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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has allocated an additional $18 million for dune restoration in Flagler County. “This is really a blessing for the residents of Flagler County,” Faith Alkhatib, a Flagler County engineer, said. And a blessing is far better than the curse of Mother Nature when recent hurricanes and storms stole precious… Read More
The second and final dredging season on Black Hawk Lake near Lake View is expected to wrap up this week. According to a news release from the Iowa DNR, an additional two to three weeks of site cleanup and contractor demobilization will follow the dredging work. The Ice House Point portion of Black Hawk State… Read More
Drivers crossing the Interstate 10 bridge from Kenner to LaPlace will get an up-close view of how the state is rebuilding the coast later this summer. Sediment will be dredged from Lake Pontchartrain and pumped by pipelines to fill about 3 square miles of open water to restore a large chunk of the LaBranche Wetlands…. Read More
A project announced today in Southwest Louisiana is designed to lower the risk of flooding along the coast, and it includes raising hundreds of homes in the flood plain. Federal and state officials say Southwest Louisiana is at high risk of flooding from tidal surge and waves from hurricanes, and with sea level rise and… Read More
Dredging is now underway at South Padre Island. The dredging is part of the city’s beach re-nourishment project. The city is working with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to restore portions of the beach impacted by severe weather. Crews are using sand and sediment dredged from the Brownsville ship channel to widen the beach…. Read More
Georgetown County and city leaders are looking to make some economic and environmental advancements. Dredging the inner harbor along Front Street in Georgetown’s Historic Waterfront has been a topic of discussion among leaders for years. During a joint meeting on Tuesday, they discussed an update on where that project currently sits. The Georgetown Harbor Walk… Read More
Sevenson Environmental Services Inc.,* Niagara Falls, New York, was awarded a $15,824,232 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for environmental remediation and restoration of the former DuPont Chambers Works site. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Deepwater, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of June 21, 2024. Fiscal 2022 Formerly… Read More
Daredevils looking to catch air near the Cedar Lake dredging project will need to think twice, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The DNR on Wednesday issued a new temporary rule that restricts the speed of watercraft within 220 feet of the dredge pipe, according to a release. The rule, set to stay in place… Read More
The long-planned deepening and widening of the navigational channel in Montauk Harbor, which was scheduled for completion this autumn, will be delayed by a year, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said on Tuesday. A feasibility study completed in 2020 set new parameters for dredging the inlet to increase its depth from 12 to… Read More
The U.S. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) announced today that nine U.S. ports in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System received its Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for recording increases in international cargo tonnage shipped through their ports during the 2022 navigation season. “Every year, more than 36 million metric tons… Read More
Georgetown Harbor Dredging Update June 2023 Source
Waves lap up against the narrow shore of North Wildwood as Patrick Rosenello straightens his sunglasses, and leans against the steel seawall, the soft sand crumbling beneath his tan dress shoes. Quiet as he is, the mayor doesn’t have to utter a word about how important the tiny specks of sediment are to the resort… Read More
Restoration of coastal marine habitats—often conducted under the umbrella of “nature-based solutions”—is one of the key actions underpinning global intergovernmental agreements, including the Paris Agreement and the 2021–2030 United Nations (UN) Decade of Restoration. To achieve global biodiversity and restoration targets, such as the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to restore 30% of degraded… Read More
Although sand dunes often conjure images of great deserts, they also occur along coastlines worldwide and can be an important buffer for communities threatened by sea level rise, storms and coastal erosion. Coastal sand dunes trap sediment, encouraging expansion instead of erosion, while plants can act as magnets for wind-blown sand, anchoring the grains to the developing… Read More
The City of Dallas, Texas completed dredging at Bachman Lake in late April 2023, finalizing the first phase of the Bachman Lake Dredging and Dam and Spillway Rehabilitation Project, according to a press release from the City of Dallas. Dredging has restored the lake to recreational depths and removed the “sediment islands” and debris in the… Read More