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Governor Wes Moore today announced that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is providing $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Funds. The funds will support new and improved public boating access facilities, dredging of navigable public waterways, emergency vessels and equipment for local first responders, and other important infrastructure and initiatives. “Investing in infrastructure is integral to… Read More
The 2023 beach replenishment work continues in Delaware with work still going on in Bethany Beach and South Bethany. In Bethany Beach the dune crossovers at Garfield Parkway, Hollywood Street and Parkwood Street are closed. The US Army Corps of Engineers says replenishment work is ongoing with sand placement operations expected to be completed late… Read More
Deep-sea mining would extract cobalt, copper, nickel, and manganese from potato-sized nodules which pepper the sea floor at depths of 4-6 kilometres. The nodules are an essential habitat for many species. The total biosphere impacted by this mining in international waters alone would be up to 75 million cubic kilometres, a greater volume than all… Read More
It’s finally summer, and people are flocking to the Jersey Shore. But harsh weather has taken out some of the beaches, and New Jersey has been doing what’s known as “beach replenishment” — widening the beach by pumping in sand dredged from offshore. More than $2.6 billion has been spent replenishing the Jersey shore with… Read More
VENICE, Louisiana – Coastal Louisiana is unlike anywhere else in America, with lush wetlands, wildlife sanctuaries, commercial fisheries and the mighty Mississippi River. It’s an economic engine – a gateway delivering commodities and goods across the planet. Hurricanes and tropical storms have been smashing through the marshes and wetlands for as long as humans have been recording the disruptive weather events…. Read More
By Heiko Osterchrist & Peter Bowe DredgeWire recently surveyed dredging contractors to try and understand the reason(s) why so many critical Corps (USACE) projects seem to have been delayed in the past year and continue to be so far in 2023. Between 70-75% of the nation’s imports and exports pass through our ports, harbors, and waterways. Without the proper maintenance of our marine infrastructure… Read More
With two newly elected members, the Mitchell City Council will decide Wednesday whether to put a $25 million loan application for dredging Lake Mitchell to a public vote. After the council did not approve the $25 million state loan application on June 20, Mayor Bob Everson is requesting the council to sign off on putting… Read More
Sunbathers in North Wildwood will get an unusual red, white, and blue greeting at beaches in time for July Fourth: Signs at every beach entrance singling out Gov. Phil Murphy and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette for what the town says is failure to act on dune erosion. “These two are directly responsible… Read More
The City of Mobile recently began a seven-month effort to restore the historic stream channel of Three Mile Creek to the east of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bypassed this segment of Three Mile Creek with a straight channel in the early 1980s to control flooding in the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE) is pausing dredging in Grand Haven, Michigan in response to Ottawa County Health Department’s “no-contact order” for North Park Beach after preliminary testing found E.coli concentrations in the area. Dredging will be paused in the area until testing results show the E.coli levels have naturally dissipated…. Read More
Work is 50% complete, expected to be finished in November TARPON SPRINGS — The Anclote River dredge project that took several years to get started is now going to take a little while longer to be completed. “Dredging operations are currently underway and the dredging work is about 50% complete,” Bob Robertson, the city’s Project… Read More
The City of Mobile recently began a seven-month effort to restore the historic stream channel of Three Mile Creek to the east of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bypassed this segment of Three Mile Creek with a straight channel in the early 1980s to control flooding in the… Read More
In a hearing on June 29, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant resolved disagreements between lawsuit plaintiffs and the State of California about how to fix the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project. The plaintiffs narrowly prevailed in their lawsuits when Chalfant ruled on May 17 that the… Read More
(Manchester, NH) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released a new video today highlighting the safety and economic benefits of dredging infrastructure projects for New Hampshire waterways. For years, Shaheen has led action in the U.S. Senate to secure the authorization and federal funding for dredging projects in New Hampshire, which is the process of… Read More
The state of Louisiana has approved a 50-year plan for restoring and bolstering its coastal defenses as the state loses thousands of square miles of wetlands to the effects of storms and infrastructure like canals, levees, and dams. As David Kidd explains in Governing, “The loss of millions of acres of wetlands has left Louisiana… Read More