Howard Marlowe Presents to ASBPA, Calls for Larger Coastal Voice

“We are not alone!” That was the message conveyed last week to members of the Texas chapter of the American Shore & Beach Preservation (ASBPA). Delivering a call to action for all coastal interests was Howard Marlowe, Director of Government Relations for the national office of ASBPA. 

Marlowe urged beach preservation activists band together with port, navigation and environmental interests in order to flex more political muscle in Washington, DC and state capitals. “What happens at the beach doesn’t stay at the beach,” he said. “What coastal residents do affects their inland neighbors as well as the ocean that lies beyond the shoreline. We have a responsibility to be good coastal stewards and to make sure that Congress and state legislators understand that America’s water resources cannot be allowed to deteriorate.”

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