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Could climate change cause the collapse of a critical ocean current that influences everything from sea levels in South Florida to monsoons in the Pacific and temperatures in Europe? On Tuesday morning, University of Miami scientists boarded a ship bound for the Bahamas to help answer that question. The team, led by UM oceanography professor… Read More
Nearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals is now funding a massive ecosystem restoration in southeastern Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish. The flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays. Farms, fishing camps… Read More
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is advocating for beach renourishment projects in Pinellas County to move forward, yet again, by reaching out to the Army Corps of Engineers. Beach renourishment is when sand is dredged offshore and pumped ashore. It’s part of the Army Corps of Engineers’ beach erosion project. In Pinellas County, Sand Key, Long Key… Read More
On August 11, 2023, In Brigantine, About 850,000 cubic yards of sand will be dredged from the Brigantine Channel to the beaches around the 14th Street Seawall, down to Vernon Place as part of the North Beach Replenishment project. A scene of the Brigantine dredging project Friday. Source
DNREC this week confirmed plans to dredge the Indian River near Millsboro within the next year. But in the meantime, boats are getting stuck in the mud, with one boater who was stranded with his family for more than two hours last week so aggravated, he said, that he considered selling his summer home. “It… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, began dredging the Mississippi River navigation channel near Brownsville, Minnesota, in Pool 8 this week to ensure the channel remains open for commercial navigation. Dredging is expected to continue in this area through Labor Day. The Above Brownsville Placement Site, known locally as Crater Island, will… Read More
The Mississippi River is vital to Louisiana and the nation. Throughout America’s history, it has been a source of food and agriculture for millions of people. Mark Twain once wrote of its power, “The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.” Over the last hundred… Read More
St. Tammany Parish progresses with its $40 million reef project, aimed at safeguarding a significant portion of the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline. Residents who faced severe storm damage are hopeful for success. For three decades, the Cousin family has owned a home on the lake’s edge, but Hurricane Katrina left nothing behind. “Everything was gone. Everything… Read More
NOAA will invest $5 million from the Inflation Reduction Act in Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary to support pre-construction and design requirements for a sanctuary visitor center in Charles County, Maryland. NOAA intends to partner with the State of Maryland and Charles County, Maryland, co-managers of the sanctuary, on development of the new visitor center. “NOAA’s national… Read More
Three beach renourishment projects in Pinellas County are coming to a halt. The county has been working with the Army Corps of Engineers on Sand Key, Long Key, and Treasure Island to add more sand to stop shoreline erosion and provide more protection for buildings nearby in a storm. The Army Corps of Engineers is… Read More
An effort to find innovative and sustainable ways to preserve Oceanside’s sandy beaches recently took a step forward with the announcement of finalists for a project design competition. The city, in partnership with Resilient Cities Catalyst and GHD, announced the finalists July 31 after a global search for teams to take on RE:BEACH, a Coastal Resilience Design Competition with… Read More
Millions of dollars have been made available for projects to help restore the Chesapeake Bay. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says up to $206 million in funding will be made available through the president’s “Investing in America” agenda, to protect and restore the bay and the watershed while advancing environmental justice. The EPA is accepting… Read More
The work up the Lake Michigan shore to dredge harbors continues. Holland-based King Company, a long-time contractor for the US Army Corps of Engineers, began on Friday to remove over 59,000 cubic yards of material from the navigation channel in Pentwater, from the pierheads upstream to Pentwater Lake. That material will be moved between 800… Read More
U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is again pushing the Army Corps of Engineers for faster action on beach renourishment in Pinellas County, according to a letter she sent Friday and obtained exclusively by the Tampa Bay Times. Local officials’ long-fought battle over replenishing Pinellas shorelines reached a tipping point last year when the Corps decided it would require… Read More
If you’re out on the water or swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, you may notice some barges out by Bowditch Point. The US Army Corps of Engineers is clearing sand out of the water, not because of Hurricane Ian. “From what we’ve seen there are some large floating pipes that they’re kinda moving around… Read More