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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: Dr. Kelly Burks-Copes on the USACE Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Project
Description: Dr. Kelly Burks-Copes is the Project Manager for the largest, most expensive coastal protection project ever undertaken by the US Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District. A 28-year coastal pro with the Corps, Kelly and her team of 120 engineers, planners, geologists, and scientists, have bee charged with protecting Galveston and more importantly the city and port of Houston from the next big hurricane. That'll keep you up at night!
The Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration project is expected to be a $32 billion effort and is likely to involve bates across the two-mile wide Ga...