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By Jennifer Crockett CHALMETTE, La. — A St. Bernard district judge denied attempts by port authorities to dismiss St. Bernard Parish Government’s lawsuit challenging the planned Louisiana International Terminal before trial, parish officials announced Saturday. Parish President Louis Pomes said Judge Darren M. Roy of the 34th Judicial District Court overruled peremptory exceptions of no… Read More
Marine plastic pollution threatens ecosystems, economies, and human health, yet economic literature overlooks the transport of plastic debris across marine ecosystem compartments and its natural breakdown. Here we show, using a system dynamics model, the global physical and economic efforts required to remove buoyant marine plastic debris by 2050. The model simulates the degradation, transport,… Read More
By S.T. Cardinal Longboat Pass is being dredged for the second time in three years. In late 2024 and early 2025, the pass between Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key was dredged, and the sand excavated from the bottom of the channel was used to build up the beach along Gulfside Road. This time, the… Read More
BAYOU LA BATRE — Mobile County director of environmental services Tina Sanchez gave an update on some of the County Commission’s projects, including the Dauphin Island Causeway Restoration, the Cedar Point Boat Ramp and the Salt Aire Shoreline Restoration. Dauphin Island Causeway Restoration project As one of the largest and most significant investments in Alabama… Read More
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District announced Thursday it wrapped up dredging of the Conneaut Harbor in ten days. The annual cycle had approximately $4.1 million allocated to dredge around 75,000 cubic yards of material from the Conneaut harbor. Work started Sept. 1. Army corps Buffalo District Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Anderson said… Read More
A September 10, 2026, memo from DNREC Secretary Gregory Patterson and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District Commander Lt. Col. Ryan Baum tells four Delaware Bay communities that large-scale beach nourishment will not go to bid or construction in fall or winter 2026. Construction is now targeted for fall 2027, after the agencies failed… Read More
VERMILION PARISH, La. (Acadiana News First) – Conversations between SpaceX and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority began in March. CPRA Executive Director Michael Hare said one of SpaceX’s first questions was how it could develop the property without harming ongoing coastal restoration work. “Their first immediate issue was they wanted to make sure that… Read More
Beachfill operations in Ocean City are complete. The contractor finished work on Monday night (Sept. 7, 2026), and the removal of pipeline is underway. Demobilization of equipment will continue for approximately two weeks with the dune crossover at Morningside Road and a section of Beach Road closed for safety. All beaches are open to beachgoers…. Read More
Mandatory evacuations were lifted in Long Beach on Wednesday after officials completed inspections at properties affected by the high surf and powerful waves. Long Beach Fire Department Capt. Jack Crabtree said no homes were red-tagged, but building officials yellow-tagged one property. All remaining homes were deemed safe for entry, and residents were being allowed back into… Read More
By Mike Hellgren A new U.S. Coast Guard report found that ports across the country remain vulnerable to a tragedy like the 2024 Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. The report says the risk is largely due to the growing size of vessels and bridge protection systems that have not kept pace with them. Robust pier… Read More
BOGUE BANKS — Officials across four Bogue Banks municipalities will consider authorizing a combined $8.3 million this week to cover their shares of a proposed $33 million winter beach nourishment project. The town deliberations follow a favorable bid received last week by the Carteret County Beach Commission from Manson Construction Co. of Seattle. Source
By Robert Billard The Marine Corps confirmed a five-year growth plan that adds more than 6,500 billets across infantry battalions, drone units, air defenses, and new occupational specialties. The extra structure is meant to staff the systems the Corps has already bought and the units it is still building. A Sept. 1 statement from Marine Corps… Read More
The Lake Onalaska Rehabilitation Coalition hosted a boat tour to raise awareness of issues facing the lake including an increase in sedimentation and vegetation and a decrease in oxygen, navigation and water flow. The group has been working with other local organizations and state and federal agencies on a dredging project which is expected to… Read More
JACKSON, Ala. – Old Lock 1 Park in Jackson, Alabama, will be temporarily closed to the public from September 8, 2026 – November 5, 2026, to accommodate scheduled dredging operations in the area. The closure is necessary to provide a safe work environment for personnel and the public while dredging operations are conducted. During this time,… Read More
By Rich Kirby, KILLINGWORTH, CT — The Killingworth Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission agreed Aug. 11 to inspect a proposed maintenance dredging project on the Hammonasset River and unanimously approved permits for an in-ground pool and a home addition elsewhere in town. The commission also received an update on an unresolved cease-and-desist order involving the… Read More