by ACS.Admin | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog
Coasts and Climate Change – Don Wright’s Perspective Many Australian coastal colleagues know Don Wright either personally or through his publications. I have been privileged to have been a colleague since the early 1907s when we teamed up to study...
by ACS.Admin | Mar 23, 2023 | Blog
Federal Coastal Legislation – Public Trust Principles In two recent blogs (Nos 227 and 233), I outlined how US federal coastal legislation offered a strategic, long-term approach to coastal management in cooperation with the states. Although not without...
by ACS.Admin | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog
Public Trust Doctrine Part 1: Tribute to Jim Titus Last week I received an email from Jim Titus informing a group of us that this was his last day at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I quickly responded with congratulations on a great public service...
by ACS.Admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Blog
Coastal Adaptation In Aotearoa New Zealand Late last year I received a package from the former Secretary of ACS, Tom Fitzgerald. He is now back in NZ and Co-convenor of the Aotearoa Climate Adaptation Network. In the package was Special Publication No 5 of the NZ...
by ACS.Admin | Feb 15, 2023 | Blog
US Coastal Barrier Resources Act: Model for Strategic Federal Intervention? Many will be aware of my long-standing obsession with the potential application of US style federal legislation for coastal management in Australia. In a previous blog (No. 227, November 2022)...