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A push to fund clean-up and environmental stability efforts on Chautauqua Lake continues, with officials proposing three new ways to raise money. Previously, the Chautauqua Lake Protection and Rehabilitation Agency came under fire from residents who expressed concern with a plan that would create a new county-wide tax to go towards lake preservation efforts. As part of… Read More
Several dredges have been deployed to keep shipping channels open and an underwater barrier is being built to keep a wedge of saltwater out of local drinking supplies. Video Transcript Dredges are working overtime to try and see barges moving on the Mississippi River and an underwater levy is being built to keep saltwater from… Read More
Unexpected changes likely caused by recent weather have shut down a southwest Michigan port. The St. Joseph harbor is closed to commercial vessels until further notice after the carrier ship Manitowoc encountered shoaling conditions last Thursday in the outer harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has since confirmed the shoaling conditions, and efforts to… Read More
Where’s the beach? Some island beaches along Anna Maria Island might be unrecognizable and take years to come back to their long stretch of sand between dunes after erosion caused by the wind and currents from Hurricane Ian. The category 4 storm made landfall in Lee County Sept. 28, bringing high winds and rolling surf… Read More
Propeller, a fund that invests in companies tackling climate change via ocean solutions, unveiled its first $100 million venture fund on Thursday. Why it matters: This is the first major blue economy venture fund, and it could help catalyze other players in the climate tech world to look to the sea for new opportunities. Blue climate… Read More
Saugerties Water Plant Superintendent Mike Hopf reported at the Village Board meeting on Monday, October 17 that the Blue Mountain Reservoir dredging was completed on September 28. The final teardown and demobilization is also done, including clearing the surrounding land and reseeding. The project removed about 11,000 cubic feet of silt from the bottom of… Read More
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis traveled to Punta Gorda to announce that Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) is awarding $5 million to local housing partners to help Floridians impacted by Hurricane Ian pay their home insurance deductibles in the six hardest hit counties. Funding assistance is available to individuals, families, and seniors living in Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto,… Read More
Weeks Marine has updated the beach nourishment schedule for Duck: Actual construction is now expected to begin in late October with an estimated project duration of 30-35 days, according to a recent update from the Town. Staging is expected to begin today, Wednesday, October 19 with the installation of the subline near North Snow Geese Drive…. Read More
The marina suffered damage to its electrical system and its fuel service during Hurricane Ian. Not every city has a collectively owned marina, but Fernandina Beach is one of them. The city’s getting money to deal with repair costs to that marina from not this past hurricane, but Hurricane Matthew. Money for the repairs should be… Read More
The Mississippi River’s waters have plunged to new lows, grounding cargo barges on the shallow riverbed and allowing seawater to creep up through Louisiana. That’s sent the US Army Corps of Engineers into a frenzy of damage control. At the mouth of the river, the agency is building an underwater levee to stop the creep… Read More
The Pro-NJ Grantor Trust’s call for Expressions of Interest, ahead of the formal application process needed to apply for funding for coastal infrastructure and resiliency projects, resulted in more interest than anticipated. Seventeen requests came from municipalities throughout Cape May, Atlantic and Ocean counties, totaling nearly $19 million, more than five times the amount the… Read More
When it comes to hurricanes, Brunswick County’s dunes take a beating. But officials in several beach towns say Hurricane Ian’s punch wasn’t as bad as the blow delivered by Isaias in 2020. The full force of Hurricane Ian, a Category 1 storm, hit Brunswick County around 2 p.m. on September 30. The county’s beaches took… Read More
Compared to the west coast of Florida, Jersey shore communities had it easy when what was left of Hurricane Ian passed by, bringing flooded roads and derailing weekend plans. Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, Captiva and other Florida communities face a long, difficult recovery from the late September storm, one of the strongest hurricanes to ever… Read More
The drought in the Southwest has bottomed out major reservoirs on the Colorado River and raised alarms among cities and farms that rely on the water. But it’s also a threat to the environment in one of the world’s most recognizable wonders: the Grand Canyon. As KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, a longstanding program of artificial… Read More
Despite the outrage expressed by U.S. maritime interests over his earlier issue of a “temporary and targeted” Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas approved another such waiver yesterday—this time for LNG. “In support of the Puerto Rican people as they continue to recover from Hurricane Fiona, I have approved a… Read More