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“Build it and they will come” worked for Kevin Costner’s character in “Field of Dreams.” It appears to be working on the Delaware Bay where reefs built as part of Superstorm Sandy ecosystem restoration are attracting horseshoe crabs, Red Knots, oysters and other marine life. According to Capt. Alek Modjeski, habitat restoration program manager, American… Read More
Good news about the improved health of the St. Clair River came in threes, recently. Federal and provincial environment ministries have approved changing the designation of three of the river’s beneficial use impairments (BUIs) to no longer impaired. Recent decisions by Environment and Climate Change Canada, and the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks,… Read More
Early allocation differs from practices of previous years, when federal money was slow to be released. Sand replenishment to start in May. The sand is on its way. Guaranteed. The federal government has already allocated $1.5 million for sand replenishment at Presque Isle State Park in 2019. The allocation, which the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
Members of the community in Bou Sra commune, in Mondulkiri province’s Pech Chreada district, alleged that a tycoon and a government official have been dredging sand illegally. However, the latter claimed that they are just “testing” whilst the permit is “being processed”. Kreus Kven, the community representative, told The Post on Monday that the sand… Read More
The federal government has come up with money for removing additional waste mining sands from a section of Lake Superior off Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. The Environmental Protection Agency is providing $946,000 to dredge stamp sands from an ancient riverbed north of Buffalo Reef. The coarse, black sands were generated in the early 1900s as a… Read More
The Port of Morgan City is set to receive another $3 million for dredging through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, bringing the port’s total dredging funds announced in the past year to roughly $45 million. In a Monday email, Port Economic Development Manager Cindy Cutrera stated that the Corps of Engineers’ fiscal year 2019… Read More
The more than three-decade old dredging project that will enable the Port of Philadelphia to handle ships of 14,000 TEU is set to be finished by end of March as the port nears the end of the first phase of a $300 million upgrade that eventually will double the size of its only container terminal…. Read More
The city said today that preliminary goals of the Sunset Beach Dune Restoration Project started over the summer have been accomplished, and that it is now in a “maintenance phase” as the North Shore’s winter swells get under way. City officials first announced a six-part plan and private-public partnership to restore the dune at Sunset… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers set aside another $59 million for the Port of Corpus Christi’s Channel Improvement Project. The dredging, which has been on the port’s wish list since 1990, is finally building up a stockpile that should allow work to continue in 2019. The projected end date is 2021, when the new… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not issue a certificate of completion for the Hudson River PCB dredging project until it reaches the explicit goals set forth in the agency’s decision documents, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro says. “I am writing with deep hope and strong concerns regarding the imminent choices your office will make… Read More
Forty years ago, Rochester was ravaged by heavy rain. The rainfall quickly caused Zumbro River and Bear Creek to spill and spew over, leaving much of the city to go under water. “We haven’t had a major flooding event like that since,” Public Works Communications Coordinator Megan Moeller said. Now, the city is prepared. After… Read More
Waterfront residents at Timber Lake are hoping for good news Tuesday when they make their case before Campbell County Circuit Court Judge John Cook for creation of a local watershed improvement district. DD Gillett, president of the Timberlake Homeowner’s Association, said creation of the watershed improvement district is a necessary step before residents can dredge… Read More
A delegation led by Union minister D V Sadananda Gowda comprising MLA Raghupati Bhat, and former MP Jayaprakash Hegde, will go to New Delhi on Monday November 26 in a fresh bid to resolve the longstanding sand imbroglio. Raghupati Bhat, who informed about the delegation, said that efforts to sort out all issues at the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has earmarked $52.1 million in its fiscal 2019 work plan to keep the Savannah Harbor deepening project on track. Coupled with $49 million in President Donald Trump’s original budget request, the Corps’ funding would bring to $101 million the federal commitment for fiscal 2019, enough to keep the project… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has received $41.859 million in the Fiscal Year 2019 Work Plan, to complete projects across the District’s area of responsibility. This is in addition to the $54.956 million the District has already received in the Fiscal Year 2019 President’s Budget. “This is a critical time for investments… Read More