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Louisiana’s largest source of money to pay for coastal restoration will run dry in the next 10 years, according to the Public Affairs Research (PAR) Council of Louisiana. “This is not an immediate issue, but it is an important issue,” said Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana President Dr. Steven Procopio. After the devastating Deepwater Horizon… Read More
A throng of state and local leaders met Tuesday night (Aug. 16) to celebrate the completion of the first of two phases of a $250 million project to deepen the Mississippi River, allowing larger vessels to navigate to the state’s major ports. The event, hosted by the Big River Coalition, marked the Army Corps of… Read More
A couple of videos that surfaced on social media recently have raised concerns for some about heavy machinery working on our Coastal Bend beaches. In one clip, residents can see a machine scooping water from the shoreline. In another, you can see the one of the large machines scraping the sand along a beach road… Read More
As part of the City of Hamilton’s Chedoke Remediation plan, in-water targeted dredging work is scheduled to begin the week of August 22, 2022, with construction mobilization underway, and the dredge machine scheduled to arrive and be placed in the creek on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.The targeted dredging work is anticipated to take four months… Read More
Louisiana officials are touting state incentives for a $198.5 million carbon capture project at an Ascension Parish chemical plant, despite evidence and experts suggesting it’s a questionable investment. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced on Friday CF Industries plans to invest $198.5 million to construct a CO2 compression and dehydration unit at its Donaldsonville complex that’s expected… Read More
It’s peak season at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head. By 8 a.m., the pier is already lined with anglers and sightseers, and the waves below are alive with schools of fish. Far out on the bright water, a white buoy marks the future location of a new addition to the pier: the test site for… Read More
It’s tough to forget the images from 2017 and 2019. Historic water levels on Lake Ontario that spilled over the shoreline in Niagara County and beyond. Between the flooding in 2017 and 2019, the cost of damage to the state alone was more than $6 million. On average, homeowners saw $95,000 in damage. Could there… Read More
Chained between rusty beams on Chelsea Creek in East Boston is a big, floating ball of plants. It’s made of wood chips encased in coconut fiber and netting, with marsh grass growing on top and seaweed underneath. And it’s heavy; the pod weighs in at about a ton when waterlogged. This bobbing ball is part of… Read More
The shrinking shoreline at Wrightsville Beach is in desperate need of sand. “We can’t get our ocean rescue vehicles from point A to point B in some places, because there’s just not enough beach,” Mayor Darryl Mills said. Rebuilding that usually happens every three years is behind schedule. Officials said they have faced numerous challenges… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the company has made significant progress since the dredge Ellis Island joined the dredge Liberty Island in Buxton on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. These two dredges used two separate landing points, and together they have delivered approximately 200,000 cubic yards of sand along the shoreline of Buxton over the past… Read More
In West Michigan, Muskegon Lake will soon be removed from the list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern. The completion of restoration efforts comes after over 30 years and $70 million invested in cleanup. Along with the progress and promise of economic revitalization, there is still work to be done to protect water resources in… Read More
The overall puzzle of ocean restoration is complex; but to Dow, it is clear that organized cleanups are one of the most important pieces — because they can create a spark that will ignite the type of passion it takes to drive change. Many sustainability-interested individuals know about the benefits of beach cleanups when it… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards had a significant contract win back in April when it was awarded a $13,725,953 Navy contract for the production of the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV), engineering services and other direct costs. If all options are exercised the contract has a potential total value of nearly $123 million. The contract was… Read More
Shoaling in Manasquan Inlet has created a large sand bar on the Point Pleasant Beach side of the inlet that looked more like a beach during Thursday afternoon’s low tide. The sand has been building up for most of the summer, most likely a result of steady south winds pushing the sand in, according to… Read More
This may sound a bit strange, but we’re delighted to see Jersey Shore dredging projects even at the risk of inconvenience to summer visitors. After years of silt building up in back bays and increasingly strangling the crucial boating portion of the shore economy, the restoration of channels and docks has become rather routine. That’s… Read More