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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a dune and beach berm along approximately 4 miles of shoreline in Martin County, Florida. The amount of this action is $14,642,900. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Jensen Beach,… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for a coastal storm risk management project at Hutchinson Island, St. Lucie County, Florida. The amount of this action is $14,659,700. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Jensen Beach, Florida, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2026…. Read More
Coastal Dredging Co. Inc.,* Hammond, Louisiana, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for dredging beach from New Pass federal navigation channel for placement on the Lido Key beach placement area in Sarasota, Florida. The amount of this action $8,515,913.04. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Sarasota, Florida, with… Read More
FIRST ON FOX: An expansive liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the Arctic took a big step forward this week while officials at the Energy and Interior Departments heralded it as key to President Donald Trump’s “American energy dominance” agenda. Alaska LNG, a branch of the New York City and Anchorage-based Glenfarne energy company, and energy… Read More
WASHINGTON — Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the suspension of the action in the Section 301 Investigation of China’s Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance. The action will be suspended for one year, and as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 10, 2025. The suspension… Read More
The project aims to rebuild the sandy beach by utilizing dynamic revetment, a nature-based approach that uses materials such as small rocks, anchored wood and native vegetation to absorb wave energy NORTH COVE — Recent initiatives along the north shore of Willapa Bay are working to change the narrative about a shoreline that’s eroded faster than… Read More
BEIJING – China expects the United States to continue working with China in the same direction to maintain a fair competition environment in the international shipping and shipbuilding markets, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. This will help add more certainty and stability to the China-US economic and trade cooperation, as well as… Read More
Along a stretch of marsh at the edge of the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, Cajun boatmen ferried 200 tons of oyster shells to where the wetlands meet the gulf. Members of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and volunteers stood on hills of oyster shells, loading the shells into buckets before packing them into… Read More
Contact Information EPA Region 1 Press Office (r1_press@epa.gov) BOSTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected a cleanup plan for the first mile of the Lower Neponset River Superfund Site, located in Boston and Milton, Massachusetts. This covers the area of the Neponset River from where it merges with the Mother Brook near the… Read More
NORTH COVE — Recent initiatives along the north shore of Willapa Bay are working to change the narrative about a shoreline that’s eroded faster than any other on the U.S. Pacific Coast — and none are more anticipated than a project that was recently awarded nearly $13 million in federal funding. The Pacific Conservation District… Read More
A major federal beach replenishment and dune building project for the Wildwoods has collapsed after years of planning because two key communities have withdrawn support. That’s bad news for North Wildwood, which desperately needs reinforcement for its battered beaches. And it marks another blow to erosion projects at the New Jersey Shore, which received zero federal… Read More
City staff briefed the committee on efforts to find beneficial reuses for dredged material following the state ban on open-lake disposal and on plans to bring the Causeway Wetlands to final completion. Aaron Klein, staff member, summarized the regulatory and logistical context: after the state of Ohio banned open-lake disposal of dredge material in 2017–2018,… Read More
A disagreement has killed a federal beach replenishment plan in the Wildwoods The towns clashed over where to get sand for the project U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew says he already has a new plan allowing the work to continue A lack of cooperation between two of the three communities that make up the Wildwoods… Read More
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Pinellas County Government’s beach nourishment project has reached Treasure Island as contractors began work on the south end of Sunset Beach on Monday. According to the city of Treasure Island, Sunset Beach from the rock jetty to the southern tip will be closed to the public while under construction. The Tern… Read More
TODAY, WE HAVE PART SIX in a seven part series looking at sea level rise in California. From the San Diego / Tijuana Border all the way up to Humboldt Bay, we’re visiting some of the people and places that are dealing with flooding, coastal erosion, and pollution… all made worse by rising tides. Last year,… Read More