renourishment

"We're now looking at beach renourishment, which is going to widen the beach, but you still need to get people to the beach and away from the beach," said Fort Myers Beach Mayor Larry Kiker.

ABC7 News 2009

Instead of worrying about who shows up on someone's arm, let's worry about our unemployment, our incredibly poor schools .... let's even worry about beach renourishment, anything but the drivel coming out of Columbia! earl l lumpkin, sr.

Sanford accused of smear campaign against Bauer 2009

For decades, Florida's beach restoration and renourishment program has been pumping in wide strips of sand to save eroding shorelines and protect the state's most important tourism feature.

Supreme Court rules Fla. beach work doesn't affect property owners' rights 2010

For decades, Florida's beach restoration and renourishment program has been pumping in wide strips of sand to save eroding shorelines and protect the state's most important tourism feature.

Supreme Court rules Fla. beach work doesn't affect property owners' rights 2010

In reality, the Act gives the state, in cooperation with local governments, the power to establish such renourishment projects, a power that is expected to be used.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Preview of the Stop the Beach Renourishment Case 2009

Let me ask this question; “Do any of you believe or know factually if the Supreme Court Justices really understand and perform enough due diligence in the process of renourishment motivation factors politically and do they have a protocol for verification of data and studies each state utilizes or ‘funds’ to obtain federal government financing for beach renourishment projects when an individual state requests these government funds?”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Preview of the Stop the Beach Renourishment Case 2009

Check here for a listing of all the renourishment projects going on in FL; for a dramatic picture of how much coastline can be added by these projects, this one is good though unsourced.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Preview of the Stop the Beach Renourishment Case 2009

Coastal erosion is already widely reported, with major beach loss in Algeria and Tunisia necessitating costly renourishment.

Northern Africa and coastal and marine environments 2007

The Corps of Engineers launched a major study of island erosion after Hurricane Opal, and a second one in July 2001, in preparation for the Gulf-side sand renourishment project of 2002-03.

Yet Another Erosion Study Beach Blogger 2006

One of them supposedly was intended to measure the effects of a first-ever sand renourishment project along Quietwater Beach.

Yet Another Erosion Study Beach Blogger 2006