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The final phase of funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (NFWF-GEBF) has been approved for projects in Alabama to mitigate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey hailed the funding of the projects that total more than $47 million. “As we celebrate Alabama’s 2022 slate of… Read More
The clarity and health of Lake Okabena was the focus of Friday’s meeting of the Okabena-Ocheda-Bella Clean Water Partnership Joint Powers Board. The board was established in 1996 to allow the city of Worthington and the Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District to cooperate on projects outside the city that affect Lake Okabena’s water quality. A report the… Read More
Improvements to The First State’s waterways are contained in a bill awaiting the president’s signature. The Water Resources Development Act of 2022, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-DE, said, passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday. The act authorizes a series of much-needed investments in Delaware through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and includes key provisions… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is developing a contract to support its efforts to manage coastal and marine habitats that are under threat, including continuing damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. NOAA’s sources sought notice is a follow-up to earlier market research efforts that determined the work it needed could not be divided into smaller discrete… Read More
To keep up with how the shoreline stabilization industry is evolving, a team of shoreline restoration specialists during its recent meeting invited a handful of companies to talk about their proprietary techniques to build the alternative for hardened bulkheads and seawalls. Living shorelines are made of materials such as salt marshes, sand, rock or oysters,… Read More
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after the Senate passed by a vote of 92-2 the Water Resource Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, biennial legislation that authorizes water infrastructure projects across the country. The House of Representatives previously passed its WRDA legislation in June. Both chambers will next conference… Read More
The waterways committee voted last week to approve the dredging of the east channel of Eel River inlet, an area that has become increasingly dangerous over the years due to erosion. “I think we all agree that something has to be done reasonably soon to reduce the hazardous navigation going into that area,” committee member… Read More
More than a dozen personnel were dumped into the water in a small boat mishap involving the hospital ship USNS Comfort, the U.S. Navy confirmed in a statement Tuesday. USNS Comfort arrived off Jeremie, Haiiti on Sunday for the final stop of a medical-assistance tour. The ship’s medical crew was scheduled to provide care to local residents on… Read More
A massive price tag increase won’t stop a coastal resiliency project vital to the East Shore’s future thanks to federal legislation updates announced this week. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) worked to include language in this year’s Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that makes the federal government responsible for 90% of costs exceeding $615 million for… Read More
A team from Alaska Sea Grant, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, the University of Alaska Anchorage Economics Department, and a filmmaker, is working with students and the community in Chevak, located in southwest Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region. The researchers are addressing issues of coastal change, food security and migration in this region. Chevak… Read More
Chatham County and the eight cities within it have less than a month to come to an agreement on how to split funds from the Local Option Sales Tax. Just when it looked like a deal was ready, a fight over beach sand brought everything to a halt on Wednesday. The meeting ended when the… Read More
People are asking questions about a storm protection proposal for New York and New Jersey that would be among the most massive and costly flood control projects ever done in America, aiming to prevent the type of catastrophic flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. At a public hearing Wednesday night on the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
Highland Beach, a historic black town in Anne Arundel County, Md., is washing away into the Chesapeake Bay, giving ground at a rate of more than 2 feet per year. Leaders of the Maryland town’s government responded earlier this year with a fix: a $1.2 million effort that included widening a key section of the… Read More
In November 2022, the City of Marco Island Island started the Hideaway Beach and Sanddollar Island construction project. This dredging project is located on the northwest tip of Marco Island in and around Tigertail Beach. This video captures unique aerial views of the excavation happening live where you’ll see the workers in action operating excavators… Read More
The water in Rough River Lake is at its lowest point of the season and it could end up staying that way for years to come. Every year, the Army Corps of Engineers drains water from the lake for the winter down to what is called “winter pool” levels. It’s usually refilled during the summer… Read More