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Town leaders have approved moving forward with a nearly $14 million beach renourishment project for South Nags Head to replace sand lost during 2019’s Hurricane Dorian that they hope can take place along with other beach widening efforts in Dare County planned for 2022. Town commissioners also began the process of creating a new set… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — With the Emerald Isle beach nourishment project scheduled to begin Saturday, Feb. 20, the Carteret County Shore Protection Office wants oceanfront property owners to know what to expect. Office Manager Greg Rudolph, in an email this week, said the dredging contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. of Illinois, will remove sand… Read More
The $14.5 million Coastal Center will be built on the Thibodaux, La., campus. Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La., will begin preliminary work next year on a $14.5 million Coastal Center that will serve as a hub for research on Louisiana’s eroding wetlands. Houma Today reports that the university expects to receive bids by year’s end… Read More
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), Harbors Division notifies the public that the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will begin maintenance dredging throughout Honolulu Harbor on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Work will be scheduled on Monday nights through Sunday mornings, from 3 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., with hours extending to 10:30… Read More
South Florida Water Management District governing board members approved a substantial $175.8 million contract Thursday to finish their part of a fast-tracked reservoir project south of Lake Okeechobee that is expected to reduce harmful discharges to northern estuaries. The unanimous vote dedicates the money to finish a 6,500-acre stormwater treatment area in western Palm Beach… Read More
New Jersey is requesting emergency help from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fix damaged dunes and beaches carved up by last week’s strong nor’easter. In a letter sent Monday to the Army Corps’ offices in Philadelphia, New York City and Fort Hamilton, New York, acting state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M…. Read More
The Mississippi River is more than just a river. The waterway connects North Missouri and the Midwest to the rest of America and the rest of the world. It’s estimated that roughly 60 percent of all grain that American farmers export is shipped down the Mississippi River. It isn’t just a one-way street though; we… Read More
Rare glimpse at the Mississippi River bottom at Lock & Dam 14 as Army Corps of Engineers performs scheduled maintenance Built in the 1930s, Lock & Dam 14 is one of 12 locations managed by the Rock Island District of the Army Corps of Engineers PLEASANT VALLEY, Iowa — The Army Corps of Engineers has… Read More
This data and imagery will be used to update nautical charting and benthic mapping in support of several NOAA mission areas and 2022 NOAA Ship Rainier operations in the same area. KAUA’I, Hawaii (Feb. 12, 2021) — Woolpert has been awarded a task order under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Shoreline Mapping Services Contract… Read More
By mid-March, Timberlake residents hope to see the beginning of a dredging process — a long-awaited, much-fought-for effort to save Timber Lake from decades of damage and compounded sedimentation that threatens its health. After a referendum held in November 2019, the Timberlake Watershed Improvement District acquired the power to tax its residents, and recently set… Read More
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) reports that it has been awarded a contract by shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine for the shipboard integration and production of major subsystems onboard the U.S. Navy’s first Constellation class (FFG 62) guided-missile frigate, FFG 62. L3Harris says it is prepared to support the Navy’s plans to build at least 10 ships and… Read More
The hopper dredge Liberty Island is on schedule to arrive in Emerald Isle Feb. 20 to begin dredging, holding, sailing and pumping sand on the beach at Reach 1, the far west of the Carteret County beach town, as part of Phase III of the post-Florence Renourishment Project. The Liberty Island will complete Reach 1 and then… Read More
Pipes and equipment staged along Carlsbad Boulevard Sand replenishment from the dredging of Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad will start later and finish sooner than expected, a Poseidon Water official said. Pacific Dredge Co. of San Diego has begun placing pipes and equipment along Carlsbad Boulevard in preparation for the work, said Peter MacLaggan, senior… Read More
If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “continues to ignore its duty to properly account for the harm Nationwide Permit activities pose to species, then litigation may be necessary,” the groups said. A coalition of environmental advocacy groups on Monday threatened to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to ensure that Trump-era… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District is looking at ways to use dredged material from Fairport Harbor’s federal navigational channel for ecosystem restoration projects. One idea that the Army Corps is researching is to take dredged material and make it a component in an artificial reef. This underwater structure would be placed off… Read More