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Ocean City is investing millions to replenish its beaches of sand that has washed away. Ava-joye Burnett explains why city leaders say this is about much more than just pumping in sand. The beach is at the center of Ocean City’s economy, but after a major nor’easter went up the coast in 2016, the city… Read More
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will host a meeting to tell the public about a proposed dredging project designed to restore the Grand Traverse Harbor channel and help protect Buffalo Reef. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3 at the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School Auditorium, located at 601 Calumet Street in… Read More
Construction of the first phase of the Norriego Point restoration and recreation project is scheduled to begin by this fall. That’s according to Pearce Barrett, Natural Resources Damage Assessment program coordinator for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The assessment program was created in the wake of the 2010 BP oil spill, and settlement money… Read More
A legal battle by North Dakota and Minnesota residents opposed to a Red River diversion project in the Fargo area has lasted nearly four years and resulted in nearly 500 court documents, with no end in sight. Both sides are expecting some clarity in the next week. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim of Minnesota will… Read More
With a view to bringing back the navigability of waterways and to save croplands from early flooding in Sunamganj, Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has started dredging of 2 rivers. Dredging of another would be started as its 2nd bidding would take more time. Under the programme, dredging of 6 km on Rokti river would… Read More
Beach renourishment is underway in Surfside Beach and crews are working around the clock to get the project complete. Right now, the crew is in the process of setting up equipment and Mayor Bob Childs said they are expected to start getting sand back on the beach later this week. The contractor expects to pump… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment on its final Environmental Impact Statement for the Souris River flood protection program in North Dakota. The EIS posted Thursday includes the project’s overview and focuses on the phases through Minot ready to begin construction, the Minot Daily News (http://bit.ly/2uhEgqK ) reported. The Souris River… Read More
Tempers flared Saturday during a meeting at which members of an East Chicago environmental advocacy group hoped to win the support of U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, in opposing a permit allowing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ to store higher concentrations of PCB waste dredged from the Indiana Harbor and Canal at an East… Read More
The Benue state government says it requires over N300 billion to dredge River Benue to mitigate the perennial flooding challenge in the state. Terlumum Utsev, the state commissioner for water resources and environment, who disclosed this on Thursday in Makurdi, said that preliminary study alone would cost N8 billion. No fewer than 4000 houses were… Read More
Coastside project seeking to restore salmon habitat and reduce flooding in Pescardeo Just as an abysmally short commercial salmon season concluded in the region, federal officials recommended a $1.4 million grant toward a creek restoration project aimed at rejuvenating the dwindling species and reducing flooding in Pescadero. Fish die-offs and road closures have plagued the… Read More
In a major development that will boost its $20 million dredging program, Ocean City has finally emptied out a disposal site where it has been taking muddy sediment removed from its shallow back bays for decades, representatives of a consulting firm told local residents during a town meeting Saturday organized by Councilman Bob Barr. Site… Read More
Rhodes Point regularly takes a beating from storms that move up the Chesapeake Bay, and normal coastline erosion has taken its toll over the years. Both have left the Smith Island village especially vulnerable to high tides and storm surges. Now two new projects designed to rebuild part of the shoreline and aid navigation at… Read More
East Baton Rouge began the complex process Friday of distributing its share of more than a quarter-billion dollars the state of Louisiana stands to receive to improve infrastructure following the August flood, with the city-parish government launching a study of the region’s drainage. Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s office formally asked engineering firms to submit their… Read More
A massive dune building project by the Army Corps of Engineers, one which Margate didn’t want to go ahead at all, is underway on Margate’s north end. The Army Corps of Engineers recently revised the dune building timeline and Ventnor, which had been supportive of the dune project, won’t see torn up beaches until late… Read More
A group of Chinese scientists toured Lake Decatur’s dredging project and the Corley Landfill bioenergy crop site on Wednesday. The group of researchers are guests of the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute, which studies agricultural, ground and water conservation in the region. Keith Alexander, the city of Decatur’s water production manager, said the chance… Read More