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Today the Dredge Oregon launched its annual season on the Columbia River. From now until around December, the crew of the Dredge Oregon will perform work that’s crucial to thousands of local businesses and jobs in the region—but is out of sight and mind for most Oregonians. To ensure the river is deep and wide… Read More
The next phase in the Volusia County Beach restoration project will take place in Ponce Inlet. Oceanview Avenue will be temporarily closed starting Thursday, before the project begins next week. Crews will dredge sand from Ponce Inlet and use it to restore dunes, repair erosion, and strengthen the coastline. Source
Flooding impacts people, wildlife and the environment. It can disrupt everyday activities and damage land and agriculture, causing millions of dollars of damage. Preventing floods or mitigating the damage floods can cause is a significant concern for many people. While not specifically a flood prevention measure, dredging can stop floods or mitigate their damage in several ways. By… Read More
Senators Rick Scott and Ashley Moody urged U.S. Army Corps for full consideration of critical Florida projects. Florida’s Republican U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, D. Lee Forsgren, asking for full consideration of ongoing and upcoming projects throughout Florida as the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District is scheduled to begin maintenance dredging operations in the federal navigation channel Sunday, June 1 in New Buffalo Harbor. The dredging will remove about 15,000 cubic yards of shoaling in the harbor, which will be then used for renourishment about 1,500 feet south of the South… Read More
GLDD calendar for June 2025 features Cutter Suction Dredge Illinois performing hydraulic dredging and beach placement for the North Wildwood Emergency Beach Nourishment Dredging Project, City of North Wildwood, New Jersey and the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). (Photo: NJDOT) Also shown, GLDD’s Mark Reid shaking hands with North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello at… Read More
DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District is scheduled to begin maintenance dredging operations in the federal navigation channel Sunday, June 1 in New Buffalo Harbor. The dredging will remove about 15,000 cubic yards of shoaling in the harbor, which will be then used for renourishment about 1,500 feet south of the South… Read More
Thanks to Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana may soon score a major win for coastal restoration and hurricane protection in a bill being considered in Congress. While there has been much talk about the “reconciliation” bill in Congress with regard to extending the Trump tax cuts and tackling border security, this “one big, beautiful bill” drafted… Read More
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is partnering with Phillips 66 to plant 10,000 plugs of marsh grasses in Cameron Parish in early June. The nonprofit organization will recruit as many as 60 volunteers to plant the spartina alterniflora in an area of degraded marsh east of Calcasieu Lake. Phillips 66 employees will be among… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue expansion work near Houston. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Port Houston have been addressing the need to evolve the area’s busy shipping complex over the past several years with a massive, ongoing project to expand the Houston Ship Channel. That project just got another financial boost from the Army… Read More
CAROLINA BEACH, NC — Carolina Beach Town Council met for a budget workshop meeting Tuesday before the town’s final budget proposal is presented next month. During the meeting, council voted unanimously to support a state bill that would hold PFAS polluters financially responsible for filtering the forever chemical out of public water supplies. That bill passed the… Read More
A study done for the City of Bloomington estimated dredging Lake Bloomington could cost $35 million. Updated survey results from a late 1990s study of the bottom of the lake led experts to recommend that it should be dredged to remove sedimentation and silt. The lake was constructed in 1929 and has never been dredged…. Read More
Annual awards program recognizes the top safety programs in the maritime industry MOBILE, Ala. — The American Equity Underwriters, Inc., the leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance for waterfront employers, announces the winners of the 2024 AEU Safety Awards. AEU, the program administrator for American Longshore Mutual Association (ALMA), a group self-insurance fund providing USL&H coverage… Read More
Wildlife Conservation Board Grant will help fund work at Bombay Beach Wetlands (Sacramento, Calif.) – The California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) has approved a grant of $5,231,066 towards Audubon California’s Bombay Beach Wetland Enhancement projects, a critical step in restoring and expanding 564 acres of wetland habitat at the Salton Sea. This project, located near… Read More
A project to pump sand onto Carolina and Kure beaches was supposed to happen this winter, but rising costs mean it will now only start in the fall after the upcoming hurricane season A year later than expected, the sandman is finally coming to Pleasure Island. After the project was buffeted by financial headwinds last… Read More