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Works are underway to restore damage done by the world’s biggest marine oil spill in 2010, but rising sea levels are likely to complicate efforts. A massive ecosystem restoration project has begun in Louisiana, US, 13 years after its coastline was devastated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Nearly $3 billion (over €2.7 billion)… Read More
Just a few years ago, the beach at Fire Island Pines was almost as wide as a football field, the result of a $1.7-billion government project to combat erosion on the South Shore of Long Island after Hurricane Sandy. The project seemed to provide a new lease on life to one of New York’s untrammeled… Read More
The State of Louisiana has broken ground on what officials say is the largest ecosystem restoration project in American history, the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diverszion. Louisiana has been losing saltwater marsh acreage to the ocean for a long time. The reasons are numerous and there is no one single cause, according to researchers. Land subsidence, hurricanes, sea… Read More
Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network started work to create open-water wetlands at Cliffside Park on Thursday, following permitting delays. The project aims to rehabilitate the area by bolstering native vegetation and removing invasive species. The converted wetland area will serve as a habitat for wildlife populations, including migratory birds and pollinators. Upon completion, improvements to the… Read More
Federal, state and local officials break ground today in Belle Chasse on the long awaited Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. Executive assistant to the governor for coastal activities, Bren Haase, says this project uses the power of the Mississippi River to build and sustain thousands of acres of wetlands in the Barataria Basin. “Reconnect the river with… Read More
Could climate change cause the collapse of a critical ocean current that influences everything from sea levels in South Florida to monsoons in the Pacific and temperatures in Europe? On Tuesday morning, University of Miami scientists boarded a ship bound for the Bahamas to help answer that question. The team, led by UM oceanography professor… Read More
Nearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals is now funding a massive ecosystem restoration in southeastern Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish. The flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays. Farms, fishing camps… Read More
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is advocating for beach renourishment projects in Pinellas County to move forward, yet again, by reaching out to the Army Corps of Engineers. Beach renourishment is when sand is dredged offshore and pumped ashore. It’s part of the Army Corps of Engineers’ beach erosion project. In Pinellas County, Sand Key, Long Key… Read More
On August 11, 2023, In Brigantine, About 850,000 cubic yards of sand will be dredged from the Brigantine Channel to the beaches around the 14th Street Seawall, down to Vernon Place as part of the North Beach Replenishment project. A scene of the Brigantine dredging project Friday. Source
DNREC this week confirmed plans to dredge the Indian River near Millsboro within the next year. But in the meantime, boats are getting stuck in the mud, with one boater who was stranded with his family for more than two hours last week so aggravated, he said, that he considered selling his summer home. “It… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, began dredging the Mississippi River navigation channel near Brownsville, Minnesota, in Pool 8 this week to ensure the channel remains open for commercial navigation. Dredging is expected to continue in this area through Labor Day. The Above Brownsville Placement Site, known locally as Crater Island, will… Read More
The Mississippi River is vital to Louisiana and the nation. Throughout America’s history, it has been a source of food and agriculture for millions of people. Mark Twain once wrote of its power, “The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.” Over the last hundred… Read More
St. Tammany Parish progresses with its $40 million reef project, aimed at safeguarding a significant portion of the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline. Residents who faced severe storm damage are hopeful for success. For three decades, the Cousin family has owned a home on the lake’s edge, but Hurricane Katrina left nothing behind. “Everything was gone. Everything… Read More
NOAA will invest $5 million from the Inflation Reduction Act in Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary to support pre-construction and design requirements for a sanctuary visitor center in Charles County, Maryland. NOAA intends to partner with the State of Maryland and Charles County, Maryland, co-managers of the sanctuary, on development of the new visitor center. “NOAA’s national… Read More
Three beach renourishment projects in Pinellas County are coming to a halt. The county has been working with the Army Corps of Engineers on Sand Key, Long Key, and Treasure Island to add more sand to stop shoreline erosion and provide more protection for buildings nearby in a storm. The Army Corps of Engineers is… Read More