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FLAGLER BEACH — Amid future funding uncertainty, the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday night, Oct. 23, unanimously approved an easement agreement with Flagler County for the ongoing beach restoration efforts. The approximately mile-long stretch included in the agreement is part of the county’s “Reach II” phase of the overall Beach Management Plan, which began in 2023 and continues to… Read More
More than half of America’s sandy beaches could vanish by the end of the century. In California alone, that figure may reach 70%. Surfrider Foundation’s State of the Beach Report 2025 warns readers that rising seas, intensifying storms and unchecked coastal development are accelerating shoreline loss across the United States. The Foundation gathered data from over 200… Read More
“This material otherwise would’ve gone to a landfill or used in a construction site. It’s very suitable for the beach and we need sand,” said Jayme Timberlake. OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Oceanside is launching a significant beach protection initiative, with trucks currently dumping approximately 2,000 cubic yards of donated sand onto Tyson Street Beach, just south… Read More
York County Council approved second reading Jan. 21 for rezoning case 24‑59 (tax map 56100022) to change a 1.47‑acre parcel from RMX‑20 to LI (light industrial) to allow marine construction and dredging operations. The council attached a condition requiring a deed restriction to limit incompatible uses — commissioners specified examples such as manufacturing, gas stations… Read More
Barnstable County’s dredge enterprise presented its FY26 operating update to commissioners on Jan. 22, 2025, reporting several completed projects and ongoing work amid weather and permitting constraints. Dredge Director Ken Cirillo said the department recently finished the Coutuah project, Parkers River project and Falmouth Eel Pond Inlet work, and is actively dredging Bass River at… Read More
Adam Choad, executive director of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee No. 7 that the district is seeking capital funds to finish current dredging work, to complete a new office and to support a study of the reservoir’s spillway gates. He also asked the committee to increase the district’s… Read More
The dredging is expected to be complete in December. Here’s exactly where they are dredging: MIDDLETOWN, NJ — This past weekend, Oct. 25 and 26, the New Jersey Department of Transportation began the Shrewsbury Channel Complex dredging project. The channels were impacted by Superstorm Sandy, and have continued to fill in with sediment ever since…. Read More
Improves Safe, Efficient Two-Way Vessel Movement in the Houston Ship Channel through Galveston Bay HOUSTON — Port Houston, working in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has completed its portion of the Houston Ship Channel Expansion – Project 11, a historic milestone in the future safety, efficiency, and competitiveness of the busiest… Read More
It comes as no surprise that President Donald Trump is building a legacy as a consequential maritime president. After all, there are few areas of our economy that are more America First than the U.S. maritime industry. We have been a maritime nation since our founding, and the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known… Read More
Material comes from San Elijo Lagoon dredging and Front Wave project Oceanside will begin its first official opportunistic sand placement project, guided by the city’s Sand Compatibility Opportunistic Use Program permits. The project will place approximately 2,000 cubic yards of donated and beach-compatible sand onto Tyson Street Beach, which will temporarily enhance beach width and… Read More
Chicago – The Initiative for Resilient Great Lakes Coasts (IRGLC), a partnership between the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI) and the NOAA Office of Coastal Management, funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, today announced a new round of projects advancing through the program. These projects, including those in Alpena and Rogers… Read More
After years of algae decomposing on the small lake’s shoreline, the Army Corps of Engineers has a remedy to stop the stink. Lake St. Clair, a heart-shaped lake straddling the border between Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario, has long supported a busy and reliable “blue economy.” The smallest in the Great Lakes regional… Read More
Flagler Beach Is ready to raise its property tax and dedicate the new revenue to beach protection in the city as a blunt message to the county: We’re doing our part. Now do yours. The city is ready to increase its property tax rate from $5.45 per $1,000 in taxable value to almost $6, and… Read More
NEW HAVEN – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has scrapped plans to build a salt marsh in West Haven that would have used enough material dredged from New Haven Harbor to fill 200 Olympic-size pools. Instead, the more than 650,000 cubic yards of silt and clay originally slated for the salt marsh at West Haven’s Sandy Point will… Read More
A massive beach upgrade has begun in Pinellas County, funded by $120 million in tourist dollars. The work started at Clearwater Beach and continues southward along the coast. Sand placement… A massive beach upgrade has begun in Pinellas County, funded by $120 million in tourist dollars. The work started at Clearwater Beach and continues southward… Read More