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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity making $12,423,000 available in Fiscal Year 2023 funds through what is now called the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP) and was previously named America’s Marine Highway Program. The FY 2023 funding level is worth less than one-third of the nearly $39 million… Read More
Fairfax County’s beloved Lake Accotink might not be a lake in the future. According to a report released in February, the initial Lake Accotink dredge cost estimate of $30 million in 2018 ballooned to $95 million in a more recent analysis. And the cost of maintenance dredging for the first 20 years comes to another $300… Read More
Mayor George Harvie recently sent a follow-up letter to Steveston—Richmond East Liberal MP Parm Bains expressing optimism on potential movement to get dredging done on the secondary river channels that have begun to silt up. Harvie noted he is pleased that a working group has been re-established to help focus efforts to move the issue forward… Read More
Tuckerton Borough Councilman Brian Martin gave an update on the Lanyard Lagoon project during the Feb. 22 council meeting. “Everything seems to be in order to receive American Relief Program Funding to fill the gap in construction cost,” he said. However, Martin explained, approval to fund the project will depend on a vote taken at… Read More
U.S. officials are growing concerned that giant Chinese-made cranes operating at American ports across the country, including at several used by the military, could give Beijing a possible spying tool hiding in plain sight. Some national-security and Pentagon officials have compared ship-to-shore cranes made by the China-based manufacturer, ZPMC, to a Trojan horse. While comparably well-made… Read More
The Florida Senate is moving forward with proposals to better protect mangrove forests and clean up waters where millions of used tires were sunk in the past as part of an artificial reef project. The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee on Monday backed measures to expand rules about mangroves (SB 100) and to address… Read More
The Saugatuck harbor and adjoining Kalamazoo River will be cleared for boaters to safely use this summer thanks to roughly $900,000 in federal funds to dredge the waters. Federal funding for the dredging was outlined last week, on Feb. 28, in the Army Corps of Engineers operations and maintenance work plan. The dredging will take… Read More
Mississippi River drought conditions kept the St. Louis Engineer District’s veteran dustpan dredge Potter, originally built in 1932, busy throughout its 2022-23 season, which ended on February 1, 2023. To maintain the congressionally mandated nine-foot-deep, 300-foot-wide navigation channel and overcome the challenges from the widespread drought, and prolonged extreme low water, dredging operations moved nine million cubic yards… Read More
Today, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Board of Directors approved the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s (CPRA) request to dedicate $660 million toward construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. This funding represents the final increment needed to fully fund the project’s construct phase, which includes mitigation measures. “Today, we’ve overcome the final… Read More
A popular Norfolk beach could be closed to the public for decades as erosion threatens houses and businesses on its coastline. The beach at Hemsby, seven miles north of Great Yarmouth, was closed at the weekend by the local volunteer lifeboat crew after losing 10ft (3m) of land in just two days. The sea has… Read More
A $52 billion storm surge protection project proposed for New York City that includes a series of flood gates in the New York Harbor needs an overhaul to address a broad spectrum of flooding sources that could inundate the city and surrounding environs. Critics say the proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)… Read More
This Public Notice has been prepared pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). It is being administered in conformance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulation, “Practice and Procedure: Final Rule for Operation and Maintenance of Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Projects involving the Discharge of Dredged Materials into Waters… Read More
It’s been 23 years since Congress passed the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, an ambitious program to undo, at least in part, the damage done by humans to one of the most unique ecosystems on the planet. In the interim, Everglades restoration has made halting progress, with much of the delay centered around a key central… Read More
Today, at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama, the EU is confirming its strong engagement for international ocean governance by announcing 39 commitments for action for the year 2023. These actions will be funded by €816.5 million. This is one of the biggest amounts ever announced by the EU since the start of the Our Ocean conferences in 2014…. Read More
Imagine living in a low-lying neighborhood so flood-prone that you have to worry about barricading your home with sandbags and fleeing for higher ground every time there’s a tropical storm – or even just really heavy rainfall – headed your way. For many decades, that’s been the anxiety-filled reality for thousands of people who live… Read More