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The Indian River Lagoon is home to thousands of different animal and plant species cohabitating in one of the most diverse estuaries in the world. But for the last five decades, human development coupled with negligence toward the estuary’s preservation, has manifested into an unprecedented health report card. The repercussions of our impact are visible… Read More
A $237.7 million plan to deepen the main channel of the Mississippi River to 50 feet from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle earlier this month – a recommendation of approval by the Army Corps of Engineers senior civil engineer. The decision was praised Friday (Aug. 17) by Gov…. Read More
The Mississippi River Ship Channel could be the first port complex on the Gulf Coast to reach a depth of 50 feet now that the Director’s Report has been signed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Elected officials and industry leaders have long worked to increase the channel’s depth to 50 feet, which is… Read More
A $230 million shoreline storm protection project that includes creating 16-foot-tall dunes is changing the face of Long Beach, a magnet for beachgoers in the region. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is transforming the barrier island shoreline in a federally funded project to build dunes in front of the city’s famed boardwalk and widen… Read More
Explosions that have been rattling windows and startling Iqaluit residents almost daily since the beginning of August are expected to continue into November as Tower Arctic Ltd. blasts rock to clear space for the city’s deep sea port. “Right now we are blasting every day or two. But, once we pick up our pace, we… Read More
The ‘experimental’ Balluta Bay sand nourishment project has cost taxpayers over €100,000 but this investment might go down the drain as there is a distinct possibility of the beach disappearing completely in winter. The authorities are monitoring the situation closely to determine the long-term feasibility of the project. Inaugurated a fortnight ago, the sandy beach… Read More
A nearly $16 million deal has been reached with the federal government that will pay to help restore local beaches. An eight-mile stretch along Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach, as well as Hanna Park is expected to see upgrades. Eleven months after Irma, Jacksonville Beach is still a little worse for wear, with… Read More
A conservation group has filed a federal lawsuit contending a miner in Idaho is ignoring environmental laws and encouraging unpermitted mining by other gold seekers. In its citizen enforcement lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court, the Idaho Conservation League contends that suction dredge mining by Shannon Poe of Concord, California, is violating the federal… Read More
Dredging season began in the lower Fox River this spring as soon as the ice went out, but work is just now poised to begin out in the waters of Green Bay. While the Fox River dredging is a temporary cleanup operation to rid the river of harmful polychlorinated biphenyls, the bay dredging is an… Read More
The waves of Lake Erie are consuming Sturgeon Point Marina boulder by boulder. Without as much as $2 million in repair work, experts say the 31-year-old town-owned marina in Evans could be unnavigable within two years. “The armored stones are breaking and missing and are out of place,” said Jeff Jondle, the president of Erie… Read More
Audubon Louisiana’s Director of Bird Conservation Erik I. Johnson, Ph.D. stopped by the Passe Partout set to discuss their successful efforts with the Restore the Mississippi River Delta organization. Here are some of the talking points he touched upon: Audubon Louisiana is the state office of the National Audubon Society, which works to advance conservation… Read More
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) is seeking grant applications to help fund projects that enhance or restore habitat for wildlife, with available funding totaling more than $735,000 over the next three years. The grants stem from the multi-agency Environmental Enhancement Fund (EEF), whose selection committee includes… Read More
Rep. Lee Zeldin gave an update on the much-needed Moriches Inlet emergency dredging project Thursday. Earlier this year, Zeldin called for the dredging of Moriches Inlet and Long Island Intracoastal Waterway after a series of winter storms. Zeldin recently secured the approval of and $12.25 million in funding for an emergency dredge of Moriches Inlet…. Read More
The Town of Babylon will hold a special meeting Wednesday to vote on bonding for $500,000 to replenish two beaches eroded by a spate of nor’easters. Storms during the past few years have chipped away at the sand at Overlook and Cedar beaches, town spokesman Kevin Bonner said, and the sand there has become “precariously… Read More
Pack away the ear plugs and walk a little farther. Beach replenishment is just about done on the southern Delaware coast. By widening the beach and raising the sand dunes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Philadelphia District hopes to protect the coastal area infrastructure, homes and businesses, and with them, the local economy…. Read More