American Shoreline Podcast Network

This week on Delta Dispatches, we sit down with one of our favorite guests, Bren Haase, Executive Director for the Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority. The CPRA is releasing their draft Annual Plan, which outlines the coastal projects moving forward in the next 12 months and Bren walks us through many of the big projects that will make 2021 a great year for coastal Louisiana.

Our friend, colleague, and ASPN host Thane Tienson died suddenly and tragically of a heart attack Jan. 28, 2021 .   On this episode,  Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham are joined by Brad Warren and Greg Tozian to celebrate Thane's life and his legacy as a person and devoted advocate for the fisheries, environment, and the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest.  Thane lived a...

"As beaches and inlets face greater physical changes in the coming century than in all of human history, coastal states and communities need dedicated and predictable funding for projects and effective management, guided by data-driven prioritization that considers future coastal conditions.” The third of a five part series reviewing coastal policies essential for improving beach and inlet managem...

On this episode of Shorewords! meet Nicole Elko and Kim Garvey, two of the authors of the article, A Century of U.S. Beach Nourishment.  Many of the beaches we enjoy regularly have benefited from nourishment as a management option.  Large amounts of sand have been placed along the coast, or relocated from harbors and inlets, and while the volumes are huge, so too have been the benefits t...

The latest episode of the Sea Change Podcast is all about the soil to sea connection. Jenna is joined by her cousin Samantha Duchaine, an organic food grower, Vermont-repreneur, and dedicated health and wellness coach. She has worked on organic farms across the country, owned and managed her own farm, and now owns Root Juice, a mobile, raw juice and smoothie bar that she operates out of an Airstre...

This week, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham talk about what it means to be an adaptation professional with Beth Gibbons, the executive director of the American Society of Adaptation Professionals . ASAP began in 2011 with the vision of building a home for people working on climate change adaptation where they could connect with each other, share information, and build on successes while moving a...

"Beach and inlet management and restoration rely on strong environmental protections to maintain the health and ecological value of these systems. Optimizing the timeliness, efficiency, and effectiveness of regulatory review for projects occurring along beaches and inlets is critical to ensuring the functioning and restoration of multi-use coastlines. ” The second of a five part series reviewing c...

On this episode of the Changing Waters podcast, host Brad Warren speaks with Dr. Greg Rau of Planetary Hydrogen about using ocean chemistry to capture and store CO2, the toolkit for ocean carbon removal options, and why Greg thinks that the abiotic, natural chemistry of the ocean shows particular promise. Planetary Hydrogen is upending the global hydrogen market with the first scalable, truly carb...

On today's episode, Simone and Jacques welcome back National Wildlife Federation Outreach Manager Samantha Carter to discuss the fourth annual Cook-off for the Coast . Although this year's cook-off will be virtual, Sam highlights how it will still feature great content, including music from the Michot’s Melody Makers with special guest Leyla McCalla, a virtual coastal flyover, cooking demonstratio...

This week, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham explore past, present, and future of the Pebble Mine, one of the most important issues of the American Shoreline. Pebble Mine is the common name of a very large porphyry copper, gold, and molybdenum mine development project in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. The federal permit review of the project had been the subject of much anticipation during the...

“ Beaches and inlets are dynamic features that change based upon the flow of sediment through coastal systems. Properly valuing and managing sediment supports balanced coastal uses, which is essential to the ecosystem health, economic vitality, and resilience of coastal states and communities.” The first of a five part series reviewing coastal policies essential for improving beach and inlet manag...

A lot can happen in the space of drinking one Rainier beer on a commercial fishing boat. For Brendan Jones that kind of sparked the beginning of his pescatourism operation in Sitka, Alaska. Join Big Tourism host Arica Sears and her guests Jon Bonkoski of Ecotrust and Rachel and Brendan Jones of Finn Alley Fishing as they look at pescatourism from a research lens as well as from real experience in...

This episode of Delta Dispatches features environmental law experts providing an overview of the legal and regulatory backdrop upon which Louisiana is executing its coastal restoration and protection efforts. Amy Reed, Staff Attorney, and Jarryd Page, Public Interest Law Fellow, both from the Environmental Law Institute, join Simone and Jacques to discuss the forthcoming draft Environmental Impact...

On this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with David Abel, the Pulitzer Prize winning environmental reporter for the Boston Globe.  David is a keen observer of coastal issue off the New England coast and his insights are not to be missed.  We discuss the latest developments in the battle to save the North Atlantic right whale, the burgeoning wind power industry in t...

This is a special rerun in celebration of Dan Martin. Clayton Harris III is the Executive Director for the Illinois International Port District at the Port of Chicago. In this role, Clayton and the Illinois International Port District are committed to developing and maintaining a world-class port that operates as a modern, strategically driven facility and is focused on generating and expanding ec...

Following the broad and sweeping overview of Episode 1, in this episode we get into the nitty gritty with Alison Clausen from the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the Ocean Decade’s organizing body within the United Nations. We hone in specifically on the Outcomes and Challenges outlined in the Ocean Decade Implementation Plan and use a lot of metaphors to explain the IOC’s approa...

Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi take stock of Biden's new era of federal climate initiatives and consider what policies we might expect to come down the line early in the new Administration. With all that's going on in the Nation's Capital, this is a can't miss update from WaterLog!

This week, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with Dr. Aaron Micallef about the science behind Offshore Freshened Groundwater. Aaron is a marine geologist investigating the geomorphology of continental margins. He uses quantitative techniques to analyse geophysical and sedimentological data to solve problems related to submarine mass movements, canyons and gullies, fluid flow processes, subm...

This is a special rerun in celebration of the life of Dan Martin. On this episode of NextGen Waterfronts, Dan Martin is joined by Michael Mercadante and Tevere MacFadyen of Main Street Design to discuss the tricks of the trade when it comes to creating interpretive attractions on the American Shoreline. Main Street Design was founded in 1991. Main Street’s two principals, Michael and Tevere, have...

In this episode of Changing Waters, Global Ocean Health's Julia Sanders interviews Dr. Lisa Levin. From Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Dr. Levin studies deep sea and coastal deoxygenation, including taking deep sea videos of oxygen minimum zones . She discusses her work, as well as a recent op-ed she co-wrote in The Ecologist, which talks about tackling climate change via the Un...

In this episode of Delta Dispatches, Jacques checks in with Blaise Pezold, Coastal and Environmental Program Manager at The Meraux Foundation, who provides updates on a number of exciting programs the foundation is carrying out in St. Bernard Parish, from a new citrus research facility to ongoing coastal education and volunteer initiatives. Freelance journalist Sara Sneath then joins to discuss he...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham turn their attention to 45Q, the section of tax code that establishes generous tax credits for carbon sequestration that are potentially worth billions of dollars annually.  45Q creates a potentially powerful market for sequestration tax credits that are tradable and available to investors. Joining the show are Brad Crabtree and Jason Lanclo...

This is a special rerun in celebration of the life of Dan Martin. Dan Martin, host of Next Gen Waterfronts, welcomes to the show Mary Ludgin, the Senior Managing Director at Heitman, a global real estate investment firm with $44 billion in assets under management. Founded in 1966, they have 10 offices worldwide and are an active participant in three key segments of the glo...

Join Howard Marlow and Dan Ginolfi as they share their thoughts on the new era in Washington D.C. brought on with the inauguration of Joe Biden and the swearing in of a new Congress. They discuss the legacy of the Trump Administration on environmental, coastal, and water policy; and, compare the previous administration to the new Biden Admin's policy signalings.

After decades of legal and political wrangling, four dams on the Klamath River are now set for removal, reopening the river for restoration of salmon runs that were nearly destroyed— along with the people who depend on them. The innovative public-private financing that made this possible could be a model for future restoration efforts along the West Coast.  Glen Spain, a leader in restoration...