PSDS has been informing the public on coastal and beach management issues and policies through a variety of media outlets for nearly 25 years. PSDS has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, National Public Radio, Times Picayune, Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, Raleigh News and Observer, and many more newspapers and websites. Here are some of our most recent offerings to the public.
IN THE NEWS CONTINUED:
The Miami Herald story about the Gulf sand berm project includes comments from PSDS Director Rob Young and references the open letter to Thad Allen:
Spill demands technical, not political, fix
By Fred Grimm
Published: July 24, 2010
"I don't know of a coastal scientist who thinks this project is a good idea,'' said Rob Young, director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina University.
Newsweek article about the open letter to Thad Allen regarding the re-engineering of the Gulf Coast in response to the oil spill:
By Sharon Begley
Published: July 23, 2010
It took only 24 hours to get 21 of the nation’s most prominent coastal scientists to sign on to an impassioned letter to Ret. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, national incident commander of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Check out photos from our most recent flight (7.19.10) over the sand berm being constructed along the Chandeleur Islands and Dauphin Island, AL: http://psds.shutterfly.com/sandberm
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to PSDS Director Rob Young on the use of berms as part of the oil spill cleanup.
PSDS Director Rob Young was interviewed from WCU about the use of sand berms in the oil spill cleanup.
Rob Young's live interview on "The Rachel Maddow Show", broadcasted on June 16 on MSNBC:
Rachel Maddow Show
June 16, 2010
PSDS Director Rob Young was inteviewed live from WCU about the plan for building sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico during the June 16 episode of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show."
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