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Singer Island Breakwaters - VICTORY!

Surfrider Foundation National Victory Announcement

Q: "I don't surf or visit the beach on Singer Island so why should I be concerned about this breakwater project?"

A: This would be THE template for additional projects including breakwaters extending from southern Palm Beach, completely armoring South Palm Beach AND Lantana and into Manalapan. This also includes a 1/2 mile project starting just south of Jupiter Inlet extending to the Jupiter Beach Resort...

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Third proposed design 'submergent' breakwaters:

•  USACE Draft Environmental Assessment
•  Memo from ERM to PBC cancelling workshop

•  DEP comments to PBC against the project

•  Surfrider letter to USACE opposing third redesign

•  NMFS ESA - Sec. 7 Consultation Biological Opinion
•  US Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion
•  USACE letter requesting withdrawal of project
•  USACE letter accepting project withdrawal

•  Breakwaters in PBC Federal Legislative
  Priorities/Agenda for 2011

Read our stand on beach preservation - link

•  Breakwaters Online Petition - click and sign it!
•  Breakwaters Petition - print it and post it!
•  Letter to your Commissioner- print it and send it!
•  Facebook Cause - go viral!

•  Protect The Surf, Stop The Breakwaters Flier 
  - post it
•  Palm Beach County Commissioners
•  Singer Island Breakwaters Project Info (PBC ERM)
•  PBC ERM - Coastal Resources
  - Shoreline Enhancement & Restoration
  - Engineered Structures
  - Coastal Council
•  ERM Environmental Enhancement Status Reports
  (PBC ERM discussing progress on breakwaters deployment in November 2008+ issue)
•  Singer Island Maps of Breakwaters Project- (11mb)
•  Description of Coastal Construction Control Line
  - for Palm Beach County (CHAPTER 62B-26) [more DEP Beach Rules]
•  Singer Island Civic Association
•  Directory of Condominium Officers
  - (source: Palm Beach County ERM)
•  View Google Maps Overview

• County kills Singer Island breakwater project,
  siding with environmentalists
  View .pdf here
•  Surfline.com: The Mechanics of Snapper Rocks
  (classic example of sand bypass)
•  Palm Beach County to decide whether sea turtle
  threat should scrap beach-erosion-fighting
  breakwaters View .pdf here
•  Palm2Jupiter.com: Singer Island erosion is
  'a political shovefest' View .pdf here
•  PalmBeachPost.com: Helping one beach project
  with erosion may hurt another View .pdf here
•  PalmBeachPost.com: Palm Beach County hopes
  low-profile breakwaters will ease turtleadvocates' objections to Singer Island beach plan View .pdf here
•  PalmBeachPost.com: Help beaches,
  help property: Feds right to reject Palm Beach County breakwaters View .pdf here
•  PalmBeachDailyTimes.com: Palm Beach County
  drops application to put breakwaters off Singer Island View .pdf here
•  PalmBeachPost.com: New survey finds
  Loggerhead turtles getting perilously scarce
•  The Society of Environmental Journalists: FL
  Breakwater Could Hurt Sea Turtles
•  PalmBeachPost.com: Planned Riviera Breakwaters
  Under Fire
•  Newspaper: Atwater, Klein pushing Singer Island
  ‘breakwater’ despite potential harm to turtles
•  Reach 8 breakwater partnership between
  Palm Beach, county OK'd by Town Council
  View .pdf here
•  Beach, Turtle Needs Collide
  View .pdf here
•  Town of Palm Beach Candidates Weigh In On
  Beach Projects
  View .pdf here
•   Surfline.com: "PALM BEACH APOCALYPSE?"
  One of Florida's best surf zones in serious trouble
•   PalmBeachPost.com: Letter To The Editor
  "Singer Island breakwaters an undeserved bailout"

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