Atlantic Sand Assessment Project — To help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy, promote
resilient coastal systems, and help build a national offshore sand inventory, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sponsored offshore surveys to identify new sources of sand in federal waters from Miami, Florida to Massachusetts in 2015 and several site specific surveys in 2016 and 2017.
«The human deaths and the powerful landscape - altering destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy are a stark reminder that our nation must become more
resilient to
coastal hazards,» said Kevin Gallagher, associate director for Core Science
Systems at USGS.