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A wetland restoration project is now underway in the 400-acre former herding area known as Ackerson Meadow, which was controversially added to Yosemite National Park in 2016, the National Park Service announced this week. Ackerson Meadow is on the west edge of Yosemite, on Evergreen Road in Tuolumne County, between Highway 120 and the entrance… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has launched a massive undertaking: a $4.5 billion project to rebuild wetlands on the disappearing Barren Island in the mid-Chesapeake Bay. Barren and its neighbor, James Island, have withered away to small spits of land. They’ll serve as the long-term site for dredged material from the Port of Baltimore’s… Read More
One of the most critically eroded coastlines on the First Coast is getting some relief. A beach renourishment project is underway for a three-mile stretch of Vilano Beach. A dredge is offshore with a massive tube running up to the shore and filling the berm back in. Once the sand gets ashore, heavy machines are pushing… Read More
An increasing number of climate-driven extreme weather events is taking its toll on the world’s major shipping routes — and El Niño could make matters worse. El Niño — or “the little boy” in Spanish — marks the unusual warming of the surface waters in the tropical central and eastern Pacific Ocean. It is a naturally occurring climate pattern… Read More
Environmental groups are appealing a ruling that allows a $58.7 million dredging project in Puerto Rico’s San Juan Bay to move forward. Lawyers for three organizations filed a notice of appeal in the federal District of Columbia Court on Monday, seeking judicial review of last month’s ruling favoring the government in their lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…. Read More
HOUSTON, Aug. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced today the award for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project Marine Dredging and Disposal contract. Great Lakes has been contracted by Bechtel Energy, Inc. (“Bechtel”),… Read More
AMSC ASA (“AMSC“) and Maritime Partners, LLC today announced that AMSC and Project Merchant Acquisition LLC (the “PM Acquisition“), a newly-formed company owned and controlled by a fund managed by Maritime Partners, LLC, have signed a share purchase agreement (the “SPA“) for PM Acquisition’s purchase of American Tanker Holding Company, Inc. (the “ATHC“), a wholly-owned subsidiary… Read More
For years, boaters have griped about the public boat launches near Lock No. 1 on the Pearl River Navigational Canal. Now, construction has started on a new launch that will sit alongside the existing ramp. The $600,000 project includes new concrete ramps north and south of the lock, asphalt roads and a gravel parking area — upgrades St. Tammany… Read More
A $44 million project to protect the Montauk Point Lighthouse and the deteriorating bluff surrounding the historic landmark in Suffolk County is now complete. The structure is located on the easternmost point of Long Island and was authorized in 1792 by the Second Congress under President George Washington and completed in November 1796. Led by the Montauk Historical Society,… Read More
From atop the local lifeguard headquarters, Mayor Patrick Rosenello looks out over the shrinking shoreline of his hometown. To the north, past the kaleidoscope of umbrellas that dot the beach, he can see the massive bulkheads the city has installed to hold back the encroaching sea — the same ones at the heart of an ongoing… Read More
A relatively low-key meeting of the Dare County Waterways Commission, held Monday, Aug. 14 in Buxton, turned testy midway when members learned that permitting the local dredge Miss Katie to do more work in Hatteras Inlet might be delayed until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes a new inlet management plan. Commissioners reacted with… Read More
This article forms part of WFW’s Deep Seabed Mining Insight Series, which draws on the firm’s unparalleled experience and expertise in deep seabed mining matters to provide insightful, timely and commercially relevant updates on deep seabed mining legal and regulatory issues. Upcoming topics include the role of the International Seabed Authority and its regulatory processes,… Read More
The University of Rhode Island will be a part of a group of 21 scientists from across six colleges that are looking to develop a coastal resilience hub in New England. The schools participating in the research are Brown University, URI, Rhode Island College, the University of New Hampshire, Gulf of Maine Research Institute and… Read More
Michigan is getting some federal money to help preserve coastlines in this era of climate change. The Great Lakes region is getting about $2.8 million for coastal conservation, restoration of wetlands, and making the coastline more resilient to the changes caused by climate disruption. Given the length of Great Lakes coastlines, that’s not a lot… Read More
Advocates launch campaign announcing their shared demands for an overhaul of the Army Corps’ plan, calling for a more comprehensive approach New York – Today a broad group of environmental, civic and environmental justice organizations announced their shared demands for a major overhaul of the $52.6 billion storm surge protection plan proposed by the U.S…. Read More