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ADVOCACY

Beaches as Coastal Resilience
By Derek Brockbank

B

eaches are America's favorite playground. To most Americans,
just the word " beach " conjures up images of youthful summers,
spring break parties, family vacations or relaxing retirement.
Beaches are fun, and the numbers bear that out: 200 million
Americans visit a U.S. beach every year, more than all the National Parks
combined. Beach tourism helps generate $225 billion in revenue annually,
a major component of the U.S. travel and tourism sector that is one of the
fastest growing parts of the U.S. economy.
Beaches, like parks, come in many
shapes and sizes and are managed by
different parts of government. National seashores are part of the National Parks System; states, counties,
cities and towns all manage beaches,
and, in most states, private ownership of beaches extends only to mean
high-tide line, so the tidal and swash
zones are public property with requirements for public access. While
most people don't think about beach
management or engineering as they
lie on their blanket soaking up the
sun, many beaches - more than 800

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miles of beach in the United States -
have been engineered or nourished to
maintain certain characteristics.

Healthy Coastlines
Beaches are far more than sun,
surf and recreation. The American Shore & Beach Preservation
Association (ASBPA) advocates
for healthy coastlines that offer four interconnected values:
a. Protection
from
coastal
hazards (storms, sea-level rise,
etc.)
b. Economic vitality

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c. Ecologic health
d. Recreation
These beach attributes help
coastal communities withstand
and bounce back from annual winter nor'easters to episodic El Niños
to a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane.
The upfront investment in properly maintaining and managing beaches can save billions of dollars in recovery costs (the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers estimated the federal
shore protection projects saved $1.9
billion in damages during Hurricane Sandy) and allow residents to
quickly return to regular life after a
storm. The habitat value of beaches
helps wildlife populations in ways
seawalls or " hardened " shorelines
cannot, and the economic value of
coastlines - not only from tourism,
but also from fishing, marine industry and home value - support diverse jobs and individual wealth.



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