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After the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced a delay for the White Creek dredging project, people are calling for an extension of the dredging window. The project was initially scheduled for completion March 31 to comply with existing seasonal dredging restrictions established to protect wildlife and natural resources. DNREC said that dredging projects… Read More
Pools of water glint in the thin winter light at the Old Pond salt marsh, a refuge for shorebirds and a travel way for fish, clams and lobsters, along with smaller aquatic life. But that pooling water signals a dying marsh. “It’s like an overwatered house plant,” Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) conservation planner Jeremy… Read More
In an effort to help restore the Everglades Ecosystem, construction of a large pump station has officially begun to help rehydrate coastal wetlands and prevent too much freshwater discharge into Biscayne Bay. It has been 20 years in the making, but on Tuesday Miami-Dade County leaders got to toss the ceremonial dirt signifying the start… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) commenced channel maintenance dredging efforts in Southwest Pass for Fiscal Year 2023 on January 29, 2023, with the hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction) dredging under Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2021. The USACE previously completed Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the historic project to deepen… Read More
At a news conference Friday morning in a Fort Myers restaurant, hosted by Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss ongoing Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in South Florida, a local man named Stanley got choked up as he tried to describe how the storm changed his life. “I lost everything except a car and some clothes that I evacuated… Read More
The province has relented on its oft-changing Chedoke Creek cleanup deadline and will now give the city until the end of October to dredge sewage sludge out of the spill-prone waterway. But the latest compromise does not resolve the disagreement with an Indigenous group that prevented a cleanup last summer. Ontario originally ordered a creek cleanup after The… Read More
There’s been a sometimes-smelly problem in one Arvada neighborhood. The city is currently restoring Lake Arbor, which is located inside a mostly-residential community in the eastern part of the city. The city says the project has two goals for this multi-million dollar project: Improve public safety by stabilizing the banks Improve water quality and remove unpleasant… Read More
During Tuckerton borough’s March 6 council meeting, Councilman Brian Martin gave an update on Lanyard Lagoon. According to Martin, the borough engineer submitted for the grant extension on December 1, 2022. “We just have not received that official extension back from the DEP.” Martin said the DEP reassured council that Tuckerton’s application is still in… Read More
Funding priorities under the federal Inflation Reduction Act continue to roll out, including a new effort for Minnesota and some surrounding states to restore and rebuild wetland areas. The Interior Department has announced $120 million in investments for key segments of America’s wildlife management systems. For the Midwest, it means protecting Prairie Potholes, which are shallow wetlands… Read More
All permits are in place for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge channels in Lower Newport Bay and bury any contaminated sediment in a massive underwater pit at the heart of Newport Harbor. But the project is now facing multiple legal challenges that could slow it down or thwart it entirely, as resident… Read More
Cookie Kennedy was out for a walk with a friend one day this winter when she felt a familiar dread creep up on her. As the pair strolled the north shore of Indian Rocks Beach, the small Pinellas County city where Kennedy is mayor, they were forced to weave their way through a thickening crowd… Read More
There was an article in the Triplicate last week related to harbor dredging that provided a skewed perspective from a single source. I can provide a broader context for this story. I attended the Harbor District meeting (3/7/23) which had an informative discussion of harbor dredging. I was the only member of the public there…. Read More
Dredged sediments placed in waters near the mouth of the Columbia River, where waves and coastal currents can redistribute them, helps to reduce erosion along nearby beaches, according to new research published this month. New data collected and models developed during the study help resource managers optimize strategies to manage the sand, a valuable resource, at… Read More
The Dare County Waterways Commission received updates on a series of dredging events that have taken place in the channels of Hatteras Inlet over the past few weeks at their monthly meeting on Monday, March 13. Miss Katie arrived in Hatteras village on Wednesday, March 8, and as of the time of the meeting, had… Read More
The Hancock County Supervisors will meet on Monday morning beginning at 9am. you can view the meeting live on kiow.com. The board will open the meeting with a Videoconference with Tyler Conley, Bolton & Menk. He will discuss the Northern Natural Gas engineer’s review of Drainage District # 1 and 2 South Main Ditch dredging…. Read More