American Shoreline Podcast Network

Peter and Tyler welcome Radley Horton to the show. Radley was the co-chair of the At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience Building in the Coastal Zone Conference at Columbia University that took place in June and discusses how the conference was received and what some of the take-aways are.  Radley Horton is a Lamont Associate Research Professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth...

On this special day after July 4th episode of Friday Happy Hour, Tyler and Derek and chat about everything from the managed retreat conference at Columbia University last month to the spirit of the American Shoreline and favorite July 4th memories. Cheers!

Peter talks with Trisha Howarth, the President of the July 4th Commission for the community of Southport, North Carolina. The patriotic spirit of America is alive and well in the City of Southport. For over 200 years this small maritime community has celebrated our nation's independence in a big way. The celebration has grown from colonial times when ships lay anchor in her harbor and shot th...

In today’s episode, hosts Jacques Hebert and Simone Maloz dive deep into the Mississippi River with Tristan Baurick to discuss his 5 part investigative series about the Upper Mississippi River.  From the Headwaters in Minnesota to Davenport, Iowa, Tristan focused on stories of different ways we’ve tried to control the Mississippi River. At the end of the show, Melissa Mylchreest, associate di...

Peter and Tyler kick of ASPN's Independence Day Weeklong Celebration with a history lesson provided by Revolutionary Naval Historian Dr. Bill Fowler. For the upstart colonists, the Atlantic Ocean was the primary theater of war, and the American Shoreline as the front line for the fight for independence against the most powerful global power of the time, the Royal Navy. Professor Fowler has taught...

Peter and Tyler welcome C.J. Lewis and Professor David Kaye, Founder & Artistic Director of PowerPlay's Interactive Labs at the University of New Hampshire. Powerplay is an exercise in "applied theater" and UNH is using this innovative method to reach and educate the public on climate change.  Theatre has long been used to educate and inform, a...

This month, Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi provide an update on the appropriations process, bring us up to speed on funding and changes to the Nation Flood Insurance Program, an important Supreme Court decision regarding property takings, and a new study showing that increased funding for dredging has resulted in less sand being moved. 

Thanks for tuning into the latest episode of Delta Dispatches! In this episode, Jacques and Simone catch up on the latest coastal news, followed by two more interviews from the EVERLAB conference. Simone sat down with Kristin Tracz of the Walton Family Foundation to talk about their environmental efforts in Louisiana and across the country. Later in the show Simone is joined by Liz Williams Russel...

On this episode, Peter and Tyler welcome Dr. Joe Kunkel back to the podcast on the heels of a two-week scientific research mission aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow.   Joe shared his experience, cruise history, what they are studying, and what the data gathered on the mission might mean.   Cool show.. 

On this episode of the Catch Curve, host Robert Jones is joined by Anne Mosness, a legendary pioneer fisherwomen in Bristol Bay, Alaska.  Anne fished Bristol Bay for 28 years and is now a wild fish advocate and activist for small scale, family fishers.  Robert and Anne discuss her start in the commercial salmon fishery, the role of women in the industry, aquaculture and more.  They...

Jenna is back this week with Harry Nelson, Vice President of Aquatic Markets for Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc. a company that manufactures industry-leading particle analysis instrumentation based on digital imaging technology. Their flagship product, the FlowCam, is the first automated particle analysis instrument to use digital imaging for measuring size and shape of microscopic particles in a...

In this episode, we hear more interviews from the EVERLAB conference. In the first segment of the show, you’ll hear Simone’s interview with Chett Chiasson, Executive Director at Port Fourchon to talk about the importance of industry on Louisiana’s coast and the ways Port Fourchon partners with the state of Louisiana and other exciting things happening with the port. Following that interview, Simon...

Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham welcome Shannon Cunniff to the show and dive deep into the issue of coastal resiliency, risk management, federal flood policy, and why we continue to see imprudent development on high-risk shorelines.  There are few topics on the American shoreline -- or shorelines anywhere in the world -- that are more multi-dimensional.  There are stubborn reason...

During this extra special Father’s Day episode, Jenna welcomes her dad, Peter Valente, to the show to discuss his Coast Guard career, fatherhood, and his current work in oyster aquaculture and ocean conservation. Join them as they kick off Father's Day Weekend by reflecting on their family adventures around the country and on water.

Tyler calls up his best friend, Drew Westphal, to talk "best beach memories from the good old days" (90s and early 2000s) in Southern California, and Drew's experience living in Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.  Drew and Tyler grew up in the same small town in California and spent countless days on the beach together.  Drew still lives in New York City and reports that cleanup a...

In this episode of the Delta Dispatches, host Simone Maloz sits down with several guests from the EVERLAB conference in New Orleans. EVERLAB brings together corporate leaders, financial services professionals, governmental officials, and economic development and environmental practitioners to discuss environmental finance, investment, and risk management. Simone welcomes Michae...

On this episode, Peter and Tyler talk with Jace Tunnell, Director of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve and founder of the Nurdle Patrol, a citizen science project looking to gather information about where nurdles are located, remove nurdles from the environment, and create awareness about the nurdle pollution. Nurdles are small plastic pellets used in the pre-production of pl...

On this episode of Changing Waters, host Brad Warren sits down with Dr. Ray Hilborn, a marine biologist and fisheries scientist, known for his work on conservation and natural resource management in the context of fisheries. He is currently professor of aquatic and fishery science at the University of Washington. He focuses on conservation, natural resource management, fisheries stock assessment a...

Derek Brockbank, host of Capitol Beach, joins forces with Dan Ginolfi and Howard Marlowe, co-hosts of the WaterLog Podcast, for a very special combo episode from Washington, D.C.  The show dives deep into the grandest of coastal organizations, the U.S. Army Corps off Engineers, with a couple key figures in the Corps's Planning and Policy Branch: Eric Bush, A...

Today’s first guest is frequent guest Dr. Alisha Renfro, Coastal Scientist with the National Wildlife Federation! Jacques and Alisha talk at length about the current state of the Mississippi River. They cover everything from the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, the Old River Control Structure and the upcoming (and historic) opening of the Morganza Spillway. In the final segment, Rachel Rhode,...

On this episode, Peter and Tyler are joined by Jim Blackburn to discuss the Texas Coastal Exchange, a nonprofit organization designed to be both a new land conservation tool and a means to establish and mitigate for carbon dioxide emissions by creating a framework that allows landowners who provide ongoing carbon sequestration, on a metric ton/acre/year basis, a financial incentive. The money come...

Tomorrow, June 1st, marks the first day of the 2019 Hurricane Season, so on this special episode of Friday Happy Hour we welcome Ken Graham, Director of the National Hurricane Center, to the show to talk about the upcoming season and how his agency is working hard to keep us all informed. Then, Peter and Tyler have a round (or two) discussing Ken's remarks and look at the some of the interesting s...

Summer is finally here, so we’re talking sunscreen and body products - the things that so many of us use but rarely think about how they affect our own health and impact the environment around us. To help inform this conversation, Jenna Valente is joined by an expert in eco-conscious body products, Mike Malterre, Executive Vice President of Stream2Sea, which is a body care company that makes human...

On today’s show, our hosts Simone Maloz and Jacques Hebert have a conversation with David Moore, the Aviation Director of SouthWings. SouthWings is a non-profit conservation organization that provides a network of volunteer pilots to advocate for the restoration and protection of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the Southeast through flight. David talks about his journey to SouthWings and how yo...

Happy Memorial Day! We hope that everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend. Enjoy Part 2 of our Memorial Day Summer Kickoff. On this episode, we check in on Manasota Key, Florida where a quaint, fold Florida community is transitioning to an engineered beach for the first time. Then we go to South Padre Island to speak with the frontrunner in the town's mayoral election, Darla Jone. Next, its Andra...