It's on us. Share your news here.
It's on us. Share your news here.
The Oregon Inlet Task Force approved a request at its February meeting for the county-managed-dredge Miss Katie to return to Hatteras Inlet’s Connector Channel in mid-March to perform an additional dredging project, contingent upon good weather and channel conditions. Miss Katie recently completed a 10-day dredging event in the Connector Channel on February 5, with 14,172 cubic… Read More
A proposal by the administration of Gov. Janet Mills to divert money away from dredging Portland Harbor has been rejected, as Maine lawmakers stand by an earlier commitment to contribute $10 million toward the dredging project. The administration had proposed re-allocating $10 million from the dredging project to a program that helps small businesses offer… Read More
The NJ. Department of Transportation has completed a $5 million dredging project on the Arthur Kill to make it more navigable for ferries and increase the depth of boat slips that are in this borough’s future. With dredging done, Mayor Daniel J. Reiman is eager to move forward with his Carteret Ferry Terminal, saying the… Read More
Second in a series. Read Part 1. PONSER — While thousands of acres in Hyde County have produced lucrative crops for centuries, the uncultivated peatland in the county with one of the lowest population densities in the state has the potential to offer a new kind of profitable produce: carbon credits. Sequestration of carbon dioxide, or… Read More
Pasco County officials have tried for years to figure out how to keep a plan to dredge the county’s coastal canals afloat amid concerns the multimillion-dollar cost could sink it. On Tuesday, the Pasco County Commission will consider sharing the expense with the property owners benefiting from deeper and wider canals. If commissioners authorize a… Read More
The City of Rehoboth Beach is expecting beach replenishment to begin on its beaches in March or April. The hope is that work in Rehoboth will be completed before the summer season kickoff of Memorial Day weekend. “Regardless of the timing, our crews are ready to react and have the beach ready for summer 2023,” said Stan… Read More
Ortley Beach has experienced the unfortunate reality of being labeled Superstorm Sandy’s “ground zero” in 2012, and since a major beach replenishment project was completed in the years following the hurricane, nature has chipped away at the neighborhood oceanfront to a greater extent than any neighboring community. While the protective dune itself has largely held… Read More
Coming up with ways to protect Miami-Dade County from the stronger storms and higher seas of the future has generated more questions than answers over the last few years. The county’s latest concept could stir up even more controversy. It involves closing off most of Biscayne Bay from the Atlantic Ocean with natural and man-made… Read More
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced the release of the 2023 Request for Proposals for the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF). The NCRF provides grant funding to restore and strengthen “natural coastal infrastructure”—like salt marshes, coral reefs, and beach dunes—that provide a first line of defense for coastal communities and ecosystems from increasing impacts… Read More
More than ten years have passed since Hurricane Sandy exposed New York City to devastating coastal flooding. Several cost-effective flood megaprojects, including levees and storm surge barriers, have been presented to the NY-NJ region to prevent future billion-dollar disasters, but none have moved forward. Researchers studying climate adaptation have put forward theories about why so… Read More
If the town’s front yard is the boardwalk and beachfront, then West Cliff Drive is its front porch. The drive has been assembled over the years into what it is today: a linear park, tied together in 1976 with its iconic bike path. In the 1960s, West Cliff Drive had a narrow gravel shoulder impossible… Read More
Communities along the Lake Erie shoreline are dealing with continual erosion in a variety of ways. Route 531 was closed at the Ashtabula Township/North Kingsville village line late last year by the Ohio Department of Transportation due to fears of encroaching erosion. Ray Marsch, a spokesperson for ODOT, said an emergency project to protect a… Read More
The severe storms that hit California this season could end up costing the state in excess of $1 billion. Coastal communities seem to move mountains in an effort to slow the beach erosion that threatens life near the ocean. But about 10 years ago, Surfer’s Point in Ventura County became the site of a test for a… Read More
Seagrasses are flowering plants that form dense underwater meadows in coastal waters worldwide, from the frigid seas of the Arctic to the warm shallows of the Caribbean. These meadows provide a refuge for young fish, food for grazing sea turtles and manatees, and help to slow climate change by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere up to 35 times faster than… Read More
Currituck County released this synopsis of a three-year Shoreline Stability Study that examined the county’s 22 miles of ocean coastline and was presented at a Feb. 3 retreat of the Currituck County Commissioners. Among the key findings: The part of the county facing the greatest potential impact on structures over the next 30 years is… Read More