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The United States Army Corps of Engineers has been ordered to conduct an environmental study to determine if dredging around this time of year is harmful to the sea turtle nesting season. Since the 1990s dredging took place in Georgia’s coastal waters between December and March. “Dredging is an important part of keeping our harbors… Read More
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed sand replenishment efforts in Rehoboth Beach. Contractor Weeks Marine finished dredging sand from offshore and piping it onto Rehoboth shores May 18. Work began in Dewey Beach that evening, according to Corps of Engineers spokesman Stephen Rochette. Dewey is likely… Read More
A bulldozer began moving sand along a stretch of badly eroded beach Monday in a Jersey Shore town where the bitter fight over how to protect its rapidly shrinking shoreline has led to $33 million worth of litigation. Before the summer tourism season kicks off this weekend, North Wildwood hopes to repair dunes in the most… Read More
The Liebherr Group reports that two of its customers are putting its HS 8300 duty cycle crawler crane to the test on two large-scale U.S. Gulf coast dredging projects that are 350 miles apart. In Port Arthur, Texas, Matthews Brothers Inc. is working on a tight deadline at the port assisting in new construction off of… Read More
The administrator of the Shell Rock River Watershed District on Tuesday said he is optimistic the dredging on Albert Lea’s Fountain Lake can resume next year with the inclusion of $9 million toward the project in the state’s capital investment bill. Shell Rock River Watershed District Administrator Andy Henschel said though the timeline for the… Read More
The negative feedback loop of the climate and biodiversity crises can make water security seem a far-off dream. However, Tugba Ergin and Melissa Darr from our Global Sustainability Team paint a hopeful picture. Working with nature and approaching water resources and systems at a holistic level can provide solutions that respond to our urgent needs… Read More
Sand to renourish Wrightsville Beach’s ocean shoreline later this year will be pumped from within the same inlet it has for decades. Making what it calls an emergency exception, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District has determined the beach will get sand from Masonboro Inlet, sparing the town what was forecast to be… Read More
A federal judge late this afternoon signed the order approving a settlement agreement between the county and Cynthia d’Angiolini, who for three years had held out from signing an easement that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild 2.6 miles of dunes south of the Flagler Beach pier. “This is a monumental accomplishment for… Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Shipbuilders Council of America and its associate members have renewed an alliance to continue protecting the Mid-Atlantic region’s shipbuilding workers from workplace safety and health hazards. Originally established as a two-year alliance in July 2021, the renewal extends the joint initiative until 2026. The alliance will continue… Read More
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $251 million to support 12 selected projects across seven states that will bolster the nation’s carbon management capabilities. The projects, funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will expand carbon dioxide (CO2) transportation and storage infrastructure to help significantly and… Read More
In Salisbury, miles of beach sit empty now. With crowds set to swell in the coming weeks, there is a wave of worry. “It becomes very dangerous for children playing here because these dunes can collapse,” said Tom Saab, a Salisbury resident. Salisbury, like many coastal towns, is battling beach erosion. A surprise late December… Read More
Third time’s the charm for North Wildwood. The Jersey Shore town has received approval from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to address public safety issues linked to severe coastal erosion that has eaten up about ten blocks worth of beach, Mayor Patrick Rosenello told NJ Advance Media on Thursday. Source
Half of the top 10 beaches in the United States for 2023 are in Florida and Hawaii. That’s according to the 2023 list of best US beaches released this week by “Dr. Beach,” aka coastal scientist Stephen Leatherman. Florida’s St. George Island State Park earns the top slot. The barrier island park offers nine miles… Read More
More than $300,000 in repairs to Ortley Beach’s oceanfront is underway, and some beach entrances have reopened as work progresses in a south-to-north direction. Last week, crews from Earle Asphalt staged heavy equipment on the beach and began trucking in sand and moving it along the beach berm to create a more natural slope to… Read More
New Jersey environmental officials will allow North Wildwood to carry out emergency repairs to its badly eroded beachfront, even as they continue a years-long fight with city officials over how best to protect the popular Jersey Shore resort’s fragile coastline. On Wednesday, the state Department of Environmental Protection told North Wildwood it could reshape three blocks… Read More