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Heads up to anyone planning on transiting the Pascagoula River. In a press release sent out Friday, the Coast Guard asked people to stay alert thanks to a dredging operation taking place on the river. The operation is being carried out by the Army Corps of Engineers. The vessel E. Stroud can be found just… Read More
A large mound of sand staged at Coconut Point Park on Monday appeared to be where Brevard County said it’s pausing work on a multi-million dollar beach renourishment project because of rough weather conditions. All winter, operators of dump trucks, excavators and bulldozers worked toward moving a half-million ton of sand to rebuild south Brevard County beaches… Read More
Marine pollution from sunken vessels is predicted to reach its highest level this decade, with over 8,500 shipwrecks at risk of leaking approximately 6 billion gallons of oil. Lack of data and international cooperation means action is often too late to prevent serious harm to communities’ health and livelihoods, coastal economies, wildlife populations and ecosystems…. Read More
Nueces County was one of seven coastal counties that received funding from the Texas General Land Office, according to a Wednesday news release. The funding, $6 million, will go to projects through the land office’s Coastal Management Program Grant Cycle 28. The projects that were awarded in Nueces County include a parking lot for Bob Hall Pier,… Read More
Louisiana has made some major investments in protecting and restoring its coast, but the money that is paying for such investments is nearing the end. Now, the state is looking for how to keep the ball rolling and replace the funds. Louisiana’s coast is disappearing. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority spent billions of dollars… Read More
Caitlin Cleaver, the director of the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area in Phippsburg, is on a dune looking out over Seawall Beach and the Sprague Marsh behind it. “This is one of the largest undeveloped barrier beaches in Maine,” she says, “and we have a conservation area behind it that is close to 600 acres.” While… Read More
The 400-foot Delaware dredger is gobbling up sand at such a prodigious pace that most of the Plum Island replenishment project could be over by the end of the week, according to local and state officials. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with Norfolk Dredging Company on the final stages of a… Read More
This video provides a narrated visual update on the ongoing Marco Island, FL Tigertail Lagoon and Sand Dollar Island Beach Dredging and Restoration Project, which aims to restore the area to its pre-hurricane Irma condition. The video showcases aerial views of the progress made so far, including the removal of over 417,000 cubic yards of… Read More
The 31,000 new native plants are growing, freshly arrived shorebirds are starting to nest, and the tide is pushing and pulling water in and out of the 5.32 miles of new channels. Seasonal ponds are full and flowers are blooming as Pacheco Marsh just survived one of the most frantic winters in recent memory. The… Read More
The way is being paved for dredging to begin as the Port Modernization Project enters another phase and negotiations between government and Canadian contractors AECON draw nearer to an end. “It seems as though we are coming to a conclusion,” Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said on WE FM last Sunday. Negotiations had been ongoing… Read More
An influential coalition that advocates for coastal restoration is seeking to show candidates in this year’s election for Louisiana governor that the public broadly supports large-scale sediment diversions, pointing to results from a poll conducted on its behalf to help make its case. Results released Tuesday from the poll conducted for the Restore the Mississippi River… Read More
Officials say negotiations with a local developer are ongoing as the town identifies a placement site for its dredging project. Late last month, Councilman Bill Rymer presented members of the Fenwick Island Town Council with an update on the long-awaited dredging project of the Little Assawoman Bay. As permitting work continues, he said officials were… Read More
Residents near the Marina should expect more noise in May when the silt is sucked and hauled away. The Cold Lake Marina is getting de-mucked and de-sludged. City council has approved additional funds to go ahead with dredging the Marina in May, which means the accumulating silt will be sucked out. At last Tuesday’s regular… Read More
The second and final season of dredging on Black Hawk Lake in Lake View has gotten underway this week, and is scheduled to wrap up in early June. Two or three weeks of additional site cleanup and contractor demobilization will follow the dredging work. The DNR urges boaters and other users of Black Hawk Lake… Read More
The Miss Katie, the shallow draft hopper dredge, has completed its promised work in Hatteras Inlet and returned to Oregon Inlet. At the March meeting of the Dare County Waterways Commission, it was reported the Miss Katie was due to spend a solid week of dredging in Hatters Inlet. Miss Katie arrived in Hatteras Inlet… Read More