some things you

have already seen throughout the year, but in order to be as inclu-sive as possible, that cannot be avoided.

Executive CommitteeThe ASBPA Executive Com-

mittee spent two days in Wash-ington, DC, in late January. While there, we also made time to go up to Capitol Hill. We helped arrange a session with staffers representing Members of Con-gress who belong to the Coastal, Waterways and Boating Cau-cuses. Our goal was to help these folks understand the importance to America of our water resources infrastructure.

Joining us in the Hill en-deavor were other members of the newly formed Water Resourc-es Coalition, of which ASBPA is a steering committee member along with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Ameri-can Public Works Association (APWA). Also participating from ASBPA were John Lee, Brad Pickel, Tom Campbell, Charlie Shabica, Phill Roehrs and Jerry Stoddard, as well as Howard Marlowe, Steve Dye and Chris

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Wagner from Marlowe & Com-pany. During the 65 minutes we were able to keep these busy folks with us, we made the case for how a wider beach provides storm damage reduction and of-fered a local perspective on why water infrastructure is critical to America.

While in Washington, ASB-PA Vice President Tom Campbell, Director of Governmental Affairs Howard Marlowe and I met with Major General Don Riley, then-Director of Civil Works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Our goal was to help General Riley fully understand the value of the Coastal Planning Center of Expertise and to encourage him to support funding for that initiative, which will benefit most Corps beach projects.

Of course, I attended the 2008 Coastal Summit along with many of you, where I believe we are beginning to get a bet-ter handle on how to deal with Washington. I am most pleased we are planning an effort to make contact with as many non-coastal Members of Congress as possible in 2009. I truly believe that such

The ASBPA’s Congressional staff briefing in January.

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contact, especially in the context of a broader discussion of Ameri-ca’s infrastructure needs, can only help our coastal needs.

National Conference of Insurance Legislators

On the Saturday follow-ing the Summit, I stayed over in Washington to participate on a panel during the meeting of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, which consisted of approximately 200 state legisla-tors, regulators, industry and con-sumer representatives, as well as the media. I was able to address how government should balance real estate pressures with sound land use, whether municipalities are inadvertently enabling poor consumer decisions, and the ex-tent to which the problem extends beyond flood coverage. While this is not all a beach-related is-sue, or even a coastal issue neces-sarily, it is an issue which many of our members face — so I was pleased to participate on behalf of ASBPA.

Corps’ Principles and Guidelines

During the spring, much time was spent preparing ASB-PA’s comments to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works John Paul Woodley, Dep-uty Chief of Engineers MG Don Riley, USACE Director of Civil

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Summit attendees from North Carolina met with Sen. Elizabeth Dole during the conference. From left: Dr. Ed Erickson, Buck Fugate, Sen. Dole, Charles Vincent and Greg Rudolph.

Works Steve Stockton and others on the changes to the Corps’ Prin-ciples and Guidelines (P&G) that were mandated by the 2007 Water Resources Development Act.

• Our first recommenda-tion was to adopt revisions to the P&G that promote the use of Regional or Watershed Manage-ment into the planning, design, construction, operation and main-tenance of projects.

• Our next recommendation was that the revised P&G empha-size the importance of collabora-tion with non-federal sponsors, other federal agencies, state agencies, local governments, and tribes as the norm in the formula-tion of water resources projects.

• ASBPA’s third recommen-dation encouraged the Corps to include revisions that implement multi-objective plan formulation. First, projects should be formu-lated to maximize all national and regional economic development

benefits, environment benefits, and social benefits (with a strong emphasis on public safety). Sec-ond, such formulation should be based on the standards set forth in the revised P&G without regard for administration budgetary policy.

• ASBPA’s fourth and final recommendation was to en-courage certification and use of planning models. P&G should be revised to support the cur-rent Corps initiative to carry out a certification process to review, improve, and validate analytical tools and models for Corps busi-ness programs. The expectation is that certified models used to sup-port planning studies in the future will be accepted by indepen-dent technical reviewers. It was ASBPA’s recommendation that once acceptable planning models have been certified, non-federal sponsors will no longer have to

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participate in the costs of model development or certification for individual projects.

Anyone wishing more detail on the process or status of the changes, please let me know.

U.S. Access Board

A significant effort, which we have been working on for several years, is to help craft new rules for access to beaches for those persons with disabilities. Having formally testified before the U.S. Access Board last year, we were asked this year to par-ticipate in a roundtable discussion of the challenges and possible solutions to those challenges.

ASBPA Vice President Tony Pratt and board member Steve Higgins joined me in Washington in July for the roundtable. We also made a presentation before the discussion began. In the presentation we showed a num-ber of slides that demonstrated the vast differences, especially geologic and demographic, found at America’s beaches. In addition, Steve Higgins and Kate Gooder-ham met with the Access Board as they did site visits in Florida.

Our main points were, simply, that not all beaches have the same terrain, density, type of user, season of use, tide and wave impacts or local government staffing. All those differences can impact how, or even whether, a beach can be made accessible. I

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Above: U.S. Access Board meeting attendees included (left-right): Steve Higgins of the Broward County Environmental Protection Department; Mayor Harry Simmons of Caswell Beach, NC; Tony Pratt of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; Peppino Persio and Greg Malon of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and John Fay of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Below: An Access Board site visit to Southwest Florida.

believe we made a good case, but we will see in the coming months just how good.

Media relationsOne of our significant efforts

over the past couple of years has been to enhance our ability to deal with the media, both in response to their needs and in trying to suggest or recommend story ideas to them. Our 2005 meeting with The Weather Chan-nel was successful in helping redirect their reporting on beach issues, especially during their reporting on storm events. We felt the need, however, to expand the scope of our relationship there and to add more national media to our contact base.

At The Weather Channel we met with senior executive produc-er Howard Sappington, producer Julie Martin, senior meteorologist Stu Ostro and on-camera meteo-rologists Jim Cantore, Stephanie Abrams, Dr. Steve Lyons, Mike Seidel and others. At CNN, we met with executive producer Peter Dykstra and two line pro-ducers, giving them a PowerPoint presentation and then answering questions for the better part of an hour. In both cases, we made

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headway and were able to follow-up by providing experts during this season’s hurricanes and non-tropical storms, which I expect we will continue to do.

I also believe that our other media efforts, focused on smaller daily and weekly papers primarily, are being most effec-tive. We send those outlets two press releases a month — one on policy, the other on science and technology — which can be used as stories without much need for revision or addition. We are building up a nice archive of such pieces as well, making it even easier to respond to issues as they arise in the future.

FSPBAMy visit in September to the

annual meeting of Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association was something ASBPA Executive Director Kate Gooderham and I had been discussing for a while. Since our national conference will be in Florida in 2009, we thought it might be useful to enhance the visibility of ASBPA to FSBPA members. The presentation I gave, on the federal process, is available at www.asbpa.org.

Since returning from Florida, much of my focus was on dealing with the naysayers who always pop up after a particularly damag-ing tropical storm event, with the usual mantra about how coastal dwellers should not be allowed to

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ASBPA President Harry Simmons addresses the FSBPA conference in September.

rebuild their homes or how gov-ernment should not rebuild infra-structure for use by the residents and visitors to those areas.

The ASBPA National Coast-al Conference in Chicago was a true highlight of our year. The topic was “Sustainable Shore-lines,” and the well-attended event featured a magnificent field trip along the Chicago shoreline led by Dr. Michael Chrzastowski. The annual conference is always an excellent opportunity to learn but more importantly is the time we get to spend together, sharing knowledge, ideas and concerns.

CSBPALess than two weeks after

completion of the ASBPA Na-tional Conference, Kate and I traveled to Long Beach, CA, to meet with the board of Califor-nia Shore & Beach Preservation Association, the ASBPA chapter serving California. During the well-attended board meeting, we discussed ways to further

improve communication of the ASBPA mission as it relates to west coast issues. We also had a great opportunity to meet with David Revell and Leslea Mey-erhoff, two new ASBPA board members from California.

National Sea GrantIn November, I had an eye-

opening opportunity as a part of a National Sea Grant meeting to return to parts of lower Louisiana that I had not visited since Hur-ricane Katrina struck that area. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans is still a real mess, with many more uninhabited homes than those that have been re-in-habited. We did have a chance to stop by the project that actor Brad Pitt is supporting, building green homes that are also flood-resistant and making them available to folks who had previously lived in the Ninth Ward. We also visited a couple of fishing operations in the bayou southeast of New Orleans.

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Hard work, along with help from Louisiana Sea Grant, seems to be making things better for those folks.

In late November, I was fortunate to spend time with a number of Corps of Engineers folks in Jacksonville, FL, where were able to begin discussions on what we might see for our coastal water resources from a federal economic stimulus package. The important thing to remember about such a package is that for every $1 billion invested in con-structing or reconstructing Amer-ica’s infrastructure (including our coastal resources), at least 28,000 new jobs will be created.

With four trips to Washing-ton already on my schedule in the first three months of the new year, I’m confident ASBPA will do all that it can to see the coastal economy and ecology included in the economic stimulus efforts. But we need your help, too, so take a moment and send a note to your Members of Congress reminding them of the importance to our nation of the coast and all who live and work there.

As always, if you need more information on any issue, please contact me at president@asbpa.org or by phone at 910-200-7867. I look forward to seeing you in March at the ASBPA Coastal Summit in Washington, DC. v

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MEDIA RELATIONS

HAISMAN

In 2008, ASBPA’s media relations take a new, effective directionBy TINA HAISMAN, APR, CPRC, Media Relations

ASBPA’s media relations efforts soared to new heights in 2008. As a

result, the organization’s mis-sion of preserving, protecting and enhancing the beaches, shores and other coastal resources of America is being heard all across the nation’s shorelines.

As a group, we are com-municating our mission and our message on a regular basis and making more of an impact in our beachfront communities than ever before. It’s been exciting to watch! Here’s a little recap!

Beach News ServiceLast January, countless

members pitched in to provide media contacts from their beach communities. We gathered more than 700 contacts nationwide! This was truly a grassroots ef-fort. We then began sending out bimonthly media releases about beach-related issues.

A few of the topics for our Beach News Service media re-leases included: the winter beach, the summer beach, America’s coastal policy, America’s re-stored beaches, recreational uses of beaches, the storm protection value of beaches, Great Lakes science and policy, pocket beach-es, and California’s beach policy.

We’re always looking for new topics, so e-mail us if you think of one!

The results of our efforts have been great! Weekly coastal newspapers across the country have been printing our articles and inquiring about them all year long. In fact, several of our

members were asked to perform live radio inter-views on the subject matter of a couple of the releases. We even heard from USA Today and the

New York Times after our releases were printed in other publica-tions!

Perhaps just as exciting as watching our message spread around the country is watching the teamwork involved in getting the job done. Many people are involved in the process – from the member or members who agree to be interviewed to the many won-derful sets of eyes who proofread and edit them afterward. Thank you, everyone, this would not be possible without your time and dedication!

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cally, to the following members who graciously made time for interviews this year:Steve Aceti, J.D.Virginia BarkerMichael R. Barnett, P.E.David R. Basco, Ph.D., P.E.Mike Bruno, Ph.D.Tom Campbell, P.E.Mike Chrzastowski, Ph.DScott Douglass, Ph.D.Nicole Elko, Ph.D.Craig Everts, Ph.D.Debbie FlackKate Gooderham, APR, CPRCJim Houston, Ph.D.Tim Kana, Ph.D.Nick Krause, Ph.D.Luke Le Bas, P.E.Orville MagoonJoan PopeTony PrattCameron Perry, P.E.Rudi RudolphWilliam Seitz, Ph.D.Charles Shabica, Ph.D.Harry SimmonsMichael Walther, P.E.

CNN and Weather Channel Meetings

The ASBPA executive com-mittee made great use of their travel dollars during their trip to Atlanta in July. In addition to their regular business, they met with executives from CNN and the Weather Channel and educat-ed them about ASBPA and beach-related issues with a knockout presentation. As a result, both

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The ASBPA Executive Committee travels to CNN. From left: Phill Roehrs, Brad Pickel, Kate Gooderham, Russ Boudreau, Nicole Elko, Scudder Mackey, Tony Pratt, Harry Simmons, CNN producer Peter Dystra, John Lee and Howard Marlowe.

stations called on the association for stories during the year!

Best Restored BeachesWe followed a well-laid

media relations plan for the 2008 Best Restored Beaches contest and assisted the winners with ob-taining record amounts of public-ity in their regions!

Fall Coastal ConferenceWe worked many an angle to

obtain publicity for our 2008 Fall Coastal Conference and found success with the topic of E-coli on Chicago area beaches. ASBPA member Richard Whitman from the U.S. Geological Survey per-formed a phone interview with Chicago Public Radio reporter Gabriel Spitzer.

The Economic Value of Beaches

In addition to our Beach News Service, Best Restored

Beaches, Coastal Summit and Fall Coastal Conference media releases, we also sent out a few others, including Jim Houston’s Economic Value of Beaches media release, which resulted in stories airing on the Lockwood Phillips show in Morehead City, N.C. and the ABC affiliate in Charleston, SC.

Change.org and Facebook

We took a leap into the online world at the end of 2008 by asking President-elect Obama to make protecting America’s beaches one of his top priorities. If you haven’t already voted, please do so at www.change.org! In conjunction with this effort and our efforts to promote the 2009 Fall Coastal Conference to students, we launched a group on Facebook, called ASBPA. Uni-versity of South Florida gradu-

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ate student Tiffany Roberts has already grown the group to 60 members! Log on and see what’s going on!

There is one last group that deserves thanks for their efforts during 2008 — that’s the media relations committee! Thank you to all of you for your ideas and encouragement!

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Web site use on the riseBy BETH SCIAUDONE, Ph.D., Webmaster

The ASBPA Web site con-tinues to be a source of up-to-date information for

members of the organization as well as other interested parties. The electronic newsletters con-tinue to be posted monthly and other news, legislative updates, and conference information are posted as they are available. The Beach News press releases are posted on a special section of the site as well. Newsletters are cur-rently available only to members of ASBPA. We have continued the Poll of the Month. This poll

allows site visitors to answer a question and receive an instant, updated graphic of the polling results to date including their response.

Updated information on our coastal summit and fall confer-ence was provided in a timely fashion. Sponsor links for both conferences were featured on the site. A virtual summit and virtual conference including most pre-sentations were made available to attendees. In addition, online registration for conferences as well as membership renewals was available to members. For the first time, a blog was featured for the fall conference, including notes on the sessions and many great photos. We also have posted a link to the Obama administra-

tion’s “Ideas for Change in Amer-ica” site. (If you haven’t voted for “Protect America’s Shorelines,” please do so today!)

On average, we have ap-proximately 3,300 visits to our site per month, from approxi-mately 2,000 different computers. The graphic shows the monthly distribution of visitors, visits, pages, hits, and bandwidth.

For the next year, we will be focusing on improving our linkage to social networking sites to improve our news communica-tion! We thank Tina Haisman, our media relations coordinator, for her suggestions and help in this area. And special thanks to all of you for using our online resourc-es — we welcome your feedback. Have a very happy new year! v

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WASHINGTON REPORT

MARLOWE

By HOWARD MARLOWE, Director of Government Affairs

In a year that saw a historic national election, a severe national recession and sev-

eral devastating natural disas-ters, ASBPA sought not only to maintain ground in 2008, but also build upon our victories from 2007. Through President Sim-mons’ steady leadership and the great many efforts of ASBPA’s members, the association made significant gains in a year that provided little room to rest on one’s laurels.

As we all know, the 110th Congress failed to complete FY 2009 appropriations during its second session. As a result, the federal government continues to operate under a “Continuing Res-olution” that lets agencies spend at FY 2008 levels through March 6, 2009, with some restrictions. With the new Congress to be focused primarily on the troubled economy, the new Administration, reorganizing congressional com-mittees, and the like, lawmakers will likely group all unfinished spending legislation into a single omnibus FY 2009 appropriations package and give it final approval early next year.

Despite a muddled appropri-ations cycle, the Bush administra-tion’s steadfast refusal to recom-mend funding for our priorities, and the concerted efforts of a

vocal minority in Congress ada-mantly opposed to congressional-ly directed funding for members’ projects, ASBPA’s work to push funding for beach studies and projects did bear fruit.

Although still waiting to be finalized, the House and Senate versions of the Energy & Wa-ter Development Appropriation

bill contain $64,654,000 and $86,841,000, respectively, for shore protection projects, programs, and studies. The Senate bill

also includes $1 million for the Corps Coastal Center of Exper-tise (PCX) and its five sister Cen-ters requested by Senator Charles Schumer (NY) on behalf of ASBPA. These funds would give the PCX additional resources to assist Corps Districts and Divi-sions throughout the nation with their coastal planning efforts.

In addition to working to boost funding for beach stud-ies and projects, ASBPA worked with Representatives Tim Bishop (NY) and Frank LoBiondo (NJ) to highlight the needs of coastal communities across the country in a House Transportation &

Infrastructure Committee hearing on the Army Corps of Engineers’ civil works program that took place earlier this year.

With their help, we were able to draft amendments to the Regional Sediment Management language included in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that were more in line with ASBPA’s 2008 Government Affairs agenda. The intent of the language is to create a program that will enable localities and states, as well as the federal gov-ernment, to plan and implement water and environmental resource projects on a regional (or water-shed) basis.

ASBPA also met with numerous congressional offices and committees to propose the inclusion of an amendment to the Army Corps of Engineers’ inter-nal regulations that would pro-vide equal weight to recreational benefits derived from beaches when the Corps determines the feasibility of federal participa-tion in beach projects. This would allow beach communities that restrict development close to the shoreline to receive increased consideration for federal fund-ing. It would also enable the federal government to do what it was able to do until 1986: plan beach projects for recreational, as well as storm damage reduction, purposes.

Good gains during a tough year in Washington

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In 2008, ASBPA was also in-strumental in ensuring that legis-lation to reauthorize the BEACH Act was reintroduced and even-tually passed in the House. This legislation, an ASBPA priority, enables the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration to help states utilize the latest technol-ogy to test for beach water con-taminants and increase available funding for states water quality monitoring to $40 million over four years. In light of its efforts, the Association was called upon by congressional committee staff to provide advice on improve-ments in its scope. Although this legislation did not become public law during the 110th Congress, its passage in the House serves as an important building block as we move to push this priority in the coming year.

Additionally, ASBPA worked with the U.S. Access Board to refine its proposed guidelines establishing acces-sibility standards to allow people with disabilities improved access to beaches. ASBPA urged the Board to improve the proposed guidelines so that they could ensure maximum access for disabled beachgoers while still giving beach project managers the tools and flexibility to cre-

ate access points that conform to the physical characteristics and usage demands of each beach. The Board is expected to propose final regulations on this issue next year. On this and other issues, ASBPA’s President and Board members were heavily involved in the advocacy effort.

As 2008 comes to a close, we look forward to an increasing-ly promising road ahead. Howev-er many obstacles ASBPA faced this past year, the association’s tireless efforts have put us in the prime position to pursue the many opportunities that 2009 will bring. Now, more than ever, the support and active involvement of every ASBPA member will be critical in determining whether we can take full advantage of this historic year. We will remain heavily in-volved in a wide variety of policy making initiatives in Washington, a comprehensive approach that will allow ASBPA to continue to grow as a strong voice for sound coastal policies before Congress and federal agencies. v

Transition the theme for DCBy TONY PRATT, Summit Chair

The ASBPA Summit, titled “Beginning the Transi-tion,” was held Feb. 27-29

at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, DC. Leading up to that meeting we made these observations:

“As the nation moves rap-idly toward the election of a new president in November 2008, the coastal management community contemplates the changes and opportunities that a new admin-istration will bring. Where do the candidates stand on the issues of coastal hazard reduction; protec-tion of the nation’s natural coastal infrastructure that includes wet-lands, estuaries and the beaches and dunes that protect them from waves and storms; the coastal tourism economy and the service industry it supports; resiliency and sustainability of our coastal communities, and the long view of protecting the complex, inter-related components that make up the coastal system.”

At that time, the nation’s critical concern was the war, but we hoped that the presidential candidates would include con-

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sideration of the “nation’s natu-ral coastal infrastructure.” The meeting was attended by 134 people who took this message to the Hill. We heard from Members of Congress and federal agency representatives on the roles they play in the future of beach man-agement and protection. The participation of the presenters we had was very well received, particularly the insights from the agencies.

We had thought of the 2008 Summit and the 2009 Summit as a one-two punch. This year’s Summit is a very important fol-low up to last year’s meeting. The national focus is now on revitalizing the economy, and investment in the nation’s infra-structure to help get people back to work. We need to continue to press for water resources projects (read “beaches”) to be part of the stimulus package. If you came to Washington in February 2008 you need to come back, and if you missed last year you need to be there this year.

Looking ahead, as we did last year, to the election and now expecting accountability and commitment to the coast from our elected officials has been and will continue to be the heart and soul of the Coastal Summit.

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Summit awards• Coastal AdvocateRepresentative C. Bill Young (FL)• Friend of the CoastSenator Lindsay O. Graham (SC)Representative Steve Israel (NY)• Congressional Staff AwardStaff of the Senate Subcommittee on

Transportation and InfrastructureStaff of the House Subcommittee on

Water Resources and Environ-ment

• Corps of Engineers AwardJoe Vietri, Director of Corps Coastal

Center of Expertise• Top Restored Beaches AwardsChaland Headland Project, LAEast Beach, Norfolk, VASurfside-Sunset Beach, CACollier County Beaches, FLPerdido Pass, ALWest Hampton Dunes, NYFolly Beach, SC

Summit sponsors• Congressional receptionVisit St. Pete/Clearwater• Breakfast on the Hill

North Carolina Beach, Inlet and Waterway Association

• Break sponsorsTown of South Padre IslandMoffatt & NicholCoastal Technology Corporation• Board meeting sponsorCoastal Planning & Engineering,

Inc.• Congressional directoriesDredging Contractors of America• Summit 2008 lobbying cardGreat Lakes Dredge and Dock Co.• Conference note pad holdersTexas Chapter of ASBPA• Conference badge holdersWeeks Marine• Exhibit in a Bag Mc Kim & CreedBeach Restoration Inc.HDR/Shiner Moseley Galveston Park BoardCity of Port AransasOcean City, MarylandMaccaferi Inc.• Summit sponsorshipMarlowe & CompanyMobi-Mat/DechampsOlsen AssociatesWest Galveston Island Property

Owners AssociationCalCoastCounty of Orange, CACity of Virginia BeachNOAA Co-Ops

Coastal Voice 12‘Best’ beaches a diverse bunchBy NICOLE ELKO, Ph.D., Chair

Coastal communities have restored more than 370 beaches in the United

States, including such iconic coastlines as Miami Beach, Coney Island and Southern California’s Venice Beach. Beach restoration is ultimately success-ful when users, be they turtles or tourists, do not realize that they are utilizing a restored beach.

ASBPA awards the Best Restored Beaches in America annually to build awareness of the value of America’s restored beaches. The award aims to educate the public about the his-tory of long-standing restoration projects and refresh the memories of folks who were around when the beaches were in bad shape! Continued public support for restoration is crucial and often difficult to maintain when restora-tion projects become successful and routine.

In addition, new projects may display an innovative trend in shore protection or set an example from which future projects are modeled. Nomina-tions from established, as well as new, projects for the 2008 Best Restored Beaches award were ac-cepted until April 11, 2008.

The award selection com-

mittee included Nicole Elko (FL), Chair; Tony Pratt (DE), Tom Jarrett (NC), Brad Pickel (SC), Jerry Stoddard (NY), Harry Sim-mons (NC), Mike Dombrowski (FL), and Joan Pope (VA). The committee determined the merit

of the nominees based on three criteria: the economic and ecologi-cal benefits the beach brings to its commu-nity; the short- and

long-term success of the restora-tion project; and the challenges each community overcame during the course of the project.

The following projects were selected as the 2008 Best Re-stored Beaches in America:

• North Boca Raton, FL• South Walton and Destin

Beaches, FL• Kuhio Beach, Waikiki, HI• Ocean Isle Beach, NC• Olympic Sculpture Park,

Seattle, WA• Venice Beach, FLThe award winners were

announced on May 19 during a coordinated national and lo-cal media campaign. The win-ning projects were highlighted throughout the year in Coastal Voice and with photos streaming across the top of the ASBPA web-site. The awards will be formally presented during the Coastal Summit in Washington, D.C. on March 26, 2009. v

IMages from Kuhio Beach (left), Ocean Isle Beach (below) and the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle (below left).

Coastal Voice 13Great Lakes a great site for conferenceBy CHARLES SHABICA, Conference Chair and President , Great Lakes Chapter

Many thanks to all who joined us in Chicago for the 2008 ASBPA

National Conference, “Sustain-able Beaches” at the Chicago Mart-Plaza Hotel in October. Mike Chrzastowski and I love this city and were pleased with the enthusiastic turnout. We’ve had a great response to the Chi-cago lakefront field trip, “Cen-tennial Celebration; A Potential International Spotlight.” Mike, many thanks to you and your staff; you set the ASBPA field trip bar pretty high.

At the conference sessions, we learned about 75 years of Shore & Beach history, effects of climate change on our beaches, and local and regional coastal management programs. Water quality was a hot topic, especially the tools used to assess and improve condi-tions on out Great Lakes and marine coastal beaches. Environmental, edu-cational, engineer-ing and economic

challenges to sustainable coastal management was the focus of many presentations.

We’re grateful for the sup-port of ASBPA members and staff, the turnout by our Great Lakes colleagues, and look forward to seeing you in Florida, next year. Have a great year!

Conference awards• Murrough P. O’Brien AwardLesley Ewing

• Education AwardsMarissa Yates and Elizabeth Liver-mont• Coastal Project AwardForest Park Beach Project, Lake Forest, Il-linois

• Member of the YearNicole Elko• Unsung Hero AwardJeanah Bauer

Conference sponsors• Awards Banquet Table Sponsor Texas A&M University/ GalvestonCoastal Planning & EngineeringOrville Magoon• Grand Opening ReceptionVisit St. Petersburg/Clearwater• Networking BreaksCoastal Science & Engineering Weeks Marine McKim & Creed W.F. Baird & Associates • ASBPA Board MeetingNorth Carolina Beaches, Inlets & Waterways Association• Field TripGreat Lakes Dredge & Dock Company• Conference TotesSouth Padre Island, TX• Flash DrivesSouth Padre Island, TX• Notepad holdersCoastal Planning & Engineering• Nametag LanyardsCoastal Technology Corporation• Photography SupportShabica & Associates• Exhibitors American Vibracore ServicesHalcrow, Inc.Taylor Engineering, Inc.DHI Water & EnvironmentC-Fix B.V.Edward E. Gillen CompanyU.S. Army Engineer R&D Center

Conference co-chair Mike Chrzastowski showing field trip participants some of the history of the Chicago shoreline.

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Conference————— Continued from page 13NortekUSADeschamps Mat SystemsEarth Protection Systems, Inc.Sand Transfer Systems• General supportersMarlowe & CompanyDredging Contractors of AmericaBauerLatoza StudioCoastal Solutions Inc.HDR/Shiner MoseleyWest Galveston Island Property Owners’ AssociationLewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.Luedtke Engineering CompanyCity of Virginia BeachManson ConstructionApplied Technology & ManagementMoffatt & NicholNorfolk Dredging v

TREASURER’S REPORTBy BRAD PICKEL, ASBPA treasurer

Like the rest of the econo-my, the ASBPA faced sub-stantial fiscal challenges in

2008As treasurer of the ASBPA,

It is my responsibility to report the good news and the not-so-good news when it comes to financial matters. In preparing to write this year’s report, I read back through last year’s update to remind myself of where we were because we must use our past experiences to guide us in future decision making, whether the experiences were good or bad.

Last year, I was excited to report that “we are financially solvent.” Although we have not been spared the economic down-turn, we continue to be financially solvent. I also reported that we had been able to increase our reserves and established “interest-bearing savings accounts to the tune of more than $200,000.” I am once again able to report that as of December we have more than $200,000 in interest-bearing savings accounts; however, our checking account has been greatly impacted in comparison between 2007 and 2008. Cur-rently, we expect our overall bot-tom line to take a financial hit of between 20%-25% in 2008. What do these things mean as we move into 2009?

First and foremost, our fiscal discipline has allowed us to whether the storm in 2008. Although we took a large hit, we had adequate reserves to cover expenses then and also as we move into 2009. We must con-tinue to find ways to leverage our dollars to maximize their impact. The board of directors, with the help of the executive directors, has evaluated the budget and we believe that we will be once again putting the organization on sound financial footing. In next year’s budget, we have trimmed in all places that were possible and did not allow increases over 2008 in many categories. In 2009, we have a zero-based budget.

Secondly, we must continue to increase revenues through supporting our largest revenue producers — the spring and fall conferences. Last spring, we gen-erated slightly more net revenue than budgeted, but this year is even more important. Not only does attendance help in “paying the bills,” it helps the organiza-tion become a larger player with Congressional members, federal staff and agencies. This is a criti-cal year with the change in the administration and Congress and we need to have a strong, united voice.

This past fall, we had an out-

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The December Beach News Service articles will be included in the February issue of “Coastal Voice.” They are available now online at www.asbpa.org for those who want to review them sooner.

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standing conference in Chicago that led to sponsorships exceed-ing expectations, and totaling more than $71,000. Due to the outstanding efforts of the spon-sorship committee and leadership by our executive directors, we were able to make the event a success; however, our attendance was lower than expected. We un-derstand that this was a difficult year for all and conferences are an easy target during budget cuts. We hope that this trend does not continue and are counting on all of you to attend, and bring a col-league, to next year’s event in St. Pete Beach as we expect another phenomenal event.

Looking forward to 2009, there are going to be new and distinct challenges and opportuni-ties for the organization. The first challenge is to focus our message and reach out to the new admin-istration and Congress at the Coastal Summit. With the transi-tions occurring in both the leg-islative and executive branches, now is the best opportunity for ASBPA to be heard. More infor-mation is in this report, so attend and encourage others to do so.

A second financial challenge and opportunity for the ASBPA in 2009 is the annual fall confer-ence in St. Pete. It should be no surprise that the fall conference is typically our biggest fund-raiser, and this year will be no differ-ent. As I mentioned earlier, we

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all need to attend and support the conference, and bring a new person into the ASBPA. This will help with specific conference rev-enue, and more importantly, grow our organization membership to have a larger voice in 2009.

Finally, I have an additional request. We need to expand our membership base for a variety of reasons such as increasing the technical knowledge of the organization and producing high-quality Shore and Beach articles; increasing our representation of more coastal communities and

As a science-based orga-nization, the Science & Technology Committee

is critical to ASBPA’s credibility. Members of the committee serve as associate editors of Shore & Beach. The committee was active in reviewing papers and develop-ing the program for the National Coastal Conference.

The primary duties of the committee are to evaluate the science behind ongoing issues and programs to provide solid guidance to ASBPA on what will work, how things work and the cause and effects of what can be done on the coast. The committee keeps the focus on sand conserva-tion and management in dealing with the critical erosion problems of the nation.

The committee is dedicated to helping Americans coexist with

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT

a sustainable living coast that will provide many years of enjoyment to this generation and many gen-erations of Americans to come.

Members were also in-volved with the Beach News Service and developing presenta-tions for CNN and The Weather Channel.

The committee prepares position papers on issues of inter-est. Their paper for 2008 was on “Terminal Groins at Coastal Inlets.” Like the previous papers, it was written to assist members. If there are topics you’d like the committee to consider or if you’d like to be on the committee, con-tact us at exdir@asbpa.org. v

Serving science, sustainability

interest groups as we speak for all shores in Washington; insuring that we engage elected officials who work on local, state, and fed-eral levels; and general financial support of our organization. So as you are renewing your member-ship, think of others within your companies, coastal governments with whom you work, and anyone else who is dedicated to preserv-ing, protecting and enhancing the beaches, shores and other coastal resources of America and invite them to be a part of our organiza-tion in 2009. v

Coastal Voice 16A memorable 75th anniversaryBy BETH SCIAUDONE, Ph.D., Managing Editor

The year 2008 was the 75th anniversary of the ASBPA journal, Shore &

Beach. To celebrate, we included a retrospective of articles from our very first volume of issues in each 2008 issue. We have also been featuring interviews with past winners of the prestigious O’Brien award, a feature we will be continuing in 2009. We held our very first photography con-test this year — the winners were notified this fall, and the winning photograph will be on the cover of your first issue next year!

We have featured a num-ber of notable articles in 2008, including a special historical fea-ture on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, by Robert Wiegel-if you haven’t read it yet, take a look back at issue No. 2 from this year (Vol-ume 76). The photos alone are worth your time. In issue No. 3, Jim Houston updated his famous series on the economic value of beaches. And our final issue of the year (No. 4), was dedicated to “extreme engineering” projects, ranging from an island reclama-tion project in the Maldives to the “mega-projects” on Dubai’s coast.

We hope you have all en-joyed your subscription this year,

and anticipate excellent contri-butions in 2009. Look for our second issue to feature a series of papers on the effects of Hurricane Ike on the Texas coast.

In addition, S&B is cur-rently being evaluated for inclu-sion in the ISI database, which will improve our ability to attract contributions from academia. The process is rigorous and includes a number of factors. We should know the results next year. Thank you all for your support, and remember that we welcome your contributions and photographs! Happy New Year!• Executive EditorReinhard E. Flick, Ph.D.Editorial assistant: Amy Hsiao• Managing EditorElizabeth Sciaudone, Ph.D. • Associate EditorsThomas J. Campbell, P.E.Michael J. Chrzastowski, Ph.D.Lesley C. Ewing, P.E.Nicholas C. Kraus, Ph.D.

Editorial assistant: Holley Mess-ing• Guest EditorsGary Mocke and Francois SmitMichael J. Chrzastowski, Ph.D.• Contributors (in order of appearance)Ken GooderhamEleanor Camann and John WellsAbílio C.S.P. Bittencourt, José

M.L. Dominguez, Karla O.P. Medeiros, Júnia K. Guimarães, and Flávia R.L.S. Dutra

Matthew Lybolt and Sandra TateAndrew Morang, Ph.D., and Sha-

non A. Chader, P.E.Nicholas C. Krauss, Ph.D.Lesley EwingAndrew Morang, Ph.D.Nicholas C. Kraus , Kiki Patsch

and Sophie MungerPhilip King, Ph.D.David Phillips and Shaw MeadAmy Williams, Rusty Feagin and

Angela WitmerGilbert A. YoungbergReinhard E. Flick, Ph.D.Charles W. Shabica, Ph.D., P.G.Michael J. Chrzastowski, Ph.D.James R. Houston, Ph.D.Gary B. GriggsPeter D. Bromirski and Reinhard

E. FlickJennifer L. Irish, Ph.D., P.E.,

Lauren N. Augustin, Gregery E. Balsmeier, and James M. Kaihatu, Ph.D.

Thomas J. CampbellThe Hon. John. BrickerGary Mocke and Francois SmitGary P. Mocke and Francois SmitKevin R. Bodge, Ph.D., P.E. and

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Steven H. Howard, P.E.Kees d’AngremondNelson VijayLesley Ewing, P.E.Beth Sciaudone Stephen G. Thompson• AdvertisersAndrews, Miller & Associates

Inc.Applied Technology & Manage-

mentASR AmericaAquatic Plants of FloridaW.F. Baird & Co.Cashin Associates, P.C.Coast & Harbor EngineeringCoastal Planning & Engineering

Inc.DannenbaumDavid A. Lienhart (Armorstone.

com)DHIEarth BalanceFirst Coastal CorpHalcrow Inc.Hyatt SurveyKalinich Fence CompanyMRD Associates Inc.Moffatt & NicholNoble ConsultantsOlsen Associates Inc.ShoreTecVeri-Tech Inc.Woods Hole Group v

Shore & Beach——– Continued from page 16 By KATE GOODERHAM, APR,

CPRC, ASBPA executive director

Unless you are a new member, you already know that “Coastal

Voice” is ASBPA’s monthly e-newsletter. It is our best way of letting you know what your association is doing.

It also offers you the oppor-tunity to contribute photos and articles that are less formal than Shore & Beach. In 2008, “Coastal Voice” was “strong and steady, looking forward.”

We let you know about up-coming conferences, our Best Re-stored Beaches program, award winners, activities in Washington and around the country, good Web sites and a little of almost everything including cartoons!

• Contributors (in order of appearance)Harry SimmonsHoward MarloweBrad PickelRon FlickKate GooderhamKen GooderhamSteve HigginsBeth SciaudoneJerry Stoddard

John LeeJerry MohnTina HaismanNicole ElkoCharles ShabicaQuin RobertsonTom CampbellPhyllis HartfordDavid CannonMichael TrudnakDolan EversoleMichael ChrzastowskiPeter HummelRick SpadoniSandy TateJoAnne CastagnaJon ShabicaDaisy IvyNancy WoodleyTony Pratt v

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• PresidentMayor Harry Simmons — Cas-

well Beach, North Carolina• Vice presidentsRussell Boudreau — Long Beach,

California Thomas Campbell, P.E. — Boca

Raton, FloridaAnthony P. Pratt — Dover, Dela-

warePhillip Roehrs — Virginia Beach,

Virginia • SecretaryNicole Elko, Ph.D. — Clearwa-

ter, FL• TreasurerBrad Pickel — Beaufort, South

CarolinaDirectorsSteven Aceti, J.D. — Encinitas,

CaliforniaNoreen Bodman — Sandy Hook,

New JerseyMichael Bruno, Ph.D. — Hobo-

ken, New Jersey* David Cannon — Long Beach,

CaliforniaMichael Chrzastowski, Ph.D. —

Champaign, IllinoisRichard Dewling — Red Bank,

New JerseyMichael Dombrowski — Destin,

FloridaScott Douglass, Ph.D. — Mobile,

AlabamaDeborah Flack — Tallahassee,

Florida* Douglas Gaffney — Gibbsboro,

New Jersey

Steve Higgins — Fort Lauder-dale, Florida

James R. Houston, Ph.D. — Vicksburg, Mississippi

Tim Kana, Ph.D. — Columbia, South Carolina

John Lee — Dickinson, TexasLarry McKenney — Orange

County, CaliforniaLeslea Meyerhoff —

Carlsbad, CaliforniaD.T. Minich — Clear-

water, Florida* Jerry Mohn —

Galveston, TexasM. Cameron Perry,

P.E. — Corpus Christi, Texas

Mayor Robert E. Pinkerton, Jr. — South Padre Island, Texas

Joan Pope — Alexan-dria, Virginia

Jim Rausch — Wash-ington, D.C.

David Revell, Ph.D. — Santa Cruz, California

Thomas W. Richardson — Vicks-burg, Mississippi

Gregory Rudolph — Emerald Isle, North Carolina

William Seitz — Galveston, Texas

* Charles Shabica, Ph.D. — Chi-cago, Illinois

Gerard Stoddard —New York. New York

Mayor Gary Vegliante — West Hampton Dunes, New York

Michael Walther — Vero Beach, Florida

*Chapter Presidents• Advisory BoardDr. Robert DeanChuck HamiltonSyed KahlilDr. Stephen Leatherman

Orville Magoon, ChairDr. Ram MohanBernie MooreDr. Joe MoseleyDr. William Stronge• Directors EmeritiCharles L. BretschneiderThorndike Saville, Jr.Henry M. von OesenRobert L. Wiegel• Director of Governmental Af-

fairs: Howard Marlowe• Executive Directors: Kate

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OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ASBPA newest directors Leslea Meyerhoff (left) and David Revell.

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Last year, we conducted a short membership survey. We learned you are active

in professional organizations, you belong to ASBPA to stay abreast of issues, to network at confer-ences and to effectuate policy change concerning the coast. You believe ASBPA informs and educates its members, meets and discusses issues relative to shores and beaches, work on the over-all planning and management of shores and beaches. In terms of benefits, you see the ability to make contacts and becoming in-formed as critical. We appreciate your input and used those results in our 2008 programming.

ASBPA members were quoted in our Beach News Ser-vice articles sent throughout the country. In addition, we utilized our members for spokespersons on our coast for The Weather Channel, in expert capacities on NPR stations and in other ways as the opportunities presented themselves. More and more of our members are asking to partic-ipate in committees and provide content for our Web site, Shore & Beach, and “Coastal Voice.” We will continue to look for ways for you to be involved.

While we appreciate all our members, we are specially thank-ing those members who went above and beyond student, indi-vidual, foreign and library mem-berships.

MEMBERSHIP UPDATE• 2008 corporate supporters Dredging Contractors of AmericaSandcastle Technology, LLC• 2008 corporate membersAdvanced Coastal TechnologyApplied Technology & ManagementBogue Banks Beach PreservationCoastal Engineering Consultants,

Inc.Coastal Tech Coastal Planning & EngineeringCoastal Science & EngineeringDavis Bowen & Friedel Dredging Contractors of America Earth Balance Earth Protection Systems Edward E. Gillen Co.Great Lakes Dredge & DockHalcrow HDR/Shiner MoseleyHilton Inc.Jersey Shore PartnershipManson Construction - HussinMcLellan, NeilMoffatt & NicholMRD Associates Inc. Noble Consultants Olsen Associates RBF Consulting Weeks MarineZeiser Kling Consulting• 2008 government members Huntington Beach, CAMiami Beach, FLOcean City, MDSarasota, FLVirginia Beach, VABrevard County, FLBroward County, FLCarteret County, NCLee County, FLMartin County, FLOrange County, CAPanama City (FL) VCBPinellas County, FL

St. Lucie County, FLWalton County (FL) TDCFort Pierce, FLGreater Boca Raton (FL) Beach &

Park DistrictCanaveral Port Authority, FLWilacy County (TX) Navigation

DistrictAvalon, NJBald Head Island, NCBethany Beach, DECaptiva (FL) Erosion Prevention

DistrictCaswell Beach. NCDelray Beach, FLGulf Shores. ALHillsboro Inlet District (FL)Jamaica Beach, TXKill Devil Hills, NCNorth Myrtle Beach, NCOak Island, NCOcean Isle Beach, NCOceanside, CAPort Aransas, TXRockport, TXSouth Padre Island, TXSt. Augustine Beach, FLSurfside Beach, TXTopsail Beach, NCNorth Topsail Beach, NCTybee Island, GATownship of Upper, Tuckahoe, NJWest Hampton Dunes, NYCalifornia Dept. of Boating &Water-

waysDelaware Dept. of Natural Res. &

Env. ControlFlorida DEP, Bureau of Beaches &

Coastal SystemsHawaii LNR, Div. of Boating &

Ocean Rec.Texas General Land OfficeUniversity Member:Texas A&M University at Galveston

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American Shore & Beach Preservation AssociationOnline: www.asbpa.org

Executive Directors: Kate & Ken Gooderham5460 Beaujolais Lane, Fort Myers, FL 33919-2704E-mail: exdir@asbpa.orgPhone: (239) 489-2616 • Fax: (239) 489-9917

Director of Government Affairs: Howard Marlowe1667 K Street N.W., Suite 480, Washington, DC 20006E-mail: beaches@asbpa.orgPhone: (202) 775-1796 • Fax (202) 775-0214

Shore & Beach editor: Reinhard E. Flick, Ph.D c/o Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92092E-mail: editor@asbpa.org

President’s Office: Harry Simmons1100 Caswell Beach Road, Caswell Beach, NC 28465E-mail: president@asbpa.orgPhone: (910) 200-7867 • Fax: (800) 967-0816

E-mail submissions for Beach Spotlight, America’s Coast, Chapter News and Factoids are due the 20th of each month.

CONTACT LIST: White House comments — (202) 456-1111 White House fax — (202) 456-2461 George W. Bush’s e-mail — president@

whitehouse.gov Dick Cheney’s e-mail — vice-president@

whitehouse.gov White House mail — 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,

Washington, DC 20500 Capitol Switchboard — (202) 224-3121 To contact your senators — http://www.

senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm To contact your representative — http://www.

house.gov/writerep

ASBPA EVENTS March 25-27, 2009: ASBPA National Coastal Summit, Wash-ington Court Hotel, Washington, DC. Oct. 14-16, 2009: ASBPA Na-tional Coastal Conference, Trade Winds Island Resort, St. Peters-burg Beach, FL.

burg Beach, FL. Abstracts are due May 8.

March 6-10, 2010: Inter-national Conference on “Coastal Zone Management of River Del-tas and Low Land Coastlines,” Alexandria, Egypt. For further information contact Professor Nabil Ismail at: nicoastmarine@gmail.com.

ASBPA members, send your conference information to exdir@asbpa.org to be included.

Feb. 16-18: 10th Annual CIRP Workshop, TradeWinds Island Resorts, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.

Feb. 18-20: National Con-ference on Beach Preservation Technology, TradeWinds Island Resorts, St. Petersburg Beach, FL. Go to www.fsbpa.com.

March 25-27: ASBPA Coastal Summit, Washington Court Hotel, Washington, DC. Go to www.asbpa.org to register or become a sponsor.

Sept. 16-18: FSBPA Annual Meeting, Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL.

Oct. 14-16: ASBPA Na-tional Coastal Conference, Trade Winds Island Resort, St. Peters-

Coastal Voice 22Membership———— Continued from page 19CONFERENCES• Association MembersFire Island Assoc.FSBPAOcean Village Prop. Owners Assoc.• Individual Corporate Members:Barrier Beach Preservation Assoc.BeachTechCalifornia Coastal CoalitionCaplen Shores Homeowners POAEpsilon Associates Inc.Erickson Consulting Engineers Inc.First Coastal Corp.Gurney’s Inn Resort & Spa Ltd.Hyatt Survey Services Inc.City of Isle of Palms, SCMarlowe & CompanyMaxwell Marine ConsultingNC Beach, Inlet & Waterway Assoc.Sandbridge Beach Civic League Inc.South Padre Island Economic Dev.

Corp.A special note: Our inter-

national memberships (including libraries and individuals) is in-creasing next year due to postage increases. v