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Santa Rosa County is going all in on restoring Navarre Beach, and its county commissioners are going to let tourists cover the cost of the coastline facelift. “Congratulations Navarre Beach,” Commission Chairman Colten Wright said Thursday as he dropped the gavel on a motion made without objection to add approximately 900,000 cubic yards of sand to 4.1… Read More
In the wake of a three-year study of Currituck County beaches that was published in January, some county officials appear to be divided on what the next steps should be or even if additional steps are needed. The study by Coastal Protection Engineering (CPE) looked at changes to 22.6 miles of shoreline along the Currituck… Read More
Less than a year after governments in Lee and Collier counties spent millions on restoring their beaches from the effects of erosion, they’re going to have to do it again. Hurricane Ian devastated the Southwest Florida coastline Sept. 28. Like a child trashing a sand castle, the hurricane laid waste to ongoing beach restoration efforts…. Read More
Public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 3 On May 1, the Town of Duck released information about the resumption of dredging for its beach nourishment project, the only one in Dare County that was not completed in 2022. Here is he announcement. The Magdalen returned to the site and has resumed dredging. The active construction… Read More
Nearly 10 months after the long-awaited dredging of the Weeki Wachee River stopped because of water quality issues, work is scheduled to begin again on the $2.1 million project with a new contractor and a different technique. To provide space for workers to stage equipment and begin the job, Hernando County will close Rogers Park on Shoal… Read More
A permit application to conduct work in the Town of Falmouth waters was received by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for proposed work at sites in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. The Army Corps is looking for feedback from the public; federal, state and local agencies; American Indian Tribes; and other interested parties to… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Tammy Baldwin is applauding the Biden administration’s announcement that Wisconsin is receiving a $2.5 million investment to strengthen our Great Lakes resiliency to extreme weather events and climate change. Across Wisconsin, three projects will receive funding to restore and protect our fresh coasts through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law the Inflation Reduction… Read More
Alabama is set to receive $43 million in federal grants to make the state’s coastline more resilient to sea level rise caused by climate change. The grants will go to slow erosion, preserve sensitive tidal marsh land, build habitat for oysters and other fisheries and reduce microplastic pollution in the Gulf of Mexico. Funding for… Read More
Santa Rosa County Commissioners will be asked Thursday to decide how much, if any, Navarre Beach restoration they are willing to pay for. Commissioners on Monday were presented with a preliminary design report that provided options for beach renourishment that include full restoration of 4.1 miles of coastline or a partial restoration of areas on the… Read More
The U.S. Department of Commerce is slated to give $26 million to eight climate change resiliency projects in Hawaiʻi. It’s part of the Biden Administration’s Climate-Ready Coasts initiative, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Three projects under The University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program will use the funding to tackle marine debris. One program will… Read More
The ultimate goal of this high-flow experiment is to move sand and sediment along the Colorado River. “The idea is to kind of mitigate that sand loss, and keep things close to the way they were before the dam,” said Bob Tusso, a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist. Sandbars are important, according to the feds: they… Read More
The Pillar Point Harbor dredging project was largely designed to do two things — aid navigation in the inner harbor and address erosion at Surfer’s Beach. After years of planning and brief optimism that construction could finally start in 2023, the San Mateo County Harbor District Commission received news last week that the sand will… Read More
Toms River will pay at least $300,00 to fix ongoing erosion issues at Ortley Beach, News 12 New Jersey has learned. The township will spend the money to truck in new sand, study the dunes, take out the cliffs, and repair the walkways. This will bring the total spent by Toms River to well over $1 million… Read More
Beach erosion caused by Hurricane Hermine in 2016 along South Siesta and Turtle Beach in Sarasota County is now being restored, according to a news release. The South Siesta Beach Repair project is working to fill in approximately 92,000 cubic yards of beach-compatible sand, a news release says. The project began on April 24 and is anticipated… Read More
The price tag affixed to dredging Lake Accotink has led some on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to say it might be time to pull the plug on restoration plans. The Fairfax County park is popular, with over 250,000 visitors each year, but in a presentation to the board’s environmental committee yesterday (Tuesday), staff said the cost of the much-needed… Read More