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MADEIRA BEACH — Beachgoers will be glad to know the beach groin restoration project is complete and the structures will be keeping the sand in place for at least another 50 years. Madeira Beach is unique among the communities along the Pinellas County beach strip in its use of these concrete structures to help build… Read More
Crews are racing against time to rebuild a stretch of Vanderbilt Beach in North Naples. An emergency sand-fill project is underway to replace the sand lost after Hurricanes Ian, Helene and Milton. Trucks are dropping load after load of fresh sand to fill in the damaged section of Vanderbilt Beach. Crews aim to finish by… Read More
Leaders of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup are touting a back-to-basics approach in the restoration blueprint set to be finalized by the end of this year. The Chesapeake Bay Program, the state-federal partnership that leads the regionwide effort, released the proposed revisions to the 2014 Bay cleanup agreement for public comment on July 1. Public webinars and input The public… Read More
Sarasota County Public Works Director Spencer Anderson announced Monday that the community will have to go through the rest of the six-month hurricane season without major repairs to Phillippi Creek, which flooded hundreds of homes during last year’s storm season. Anderson’s comments came during a press conference at the Sarasota County Emergency Operations Center as… Read More
SEATTLE — As the maritime industry in Seattle continues to expand, so does the demand for skilled workers. The Golden Bear vessel, docked at Seattle’s Pier 90, serves as a training ground for future maritime professionals. “We train future merchant mariners,” said Captain Samar Bannister, director of marine programs at Cal Maritime. The program targets high school… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. – The following information has been provided by the Mobile Bay Estuary. The purpose of the Fowl River Spits Restoration Project is to develop a holistic, nature-based engineering approach to: Stabilizing priority coastal spits and shorelines Restoring and enhancing habitat Providing long-term sustainability of ecosystem services Supporting estuarine living resources and the Fowl… Read More
Trustees discuss projects at 10th-annual meeting Did you know Alabama has approved 43 restoration projects funded by the settlement from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill? The 10th-annual Deepwater Horizon webinar, which was open to the public, was held for regional trustee implementation groups (TIGs) to discuss updates on settlement-funded projects, which was finalized in… Read More
NORTH SIOUX CITY — An ongoing dredging operation at McCook Lake has pulled out numerous fallen trees, a lawnmower, part of a shed, lumber, sewer and water pipes and other materials that washed into the lake during the catastrophic flooding last summer. The contractor, Three Oaks, Inc., began dredging the lake May 15, said Kelly… Read More
Key Points The Apalachicola River’s historical significance as a vital transportation route has been diminished by detrimental dredging practices. The Riparian County Stakeholders Coalition (RCSC) advocates for a balanced approach to navigation, restoration, and economic sustainability. The RCSC emphasizes the importance of preserving the river’s heritage while fostering economic opportunities. For centuries, the Apalachicola River… Read More
Unwanted plant growth in Waverly Lake is making its annual summertime comeback, and the Albany parks department will deal with the problem as it did the last two years. The city budget for the coming biennium, which starts July 1, contains for the first time “dedicated funding” for Waverly Lake maintenance, but as far as… Read More
The Sunset Beach Town Council during a June 13 special meeting voted to approve the special assessment roll for its recently completed dredging project, despite the objections from many assessed property owners about the per parcel method used to charge for the project, among other concerns. The preliminary assessment roll calls for charging the owners… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Alaska District, commenced dredging operations this month at the Unalaska-Dutch Harbor Channels Project in the Aleutian Islands. The project aims to improve navigation to the port facility. The work will involve dredging approximately 172,000 cubic yards (131,503 cubic metres) of sediment to remove a shallow bar at the… Read More
Unwitting mariners may be all too familiar with the shallow waters and sand bar at the mouth of Warwick Cove. Warwick Harbormaster Jeff Baris estimates “there are 900 groundings annually in that area, but thankfully most of them have very little damage because of the sand.” The City Council on June 16 approved the award… Read More
Director of Coastal Resilience, Catherine Ricks, narrates the dredging conducted by the Barnstable County Dredge. www.chatham-ma.gov Source
Louisiana has two problems: an eroding coastline and limited glass recycling. Engineer Franziska Trautmann is solving both by turning bottles into beach sand. About Franziska Trautmann Franziska Trautmann is a chemical engineer and the cofounder of New Orleans-based glass recycling company Glass Half Full. She has turned millions of pounds of glass into sand to be… Read More