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Shorebeat has learned that the anticipated northern Ocean County beach replenishment project that was supposed to have begun in 2022 may not see the light of day for some time. The project is considered “suspended” according to an update from the state Department of Environmental Protection that was sent to local officials last Friday and… Read More
Amid rising sea levels, plastics pollution and overfishing, the emerging “Internet of Underwater Things” will vastly expand knowledge about the world’s seas. Imagine seals swimming in the sea with electronic tags that send real-time water data to scientists back in their laboratories. Or archaeologists near a coast being automatically alerted when a diver trespasses on… Read More
Land reclamation from the sea has become a popular phenomenon in coastal development. It is the most preferred solution to the need for land in coastal areas and has been implemented for various use cases, including flood control and agriculture. Nowadays, it has become a famous urban response to the rapid increase in coastal urbanization,… Read More
(Release from the Wallowa Whitman National Forest The La Grande Ranger District (the District) would like to return areas impacted by mining operations in the upper Grande Ronde River to pre-mining conditions. Nearly two miles of waste rock from dredge mining (mine tailings) located within a historic mining area would be redistributed throughout the upper… Read More
From the University of New Orleans: While finding the proverbial needle in a haystack might be difficult, University of New Orleans earth and environmental sciences professor Mark Kulp and his research team have enlisted technology to help them with an equally daunting task—tracking grains of sand. The sand that the team is tracking is used… Read More
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection, which has been reviewing the city’s request for a dredging permit for the last seven years, wants the city to conduct a second survey of the dredging area. Additionally, when the DEP and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers meet later this month, they may want the city to… Read More
Efforts are underway in Michigan to revitalize one of Stevensville’s treasures. The Lincoln Township Beach has been closed for almost three years after high water levels in 2019 damaged parts of it. Stevensville officials have high hopes for a major overhaul. 2020 was the year the beach closed, and what used to be bustling with… Read More
In a unanimous vote, the Coastal Resources Commission decided Thursday not to endorse a nomination from the public to expand protective environmental buffers around a sensitive Beaufort watershed. The denial came during the commission’s meeting at the Riverfront Convention Center. Staff with the Division of Coastal Management, which implements commission rules, had recommended that the… Read More
Lake Hopatcong is the largest lake in New Jersey, but it is not a monolithic entity. While the name Hopatcong probably means nothing like the old legend claims (“Honey Waters of Many Coves”), there are a lot of coves and inlets plus a man-made notch – Landing Channel – at the lake’s southernmost point in Roxbury. The… 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
There is a lot of dredging work to be done in Lake Michigan harbors after an uptick in severe storms and a drop in shoreline ice during winter. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers currently is overseeing 24-hour dredging in Grand Haven when weather is favorable to remove sand shoaling that blocks the harbor from… Read More
City leaders’ hopes to dredge Lake Mitchell were dashed Tuesday night by the Mitchell City Council. In a historic vote that came after more than an hour of discussion between the council and public input, the council voted 4-4 on a $25 million state loan application that would have funded a multimillion-dollar dredging project. The… Read More
Dredging in the Ocean City Inlet was a big topic of discussion between U.S. Representative Andy Harris and local watermen and boaters Monday night. “Their real concern is that their livelihood is at stake when the Ocean City Inlet isn’t being dredged often enough, or deep enough,” Rep. Harris told 47 ABC WMDT on Tuesday…. Read More
How can making the Mississippi River deeper by five feet in south Louisiana make a difference? For farmers across the country, it could mean millions of dollars saved. A dredging project from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico of just five feet means an additional 500 thousand bushels of grain can be put on… Read More
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is awarding $8.8 million in grants through the inaugural round of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Climate Resilience Fund (DCRF). These state awards will support 21 innovative climate resilience plans and projects across 17 Connecticut municipalities and councils of governments. Through the DCRF, the Department… Read More