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With the public’s vote to allow dredging at Lake Redstone off the table, Lake Redstone Protection District Secretary Ken Keegstra said the order of the agenda at its annual meeting will be more of a traditional format. At its July 10 monthly meeting at La Valle Town Hall, the board finalized the agenda for its… Read More
The county has answered a call for help from a neighboring jurisdiction suffering from beach erosion that threatens private property and potentially public infrastructure if nothing is done. The Sarasota County Commission has agreed to become a co-applicant with Charlotte County on Charlotte applications seeking state money to rebuild disappearing portions of critically eroded shoreline… Read More
The Lake Erie shoreline in Hanover is noticeably different this summer. Property owners like Jim Neaf have noticed unusual amounts of rocks and gravel that washed up this spring, along with the usual lake debris. However, due to DEC regulations, it looks like the rocks must stay where they are for now. In May 2016,… Read More
Penal residents are calling for the urgent removal of a broken amphibious excavator left in the river near the Tulsa picnic site for over a month now. They said the excavator is partly blocking of the watercourse called the Blackwater Channel and can contribute to flooding in the already flood-prone area. The excavator belongs to… Read More
Declared a wetland of international importance by Ramsar Convention in 1990, the lake stands grossly neglected today Not so long ago Wular in Bandipore was considered to be one of the largest freshwater lakes in Aisa, acting as a natural flood reservoir for Jhelum River to prevent floods in the Valley. Today, the lake is… Read More
State wildlife officials will ask the public for input on suction dredging in state waters at four public meetings, including one in Spokane. Suction dredge mining uses large, gas-powered vacuums to suck up gravel on the bottom of rivers and streams in search of gold impacting fish spawning areas, rivers and water quality. At the… Read More
With high tides gaining momentum, people living in over a hundred houses in villages along the district’s Bhairavriver are getting marooned. As a result, vehicles are plodding on the roads at a huge risk, often ending up in accidents. District administration has asked concerned upazila officials to remove the dams over the nearby canals that… Read More
Township Committee on Monday emphatically declined to decide on a proposal to bring material dredged from the back bays of the area’s barrier islands to a sand mining operation on Goshen Road.The governing body heard from representatives of Cape Mining and Recycling at 560 Goshen Road, who pitched the plan as an important step toward… Read More
Information has been clarified about where the spoils were hauled after being dredged, and the earth that vanished is from town-owned property. The N.C. State Auditor’s Office has requested interviews with 11 current and former Manteo town officials as part of a recently opened investigation into the dredging of Dough’s Creek Canal last fall. The… Read More
Florida Rep. Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, sent out a press release July 13 applauding a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fund the dredging of the Anclote River. House Bill 4619, sponsored by Sprowls, set the stage for the dredging project by securing state funding for the lease and preparation of the… Read More
Will universities help pay to dredge the Schuylkill where their crews row and race? The organization overseeing rowing on the Schuylkill says all hope for federal funding to dredge in front of Boathouse Row has been dashed and that it is turning to “Plan B.” The Schuylkill Navy is asking six universities with rowing programs… Read More
Sometimes, Mother Nature may need a little help. The town wants to make its shoreline beaches “engineered” beaches, but it’s not something most visitors would likely notice. “Engineered beaches are designed with a cross-section and sand grain size to promote stability, i.e. minimal erosion, on the beaches,” Public Works Director Joseph Michelangelo said. “If we… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, is reconstructing a sand dune in Willapa Bay near the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation to restore flood protection for the Shoalwater Bay Tribal community and cultural lands. Crews from Manson Construction Co. of Seattle began staging heavy equipment in the repair area on Tuesday, with dredging scheduled… Read More
The channel that allows ships to come and go from Summerside’s harbour is starting to fill in with silt, but plans are underway to open it again. The Summerside Port Corporation is in the midst of getting the required environmental permits and approvals needed to have the channel dredged and the sand and mud dumped… Read More
The Ontonagon Economic Development Corporation (EDC) met Wednesday, revisiting three long-term projects: river dredging, reinstalling the rail system, and the SynSel biofuel plant plans. EDC member Pat Tucker and owner of Lost Bowl Development, holder of the former paper mill site where the biofuel plant will be located, said things continue to move forward. “I… Read More