ATLANTA — The deepening of Savannah Harbor has been completed seven years after the $1 billion project began, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday. The harbor has been deepened from 42 feet to 47 feet to accommodate the giant containerized cargo ships now calling at the Port of Savannah regularly with fewer weight… Read More
The funding will help the university start building the new facility on its St. Petersburg campus. The Legislature has allocated $75 million in its budget proposal for the University of South Florida’s new Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences Research and Teaching Facility. The funding will help the university start building the facility on its St. Petersburg… Read More
The city of Whitewater held its Common Council meeting March 1, 2022 to discuss the many happenings in the community such as an update on the Community Space, the Bird scooters being brought back for use this spring, implementation of the Ordinance Chapter 5.56 Enforcement, a lake drawdown update and a proposal for a paramedic… Read More
2021 witnessed a new but familiar competition among stakeholders for the use and enjoyment of the Outer Continental Shelf. Last year, interested parties initiated five lawsuits against the first federally approved offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind I (located off the coast of Nantucket). And 2022 has so far continued the trend with a new challenge… Read More
President Joe Biden announced today that the U.S. will ban Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports as part of the administration’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In addition to the U.S., ban on Russian energy imports, other countries are also taking action. The U.K. announced that it will phase out imports of Russian… Read More
MITCHELL — A team of engineers will unveil the Lake Mitchell dredging design on Monday in front of the Mitchell City Council. After working on the dredging design over the past year, officials with Barr Engineering are set to present the design that Mitchell Mayor Bob Everson says would serve as a road map for… Read More
MARGATE – The city is inching closer to obtaining the necessary permits to dredge the back bay along Amherst Avenue. The Board of Commissioners Thursday, March 3 approved a resolution authorizing an agreement with Ventnor City to share in the cost of obtaining a permit to place dredge materials into a 28-foot deep hole on… Read More
Last year, I wrote about the effects of industrial growth in Monroe County on the health of both the River Raisin and Lake Erie. The unregulated degradation of the River Raisin from the 1900s to the 1980s made the waterway and its environs one of the most polluted rivers in Michigan. Tom Adamich:Cleaning up the… Read More
A proposed law could both open Louisiana waters to offshore wind energy development and close it by making wind farms too costly. House Bill 165 would set up a legal framework to allow offshore wind leasing in state waters, which extend about three miles from the coast. But the bill also proposes that the state… Read More
Now that dredging of the St. Lucie Inlet has begun contractors will soon begin hauling the estimated 480,000 cubic yards of dredged up sand to St. Lucie County beaches. As a result the County has issued an advisory to boaters urging caution because floating pipes will be placed in the water offshore. The beach restoration… Read More
Collier County is getting behind a controversial project with a letter of support to dredge at the Tigertail Beach lagoon. The project would restore the beach to what it was like before hurricane Irma. Linda Ryan has watched the Tigertail lagoon change after years of storms shifting the sand, stopping the tidal flow. Ryan is… Read More
To improve infrastructure and the surrounding habitat on the downtown Seattle waterfront, Anchor QEA worked with a construction management team for the City of Seattle to replace the old timber Pier 62 with a steel and concrete pier, providing a new and improved public park. Our team provided inspection and environmental compliance management for in-water… Read More
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW)– With the recent approval of dredging of the Mississippi River in front of Riverside Park for the new levee project, the Wisconsin DNR held a public meeting on Thursday to discuss the disposal of the material once it has been removed from the river. The DNR said the material gathered from… Read More
The Legislature this week passed a pair of bills regarding the future of Utah Lake, now the focus of intense public interest after more than a century of neglect that has led to myriad environmental ills. HB240 and HB232 are both ostensibly geared toward reversing Utah Lake’s sorry state in hopes of improving its water… Read More
Good morning everyone, and welcome to our climate transition roundtable. We’re very glad you’ve joined us today. Our entire Department – and our entire Administration – know how vital your partnership is in the fight against climate change, and we’re looking forward to the conversation. Last fall I had the chance to travel to COP26… Read More