American Shoreline Podcast Network

On this jam-packed show, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham are joined by Brad Warren, host of ASPN's Changing Waters podcast and Executive Director of the National Fisheries Conservation Center, to discuss three fascinating topics on the American Shoreline. First, they take up the water crisis on the Klamath River , going into the history of how the river was managed over the past 100 years, and...

On this rebroadcast of the Ship to Shore podcast from May 2019, host Robert Frump is joined by Gilbert M. Gaul to discuss his (then) new book, The Geography of Risk, Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coasts.  Gaul reveals what he characterizes as the confounding array of federal subsidies, tax breaks, low-interest loans, grants, and government flood insurance that shift the...

Join Jenna on this episode of the Sea Change Podcast as she welcomes back her pal and friend of the network, Willis Brown. Some of you may remember Willis from the  Surf. Sail. Seafood  audio adventure highlighting his summer sailing journey along the coast of Maine with friends Spike Smigelski and Ben Hayden as they survived on the water, learning from locals about sustainable seafood a...

In this month's episode of the American Blue Economy Podcast, we explore the Marine Transportation System (MTS) and how to make it more sustainable, productive, and efficient. Our guests include Coast Guard Rear Admiral Richard Timme, Chair of the Coordinating Board for the US Committee on the MTS, Helen Brohl who is the Executive Director of that committee, Cary Davis of the American Association...

This week, host Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham head out to the West Coast to look at coastal management in the Golden State. Joining the show is Dr. Charles Lester, the director of the Ocean and Coastal Policy Center in the Marine Science Institute at UC Santa Barbara. Dr. Lester previously worked for the State of California and the California Coastal Commission for twenty years, including ser...

On this special rebroadcast of the Catch Curve, host Robert Jones sits down with legendary outdoor writer Shannon Tompkins to discuss the environmental, political, and policy changes he has observed over his 40-year career with the Houston Chronicle. Tompkins is a past president of the Texas Outdoor Writers Association and his reporting has won national and state awards to include the Sierra Club’...

Are the oceans being emptied out by overfishing or are fish stocks recovering thanks to recent efforts to strengthen the sustainability of harvests? And who gets to decide? On this episode, Suzanne ludicello , a founding board member of the National Fisheries Conservation Center, talks with Brad Warren about a tool she co-developed with a team at the leading marine resource consultancy MRAG Americ...

Welcome to Episode 1 of the ASBPA Students and New Professionals (SNP) Chapter podcast: Going Coastal! This podcast is for all things coastal for current and emerging coastal professionals across the nation. In this pilot episode, the three co-hosts of the podcast - Heather Wade, Jon Miller, and Marissa Torres - will introduce you to the podcast as a whole, what SNP and Going Coastal is all about,...

This week on Delta Dispatches, Jacques brings back our friends from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana James Karst, director of communications and marketing, and Emily Vuxton, policy director. James talks about the upcoming State of the Coast conference ( registration open now! ) and Emily talks about things to keep an eye on in this year’s Louisiana state legislative session including the...

This episode of the Sea Change Podcast features activism in action! Join Jenna as she checks in with Diane Wilson, a 4th-generation shrimper, activist, and author who is currently on a hunger strike to pressure the Biden Administration to stop the dredging of the mercury-contaminated Matagorda Ship Channel on Texas' Gulf Coast. Diane fears, and the Army Corps of Engineers ackno...

On this special rebroadcast of the American Shoreline Podcast from March 2019, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham revisit their first show with Dr. Joseph G. Kunkel. Joe, as he prefers to be called, is the professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Research Professor University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. As part of our ongoing coverage of the American Shoreline's fi...

This month's episode of The Ocean Decade Show is all about baseline data! Dr. Salvatore Aricò from the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission helps us dive into the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 (GOSR2020). Based on data collected from around the world and co-authored by over 60 ocean science and sustainable development experts, GOSR2020 offers a holistic, global record of how, where a...

Everyone in Washington is talking infrastructure, but where is the talk about water? On the next episode of the WaterLog podcast, Howard and Dan wade through how Congress and the new Administration are planning to take on water and coastal priorities in the nation’s infrastructure initiative. The Senate has decided it will bring back earmarks alongside the House, which has already closed it’s dead...

This week, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham have the pleasure of welcoming the hosts of the newest shows to the American Shoreline Podcast Network:  "Going Coastal" and "Rising Sea Voices."  Co-hosted by Marissa Torres, Heather Wade, and Dr. Jon Miller, the Going Coastal podcast is the official pod of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association's Student and New Professi...

On this special rerun, late host Dan Martin welcomes Doug Marcy, Coastal Hazards Specialist at NOAA's Office for Coastal Management. Dan and Doug discuss the amazing work that NOAA and other federal agencies do to gather data and develop tools to make the data usable for the private sector and NGOs. Its a great show!

Individuals have been drawn to the coastline for centuries, evident by the number of thriving metropolitan cities located adjacent to waterfronts all over the world. In the United States, 40% of the population resides near the water. Not to mention, the blue economy has grown at a rate that is faster than the overall GDP for the country, as it has proven to be a primary driver of jobs, innovation...

This week on Delta Dispatches we’re talking about the inspirational new exhibit at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art which features works from John Taylor, storyteller, environmentalist, self-taught artist and life-long resident of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. Here to talk about the exhibit is Mikhayla Harrell, the Museum Educator and Teen Intern Coordinator at the Ogden Museum and Amanda Moore Dep...

This episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham welcome Russ Boudreau (Principal, Coastal Fronteers) to the show to discuss the intricacies of coastal engineering through the lens of a project in Maui, Hawaii concerning the Wailuku-Kahului Wastewater Reclamation Facility , the island's primary wastewater treatment plant. Located on the island's coast (think gravity), the facility was identified t...

On this special rebroadcast episode of Changing Waters, the late, great Thane Tienson sits down with Randy Fisher, Executive Director of the  Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission  (PSMFC). Established in 1947 by consent of Congress, PSMFC is an interstate compact agency that helps resource agencies and the fishing industry sustainably manage the valuable Pacific Ocean fis...

On The Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank discusses a new(ish) federal grant program to fund local coastal restoration initiatives. Suzanne Simon, with  Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) , talks about the  National Estuaries Program Coastal Watershed Grant (NEP-CWG) , including some of the projects funded in 2020 and the process for applying in 20...

Admiral Tim Gallaudet launches the American Blue Economy Podcast on ASPN with a jam-packed first episode featuring U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska, along with several other former NOAA officials who worked directly on the Agency's development of the Blue Economy Strategic Plan. This expansive episode will set the stage for the rest of the series by covering pre-pandemic trends and po...

This week, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham are back with another great two-part show. Leading off are Kathleen Riely and Ken Willson to talk about the North Carolina Beach, Inlet & Waterway Association (NCBIWA) upcoming Spring “Local Governments” Meeting. Kathleen is the Executive Director of NCBIWA and Ken serves on the organization’s board. Come along and learn all about the Spring Meetin...

On this special rebroadcast, Lesley Ewing is with Dr. Gary B. Griggs, longtime Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz and author of a dozen books, over 100 articles, and several scientific reports.  Come along as Gary talks about how books changed his life, the coastal topics that have dominated his writing, his approach to writer’s block, and his favorite typ...

They say April showers bring May flowers so grab your galoshes and join Jenna Valente and her guest Deirdre Horan on this episode of the Sea Change Podcast for a conversation about a springtime staple: umbrellas. Every day brings a new wave of plastic pollution entering the ocean and solving the crisis will take an all-hands-on-deck, comprehensive approach, including entrepreneurial inno...

Host Peter Ravella checks in with Mayor Joe Mancini of Long Beach New Jersey about how his beach town is faring after more than a year of dealing with COVID-19. The town of 8,500 is set to welcome a summer population of 100,000 visitors. That's good for business but presents its own special risks even as the pandemic appears to wane. With a year of experience, Mayor Mancini seems better prepared t...