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Allen Rose said he is happy Pasco County is moving forward on the long-discussed project to dredge coastal canals. “Our coastline is in serious need of help,” Rose, of New Port Richey, told Pasco County commissioners Feb. 21. He said he also wanted to see the county aggressively look for grants to pay for the… Read More
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA) announced several key Louisiana projects received funding that will address dredging, levee, flood protection, and infrastructure priorities. The work plan is the regular release of how the Army Corps of Engineers will be funding its projects after the passage of the annual congressional spending bill, Graves said in a news… Read More
The shipping crisis on the Mississippi River might finally be ending. Since last July, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the river 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ease shipping backups. With improved snowpack in areas such as Montana and precipitation through the midsection of the country late last… Read More
A stretch of eroded beach will be repaired, with the federal government picking up most of the cost, beginning next month. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Approximately 1.3 miles of eroded shoreline on Fort Pierce’s Hutchinson Island is to be restored thanks to a partnership with the St. Lucie County Erosion District. Overview: The beach renourishment project… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is scheduled to hold Saylorville lake levels below the normal conservation pool while a sedimentation survey is conducted. While the lake is held at or below an elevation of 834 feet, data collection will take place, likely during the last week of March or first week… Read More
Since the beginning of construction of the Louisville VA Medical Center in December 2021, the site has seen a lot of change and one of the most noticeable early changes was it going from a 35-acre grassy field to much of the earth materials being collected and sorted in large piles on the south side… Read More
Community members can learn more about restoration efforts at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot (FNOD) and hear the latest cleanup progress during an in-person quarterly Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting scheduled for 6:15 to 8 p.m. March 2. at the HRSD SWIFT Research Facility, 6909 Armstead Road, Suffolk, Va. The meeting is open to the public. Topics… Read More
The City of Carpinteria and the County of Santa Barbara are finalizing plans to conduct dredging operations in the Carpinteria Salt Marsh currently planned to begin in Mid-March. After creek flows receded following heavy rains in January of 2023, Carpinteria Salt Marsh channels had excess sediment that impacted the outflow of Santa Monica and Franklin… Read More
Water levels in the Lower Granite reservoir may fluctuate more than in recent years, now that dredging operations at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers have completed. Before dredging cleared sediment from the confluence, the Lower Granite pool was kept at a minimum elevation of 736 feet, as measured by the confluence gage… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Port of Everett, has completed maintenance dredging of the lower settling basin of the Snohomish River Federal Navigation Channel. American Construction removed 193,000 cubic yards of material with a clamshell dredge. Source
Work to restore 10 acres of wetland habitat in Carolina Beach State Park is set to begin on Feb. 27 and be completed by April. The North Carolina Coastal Federation and the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation are working to restore and enhance the tidal marsh habitat between the Sugarloaf and Swamp trails… Read More
Flooding is always a concern for people living in St. Augustine. “Our property and our neighbors’ properties have flooded for each of the last major hurricanes since Matthew in 2016. The king tides are affecting us with flooding, so everybody is concerned,” said St. Augustine resident, Ted Mooney. Many residents spoke with City of St…. Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, in partnership with the St. Lucie County Erosion District, will begin beach renourishment operations at Fort Pierce, Florida, on or about March 9, 2023. USACE will place approximately 500,000 cubic yards of sand from authorized borrow areas off the coast of Fort Pierce Beach on approximately 1.3 miles… Read More
A Vancouver, Wash., company will begin dredging the lower Snake and Clearwater rivers next month in an effort to maintain the navigation channel that makes the rivers accessible to large commercial vessels and connects the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley to ports on the Columbia River. HME Construction Inc. will remove about 258,000 cubic yards of accumulated sediment… Read More
Allen Rose said he his happy Pasco County is moving forward on the long-discussed project to dredge coastal canals. “Our coastline is in serious need of help,” Rose, of New Port Richey, told Pasco County commissioners Tuesday. He said he also wanted to see the county aggressively look for grants to pay for the $14.2… Read More