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KALAMA — The Kalama City Council Thursday approved a 10-year permit for the Port of Kalama’s harbor maintenance dredging. The port regularly dredges its boat basins in the Columbia River to maintain proper depths. Dredge spoils will be used for beach nourishment on the shoreline and north of Louis Rasmussen Day Use Park. The city… Read More
SMITH ISLAND, MD. (WJZ) — Maryland has only one inhabited island with no bridge connecting it to the mainland — Smith Island. People have been living on this tiny spit of land for almost 350 years, against all odds; fighting wind, tides, and erosion. Now, the Army Corps of Engineers, the state and Somerset County… Read More
KENNEBUNKPORT — The Board of Selectmen approved a proposal from the Government Wharf Committee to add a new dues category for members and raise the fees to cover anticipated increases in the budget for FY 20. Town Manager Laurie Smith said the dues will cover the cost increase for electricity to the new bait shed,… Read More
The Air Force is raising its cost estimate to $420 million to repair and rebuild at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base following severe flooding that forced officials to scramble to save munitions and move aircraft to higher ground. More than 130 structures were damaged by the Missouri River flooding at the base that houses the… Read More
One of the last remaining dams on the Cuyahoga River will soon be coming down. The Brecksville dam was built in 1952 to divert water to operations of what is now Charter Steel in Cleveland. Elaine Marsh, president of the Friends of the Crooked River, announced this week that Kokosing Industrial has been hired to… Read More
OSWEGO – The Port of Oswego Authority Executive Director, William W. Scriber, expressed the port’s thanks to Senator Charles Schumer and Congressman John Katko for all their help in securing funds for this year’s dredging of the port’s entrance and harbor. The Port of Oswego has been actively advocating to have the normally scheduled harbor… Read More
LA VALLE — Three companies were announced as potential selections for the Lake Redstone’s estimated $7 million sediment removal project at an April 23 special meeting at La Valle Town Hall. Kalyuh Services and Water Works Marine Inc. was the lowest bid announced at $3.2 million. Bids for Dredgit Environmental Corporation were at $4.8 million… Read More
“It really, I think, highlights the amazing support that we have for this asset.” After two decades, the silt buildup on the Schuylkill River will finally be getting cleaned up. The dredging of the Schuylkill is part of a $4.5 million fundraising effort involving the city, state and private stakeholders. Officials hope the restoration will… Read More
The partnership agreement will pave the way for the renourishment of 2.5 miles of beach between Vilano and South Ponte Vedra Beach over the next 50 years. The project is estimated to cost $144.5 million, a percentage of which the county, state and federal government will pay. Neil Shinkre, public works director of St. Johns… Read More
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) — A local environmental agency plans to dredge a Geneva Lake lagoon this fall to eradicate an invasive underwater plant threatening the lake. Ted Peters, director of the Geneva Lake Environmental Agency, said the group last fall identified the invasive starry stonewort plant, an underwater macroalgae, in Trinke Lagoon on the… Read More
Buffalo, NY – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $1.1 million contract to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel and harbor areas in Ashtabula Harbor during summer 2019. The contract was awarded to Ryba Marine Construction Company, based in Cheboygan, Michigan on April 10, 2019. Under this contract and… Read More
OSWEGO — Oswego Harbor will undergo a major dredging project this spring and summer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday. Last dredged in 2016, the harbor and federal navigation channel must be kept to specific depths to allow shipping through the waters. In 2016, a total of 171,000 cubic yards of sediment material… Read More
Late this afternoon, President Donald Trump met with Congressional leaders from the Senate and House to discuss U.S. Maritime Policy. On the table was the Jones Act. President Trump assured the Congressional leaders that he is not seeking any changes to the Jones Act, nor is he seeking any waivers. “President Trump had the Jones… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to fix the enormous levee breaches caused by flooding along the Missouri River in March. The corps’ Omaha District has awarded some contracts to fill massive holes in some southwest Iowa levees. The Corps on Friday evening announced it had awarded a $6 million contract to mend… Read More
BY MARCY SHORTUSE – We are one step closer to having a little more beach to our name. On Tuesday, April 23 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of Jacksonville awarded a $6.4 million contract to a company from New Jersey for what they call “reducing risks to landside infrastructure in the Lee County portion… Read More