Abstract Submission to: ASBPA 2015 National Coastal Conference, New Orleans, LA
Authors/Panelists: Davis, R.A. Jr., Elko, N.*, Keiser, J., Lillycrop, L.
Facilitator: Derek Brockbank, Executive Director, ASBPA
*Corresponding author (nelko@elkocoastal.com, (843) 371-7082)
Title: Regional Sediment Management Perspectives toward a National Implementation
Strategy with Local Examples
Abstract:
This abstract submission is envisioned as a two- or three-time slot panel where the panelists
provide comments on Regional Sediment Management (RSM) from their different perspectives,
followed by an audience Q&A session with discussion. The authors include an academic, a
private/NGO representative, a District Chief of Coastal Navigation, and the program head of the
national USACE RSM program. We will each spend 5 to 10 minutes presenting. Dr. Richard
Davis will discuss RSM in the context of the geomorphology along the Texas coast, including
natural and human-induced sediment removal from the littoral system. Dr. Nicole Elko will brief
the audience on results from an analysis of U.S. Beach Placement of Dredged Coastal Navigation
Sediments and discuss the challenges and opportunities of national RSM. Jackie Keiser will
discuss successful RSM implementation at the Jacksonville District and the budgetary
advantages and logistic efficiencies that follow. Linda Lillycrop will provide an overview of the
national RSM program’s past achievements and future direction.
Next, RSM as it fits into the ASBPA Road Map will be briefly introduced by Derek Brockbank.
He will moderate the session similarly to a Summit panel discussion with a few canned questions
then open it to audience input. The goal of the panel is to engage ASBPA members in a dialog
about helping to define a national implementation strategy for RSM. Local examples, provided
by Dr. Davis, are often helpful in these discussions. We hope that ASBPA members will come
away with a better understanding of RSM challenges and potential opportunities, and how they
can advocate for increased RSM back home.