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When people think about industries needing to remake themselves to improve their impact on the environment, not many would automatically picture tourism, but the Oregon Coast Visitors Association is taking a hard look at improving coastal resiliency. OCVA is one of the first destination management organizations in the United States to release an official Climate… Read More
Returning to Florida to discuss climate change, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Friday that $562 million will be spent on 149 projects around the country aimed at improving resilience to threats such as rising seas and the kinds of coastal flooding that recently slammed the southeast part of the state. Harris outlined the funding plan during an… Read More
The money will be spent statewide. The Vice President is taking advantage of Ron DeSantis’ travel schedule to make a point about climate change. Kamala Harris picked a week when the Florida Governor was most everywhere but Florida, including in Washington D.C., to visit Miami to roll out $78.7 million in spending for 16 climate change initiatives affecting… Read More
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of construction of a flood resiliency project in the Town of Clayton, Jefferson County. The project was awarded $4 million in grant funding through the State’s Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative and once complete, will help mitigate the impact of future high-water events and improve resiliency of the… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today awarded $562 million for conservation and restoration projects across the country, providing significant funding infusions from the bipartisan infrastructure law dedicated to improving coastal restoration and resilience. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) was among today’s awardees. The funding will support work in Alabama, California, Ohio, South Carolina, and the U.S…. Read More
The federal government is asking for more than half a billion dollars for dozens of projects aimed at bolstering America’s coastlines against rising seas. The 149 projects range from shoreline habitat recovery in Florida, restoration of salmon streams in Alaska, and experimental microplastic filters for New York. With a total price tag of $562 million,… Read More
Plans are underway in Holiday to dredge a portion of the water near Key Vista Park. Pasco County leaders are working to secure permits from the Army Corps of Engineers to make the project possible. According to Commissioner Kathryn Starkey, Key Vista will be the first dredge of many dredges along the coastline. “It has… Read More
The maritime industry is not yet ready for the safe adoption at scale of alternative fuels. That’s the key take-away from a new report from the Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF), which says that, to be able to meet required decarbonization targets, industry stakeholders need to collaborate on closing gaps in current safety management and crew… Read More
Crews spent hours Monday working to free a 767-foot-long cargo ship that ran aground near the Muskegon channel in west Michigan, almost exactly a year after a similar incident. The Kaye E. Barker had been approaching the harbor “at a slow speed” when it grounded just off the Muskegon outer breakwall around 10 a.m., the… Read More
Two Alabama coastal rehabilitation projects have been awarded more than $27 million in grant funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, The Nature Conservancy in Alabama recently announced. About $14.6 million will go toward the Coffee Island restoration project in Mobile County and more than $12.8 million will go to the Perdido Watershed Initiative… Read More
Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday that the town of Edgartown along with Barnstable County will receive a combined $1 million in grants to support coastal dredging efforts. The first round of grants will go towards the purchase and operation of dredging equipment, the Healey administration announced in a press release. Governor Healey credited dredging projects… Read More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stone (WMSL 758) returned to their home port in North Charleston, Sunday, following a 105-day patrol in the South Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Florida Straits. Stone deployed in the Coast Guard’s Seventh District area of operations in support of U.S. Southern Command for Operation Southern Cross and… Read More
A Draft Environmental Assessment examining a plan restore Pohoiki Bay “to a shape and depth that resembles pre-eruption conditions to the extent possible” is now online. The Pohoiki Boat Ramp Dredging of Volcanic Debris Draft EA was published in The Environmental Notice for April 23. The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, with the help of The Limtiaco… Read More
After weather- and equipment-related delays, beach replenishment has begun in Rehoboth Beach. New Jersey-based Weeks Marine began staging equipment a few weeks ago, with sand starting to be pumped earlier this week. Rehoboth is slated to receive nearly 300,000 cubic yards of sand and dune fencing repair from the Deauville Beach area south to Delaware… Read More
A dredging project starting next week will expand storage capacity and improve water quality in the North Fork Mills River Reservoir, the city of Hendersonville said in a news release. The watershed and reservoir, located on completely forested, public lands in Pisgah National Forest, have provided water to Hendersonville and surrounding areas for approximately 100… Read More