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Winter Park is known for its tony shops and boutiques as well as fine dining along Park Avenue. It’s also famous for a system of narrow canals which connect six bodies of water referred to as the Winter Park Chain of Lakes. These canals, which back up to some stunning homes and parks, can be… Read More
The Army Corp of Engineers has started the dredging of Barcelona Harbor. Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel said the harbor has essentially been shut down due to the sediment that filled in over the last several years. He said while $1.1 million in federal funding was approved for the project, the timeline needed to be sped up so as not… Read More
State lawmakers have approved the 2023 coastal master plan, which is the state’s vision for the long-term sustainability of South Louisiana. The chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Chip Kline, says the plan was developed utilizing the best available science and engineering, as well as public input. “In 50 years, Louisiana will have… Read More
As a young boy, Vance Wyatt learned the hard way why the North Chicago beach was shuttered over a century ago. Though closed to swimmers when he was 8 or 9 in the late 1990s, Wyatt, now the president of the Foss Park District Board of Commissioners and the North Chicago treasurer, started walking into… Read More
After almost three summers closed and barricaded, McKinley Beach is getting a much-needed makeover to improve the beach’s overall safety, sustainability and water quality. The plan is to restore the beach to its original 1989 design after an ongoing effort to reduce significant erosion and tackle rip current concerns. A year ago, Milwaukee County approved more than $700,000 for… Read More
A controversial proposal to dredge Utah Lake and build a series of islands on it is now in the hands of a judge. Fourth District Court Judge Christine Johnson heard arguments on Tuesday in Lake Restoration Solutions’ lawsuit against Utah’s Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands. “We’re moving for dismissal on all claims,” said assistant… Read More
New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in the early 1800s. Workers packed the docks, unloading casks of oil that had been extracted at sea from whale carcasses and brought in by a fleet of hundreds of whaling ships. Nearly two centuries later New… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday put another dent in the regulatory reach of the Environmental Protection Agency, embracing a stringent new test for declaring wetlands protected under a landmark federal anti-pollution law in a ruling favoring an Idaho couple who challenged the agency. The 9-0 decision authored by conservative Justice Samuel Alito overturned a… Read More
DEP is required to develop a comprehensive restoration plan by July 2024. Gov. Ron DeSantis put pen to paper and now a plan will go forward to assess a remedy for one of the all-time mistakes in marine conservation: cleaning up Osborne Reef, a tire dump off Fort Lauderdale. “Those reefs are critical, certainly. When you have… Read More
Beach defenses, millions of years in the making, took Hurricane Ian half a day to tear apart in Barefoot Beach, Florida. The dunes were decimated. Now, the small neighborhood and preserve is rebuilding their first line of defense, just weeks before the start of the next hurricane season. For two weeks, neighbors have dealt with a sand-filled dump… Read More
An ambitious bid to revive Pontchartrain Beach on the New Orleans lakefront fell apart on Thursday amid public opposition and stalled negotiations, leaving an unclear path ahead for the once-beloved site. At a meeting on Thursday evening, the Lakefront Management Authority rejected a lease proposal to restore Pontchartrain Beach after nine months of negotiations with the Pontchartrain… Read More
Dredging in the Ludington harbor is done by — for now. According to Brandon Hubbard, public affairs specialist with the Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the first round of dredging scheduled for this summer was completed overnight Wednesday. Viking Marine Construction out of Holland did the work. Surveys of what had… Read More
The Department of Land & Natural Resources this week closed their comment period for a proposal to dredge Pohoiki Beach, on Hawaii Island, and restore access to the boat ramp. The Pohoiki boat ramp has remained obstructed for 5 years now since the 2018 Kilauea eruption covered this beach in volcanic sand and rock. But… Read More
With recent winter storms and high tide events having severely eroded areas of the California coastline and Ventura Harbor scenic beaches over the past few months, Ventura Harbor’s annual dredging activities have significantly contributed to overall beach restoration. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), working with the Manson Construction Company, began dredging operations in… Read More
Like Brigadoon, the mythical Scottish highland village that reemerges to great fanfare once every century, a half-dozen small islands rise from the waters of Neponset Reservoir each year, usually in late summer when water levels can dwindle and aquatic plant growth mushrooms. There’s nothing enchanted about this seasonal phenomenon, however. According to Richard Lewis, treasurer… Read More