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The dredge is back in Longboat Pass, and for the second time in three years the sand on the bottom of the channel is being turned into beach. This time, under the Town’s sand-sharing agreement with Manatee County, none of it is coming to Longboat Key. Manatee County’s 2026 Coquina Beach Hurricane Idalia Storm Damage… Read More
By Maj. Avery Schneider The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, completed dredging Tuesday of approximately 45,000 cubic yards of sediment from Lorain Harbor in just over one week, ensuring safe and navigable waterways for Great Lakes commercial vessels, recreational boaters and other harbor users on Lake Erie. The work was completed 33% sooner… Read More
In the mid-1960s, a survey conducted by a Dutch company for the East Pakistan Inland Water Transport Authority found 12,000 kilometres of navigable waterways across what is now Bangladesh. Today, at the height of monsoon, only about 4,500 km of these waterways remain navigable, which shrinks to 2,500 km during dry seasons—a loss of more… Read More
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has started dredging works in Burrard Inlet’s Second Narrows, beginning a project designed to improve shipping efficiency and allow cargo ships using the channel to load more fully. The project covers around 17,000 sq m along the northern and southern edges of the deep-sea navigation channel east of the Ironworkers Memorial… Read More
By Katelyn Foley A beach renourishment project at Coquina Beach is nearing completion after damage from Hurricane Idalia. Dredging and sand discharge operations for the project wrapped up last week, according to Manatee County officials. Remaining work, including pipeline removal and beach tilling, is expected to be finished this week. READ FULL ARTICLE AT ORIGINAL… Read More
For generations, San Clemente’s coastline has been part of the city’s identity. Its broad beaches, oceanfront paths and distinctive Spanish-style architecture helped earn the Southern California community its long-standing “Spanish village by the sea” image. But the beach is getting harder to find. In sections of San Clemente, the waves are now reaching locations which… Read More
By Dinah Voyles Pulver and Anthony Thompson A powerful offshore nor’easter is pounding the coast from the Carolinas and into New England, bringing high winds and flooding for tens of millions of Americans through the weekend and into next week. More than 30 million people along the coast are under wind advisories on Saturday, Sept…. Read More
The Town of Cobourg would like to advise residents that dredging operations in the Cobourg Harbour will be continuing this week and into the fall season. About Dredging With water depths getting low, dredging is needed for safe passage for the Coast Guard and other vessels. Dredging begins at the entry of the harbour to… Read More
By Keegan Turnbough Islands and backwaters in the Mississippi River are disappearing, threatening natural habitats for fish and wildlife. A $40 million habitat rehabilitation and enhancement project in the river’s Lower Pool 10 is underway near Guttenberg to rebuild islands and protect the ecosystem. Erosion eating away at islands The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
Shipping channels in the Chesapeake Bay require periodic dredging, and all that gray, heavy mud has to go somewhere. According to Jenny Davis and her co-authors in their 2024 peer-reviewed paper titled “Beneficial use of sediments to restore a Chesapeake Bay marsh island,” published in the journal Frontiers in Sustainability, it has previously been dumped… Read More
By Rich Kirby, Old Lyme residents will pay higher fees for disposing of bulky waste after the Board of Selectmen unanimously approved new transfer station rates Sept. 21, while also backing a grant application to dredge the Point O’Woods channel. The transfer station changes, approved 3-0, increase the charge for bulky waste from 8 cents… Read More
A year ago, St. Tammany Parish broke ground on the Mandeville Lakefront Wetlands Project. Supported by a $1 million contribution through CPRA’s Parish Matching Program, the project was completed in January. Today, the results are taking shape along the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront. The project combines several restoration features to strengthen this important stretch of shoreline…. Read More
On September 21, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the “strong and likely historic El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean.” The timing of the announcement is in response to the latest predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, estimating a 90 percent chance of a “very strong event during… Read More
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH – Residents and property owners here made clear in a public hearing Tuesday night that more must be done to manage the erosion-battered oceanfront at the north end of Topsail Island. Their preference? Build a 2,021-foot-long terminal groin at New River Inlet, move ahead with plans to pivot the inlet channel’s alignment… Read More
ERIE, Pa. — A total of $3 million, comprising $1.5 million in federal funds and $1.5 million in non-federal funds, has been secured for fall 2026 and spring 2027 beach nourishment and sand stockpiling at Presque Isle State Park. Advancing the Army’s “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork” (BINP) initiative, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District… Read More