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A bipartisan coalition in Congress has introduced the Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act of 2025, aimed at strengthening U.S. coastal and estuarine ecosystems that are increasingly at risk from extreme weather and sea level rise. Sponsored by Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA-49) and supported by seven cosponsors—including both Democrats and Republicans—the legislation proposes expanding conservation efforts, restoring degraded… Read More
Pursuant to 38 M.R.S. §480-D, sub-§9, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is required to provide the Maine Department of Environmental Protection with an assessment of the impacts on the fishing industry of proposed dredging operations. The Maine Port Authority, in cooperation with the City of Portland and the Maine Department of Transportation, is… Read More
A brand-new Mud Cat® MC 50E electric remote-controlled dredge is commissioned to clean out a reservoir in a remote area of Nicaragua. The MC 50E is transported in one ocean container and is easy to transport and launch on site. The MC 50E utilizes an environmentally friendly horizontal auger cutterhead with anti-turbidity shroud creating an… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry criticized former Gov. John Bel Edwards for concealing critical information from federal regulators to secure a key permit for the $2.9 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, warning that taxpayers and coastal communities were put at risk. Landry said Edwards’ administration withheld reports from the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
The Sebastian Inlet District is making steady progress on a critical beach restoration project, with ATL Diversified, Inc. transitioning from truck-based sand delivery to dredging operations to nourish a 2.5-mile stretch of coastline south of Sebastian Inlet. The effort, mandated by the Florida Beach & Shore Preservation Act, aims to replenish eroding beaches by redistributing sand that naturally… Read More
Trump on Thursday sought to fast-track the pursuit of strategically important minerals such as nickel, copper and rare earth elements from the seabed in U.S. and international waters. The order, which critics say contradicts global efforts to adopt regulation, is designed “to counter China’s growing influence over seabed mineral resources,” according to the executive order…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a permit for the stalled Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, citing the current uncertainty surrounding the plan and claiming Louisiana officials “deliberately withheld” information during the project’s initial evaluation process. In a letter sent Friday to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Corps officials said the withheld information and… Read More
Weeks Marine LLC, Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $17,342,700 firm-fixed-price contract for a fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of July 21, 2025. Fiscal 2024 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of… Read More
Earlier this month Michigan Congressman Bill Huizenga released a statement regarding the Whitmer Administration’s “ill-defined” EGLE requirements for PFAS testing as a condition for harbor dredging. EGLE is the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. It is responsible for Michigan’s waterways among other things. Huizenga’s press release said that the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
Norfolk District Permit Application No. NAO-2025-00307 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Norfolk District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1344) and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899… Read More
Daily levee inspections expand from Baton Rouge to Venice; construction waivers suspended NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – With the Mississippi River projected to rise above 15 feet at the Carrollton Gage on Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has activated Phase II of its flood fight procedures. The Corps says it will… Read More
ATLANTIC BEACH — The Atlantic Beach Council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt a resolution that allows the town public services department to apply for a state Water Resources Development Project Grant to dredge crucial navigation channels. The council met for its monthly regular session in the meeting room in the town hall off Highway 58…. Read More
The restoration of McCoys Creek with NOAA funds is creating fish habitat and recreational space for community members. It also takes 150 homes out of the flood zone. NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation doesn’t restore habitat that only benefits fish and other marine species: Our work also supports and protects local communities. One example is an… Read More
Lives and coastal communities in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida were changed forever on April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, taking the lives of 11 workers and releasing an estimated 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 days. Scientists at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM)… Read More
Plans to develop a new container ship terminal at Sparrows Point on the outskirts of Baltimore’s harbor are stirring up mixed feelings in a community that’s still living with the toxic legacy of more than a century of steel manufacturing there. The proposed shipping terminal itself enjoys widespread support. It would bring thousands of jobs back to… Read More