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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the dredge Ellis Island has returned to Dare County to assist the Liberty Island with the Buxton beach renourishment project. On Tuesday morning, August 2, the Ellis Island resumed dredging operations in Buxton after 10 days of work on the Town of Nags Head’s beach renourishment project. The Ellis Island used the landing point… Read More
For the past two weeks, mainstream media headlines have been awash with news of sweltering temperatures ravaging Europe and parts of North America. At least one segment – the recent record-setting heatwave in the UK – was made 10 times more likely due to climate change, according to the well-regarded World Weather Attribution group. Quite… Read More
The ongoing surge in demand for sand has made it a scarce commodity. This natural resource is commonly used in computer microchips, construction, and is an active ingredient in cosmetics. But the current supply of this material has not been able to keep up with the speed of global urbanization. Now, sand is approaching a cost… Read More
Flexing its muscle after enactment of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, Federal Maritime Commission is reorganizing its investigative and prosecution functions by consolidating them into a newly created Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance (BEIC), effective immediately. The newly established bureau will be headed by an attorney in the Senior Executive Service with regulatory, prosecutorial, and investigatory… Read More
Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced nearly $10.8 million in Seaport Economic Council grants for 19 projects. The grants will help coastal communities advance projects that benefit commercial maritime industries, improve resident and visitor access to waterfront assets, mitigate the impacts of climate change, and advance future dredging. The grants were approved at today’s meeting of… Read More
Dave Bernstein of Geodynamics, the county’s beach surveying firm, said Monday the ocean search for and identify offshore sand to use for future beach nourishment projects is about 25 percent complete. Speaking during a meeting of the Carteret County Beach Commission in Emerald Isle, Mr. Bernstein said he is optimistic the multi-year project will find… Read More
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an unprecedented investment of $132 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law over the next five years for important work to protect and restore estuaries of national significance, funding projects to address climate resilience, prioritize equity, and manage other key water quality and habitat challenges across 28 estuaries… Read More
Just in time for another above-average hurricane season, state officials on Thursday got to view for the first time the completed and restored Terrebonne Basin Barrier Islands, aimed at protecting residents from storms rolling in from the Gulf of Mexico. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority executive director Bren Haase, Pontchartrain Conservancy executive director Kristi Trail… Read More
The project to restore the Sodus Point Beach following flooding in 2017 and 2019 has been recognized by a national organization. Dune project shares national recognition The Finger Lakes Times reports the beach has won a Best Restored Beach award from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. Other beaches receiving the honor were Ocean Isle Beach on… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. announced on Thursday that the dredge Liberty Island has returned to Dare County to resume the Buxton beach renourishment project. On Thursday morning, July 28, the Liberty Island returned from a brief stay in Norfolk, Virginia, for repairs, maintenance, and refueling. Pumping operations resumed in front of Ocean Drive at 11:11 a.m. and… Read More
Louisiana has completed one of its biggest coastal restoration projects yet, and is at work on even bigger ones. The dredge used to suck up sediment from the Gulf of Mexico to add 1,000 acres of habitat to sites in the Terrebonne Basin is now at work in the Mississippi River, doing the same for a 1,600-acre project… Read More
One of the more noticeable features of the Rappahannock River downstream of the Fall Line (Route 1 bridge) in late summer Fredericksburg is the accumulation of silt and other sediment. This shoaling below the Fall Line can be deleterious, as fish eggs and other aquatic life are smothered. In addition, this shoaling can be unsightly… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. has announced that it has completed the 1 million cubic yard beach nourishment project in Avon, with the last load of sand delivered by the dredge Liberty Island at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, between Yucca Street and Pampas Drive. The project included nourishing approximately 2.5 miles of oceanfront from… Read More
The Outer Banks as we know it can change with the tide. Three homes were washed out to sea this year and more could be in danger of collapse. Now, there’s a race to prolong the lifespan of homes and beaches threatened by erosion. Collapsing homes July in the Outer Banks is prime vacation time for visitors… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Dave Bernstein of Geodynamics, the county’s beach surveying firm, said Monday the ocean search for and identify offshore sand to use for future beach nourishment projects is about 25 percent complete. Speaking during a meeting of the Carteret County Beach Commission in Emerald Isle, Mr. Bernstein said he is optimistic the multi-year… Read More