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With recent winter storms and high tide events having severely eroded areas of the California coastline and Ventura Harbor scenic beaches over the past few months, Ventura Harbor’s annual dredging activities have significantly contributed to overall beach restoration. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), working with the Manson Construction Company, began dredging operations in… Read More
Like Brigadoon, the mythical Scottish highland village that reemerges to great fanfare once every century, a half-dozen small islands rise from the waters of Neponset Reservoir each year, usually in late summer when water levels can dwindle and aquatic plant growth mushrooms. There’s nothing enchanted about this seasonal phenomenon, however. According to Richard Lewis, treasurer… Read More
State and local leaders routed major federal investments in coastal resilience projects in our area Wednesday. They’re meant to help protect our coasts from extreme weather and climate change. Aldermen, commissioners, and state representatives gathered Wednesday to highlight how important our coast is to the local economy and way of life, and celebrate funding for… Read More
According to the town of Carolina Beach, its lake dredge and stabilization project has started. The dredge will improve stormwater capacity and increase water quality, while providing a healthier ecosystem and improving aesthetics of the lake. Officials have said the goal is to keep park amenities open during the dredge, as most construction will happen… Read More
Spanish Pass Louisiana’s largest ridge and marsh restoration project ever constructed is complete! Learn more about the project and the work it took to get it done. Thanks to our partners at Weeks Marine, Inc., Baird & Associates, Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, and others for their support on this project!
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (May 23, 2023) – Construction of a new navigation lock on the Tennessee River reached a monolithic milestone yesterday as crews and officials held a topping-off ceremony to mark the completion of the first concrete monolith. Officials and employees from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor, Shimmick, assembled… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — The city, its neighbor across the Fore River and a coalition of private interests have tried and failed three times over 20 years to secure federal grant money for a long-needed Portland Harbor dredging project. Now, with the state’s backing, they’re trying a different approach. Instead of going it alone, the remaining funds… Read More
Maintenance dredging job project at San Rafael Creek located in Marin County. Dutra dug 80,000 CY of material using a CAT 390 Excavator. Dutra also disposed of 200,000 CY with a dredge depth of 8’ using the DB Beaver and DB-24. This photo was taken inside the San Rafael Creek for the cities portion of… Read More
With hopes high for the summer tourist economy in 2023, the borough is going to have a wide, new beach for visitors to enjoy. Other communities will not be in as good a shape. A federal project just added nearly 600,000 cubic yards of sand to Avalon beaches from Ninth Street to 27th Street. The… Read More
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Alabama announced earlier last month that it was awarded more than $27 million of $265 million in transformational habitat restoration and coastal resilience funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), or about 10 percent of the total award. The funding will be split between two coastal Alabama projects, with… Read More
Champions of restoring Louisiana’s coastal wetlands recently celebrated another milestone when they marked the rebuilding of a natural ridge in Spanish Pass, west of Venice in southern Plaquemines Parish. The Spanish Pass project comprises nearly 1,700 acres of freshly formed land extending about six miles into Yellow Cotton Bay. A year ago, all of the newly… Read More
Hy Stor Energy on Thursday took the next step to develop a large-scale hydrogen production and storage hub in Mississippi. The company said in a press release it submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Energy for funding of the operation that would generate zero emission hydrogen energy and create hundreds of jobs. The… Read More
GALVESTON An islander is urging officials to investigate why jagged and rusted metal, chunks of concrete, lumps of clay and sharp seashells are emerging at the site of a recently completed $6.8 million beach remediation project in the West End. Beachgoers on the island’s West End have noted concrete, metal, clay and sharp seashells buried… Read More
Carteret County’s tourism took another hit recently when a property owner with a quitclaim deed to sand dunes paralleling portions of the Atlantic Beach sought to deny visitors the ability to cross his newly acquired property to access the public beach. Visitors to our beaches are not interested in property right disputes and absent a… Read More
Thank you Congressman Clay Higgins of Louisiana for recognizing National Maritime Day and the value of U.S. maritime and the Jones Act to our nation’s economic prosperity and national security. Source