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Back-to-back storms wreaked havoc on San Diego beaches in the first weeks of 2023. On Jan. 18, county cleanup crews rushed to clear some of the damage before another storm could hit. KUSI’s Dan Plante went live in Pacific Beach where the cleanup crews were hard at work. Source
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the availability of nearly $20 million in federal FY 2023 funding to help modernize small U.S. shipyards and provide workforce training MARAD’s Small Shipyard Grant Program strengthens the economic competitiveness of shipyards by providing grants that can be used to purchase equipment or provide employee… Read More
Our Pacific Northwest crew mobilized at a hydroelectric facility to repair a fish guidance net at Upper Baker Dam. Upper Baker Dam is 1 of 2 hydroelectric dams on Baker River, near Concrete, WA. The entire Baker River Hydroelectric Project covers nearly 300 square miles. Upper Baker Dam, a 312-foot-high concrete gravity dam completed in 1959, has… Read More
NEWBURYPORT — Work on the Salisbury portion of the dredging project off of Plum Island has yet to resume after a Christmastime storm wreaked havoc on the pipe system that had been depositing sand onto a threatened section of beach. According to city officials, the project restart date has been pushed to next week but,… Read More
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post The spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in December includes $300,000 for a study on Tangier that could pave the way for the use of dredging spoils to build up the eroding island. U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner in a joint statement called… Read More
Rain in Southern California can seem like a blessing, but for residents of the dock-front homes in Channel Islands Harbor, the water brings problems. Robert Gray, a resident of the picturesque Channel Islands neighborhood, said clusters of junk and debris flow into the harbor after almost every storm before eventually making their way to the… Read More
Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine in June launched the largest container ship ever built, the aptly named Ever Alot. The massive ship has a capacity of 24,004 twenty-foot equivalent units, just a little more than its slightly older sibling, the Ever Ace, launched in July 2021 and the former world record holder at 23,992 TEUs. The Ever Alot is… Read More
A public scoping meeting for a proposed project to restore and preserve Honokowai Beach is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Lahaina Civic Center Social Hall. Restoration could be accomplished by one of three methods: beach nourishment, beach maintenance, or beach nourishment with stabilizing structures. An Environmental Impact Statement… Read More
The maritime industry is vulnerable to cyber threats. Ships and surrounding infrastructure are becoming increasingly connected and digitaliszd, which is providing more opportunities for cyber attacks. According to maritime expert Cameron Livingstone of The Nautical Institute, “As ships become more technologically sophisticated, methods an attacker could use to disable ship and shore-based technology are widening…. Read More
A major project to fix part of Flagler Beach’s dunes is being pushed back yet again. The Army Corps of Engineers was slated to start nourishing parts of the dunes this summer that have been demolished in recent hurricanes but now it won’t start anytime soon. The project will help nourish about 2.6 miles of dunes just… Read More
The Corps of Engineers built a channel in the San Lorenzo River after the 1955 flood that would contain a catastrophic flood by making the channel much deeper vs. wider. After finishing the project, the corps left town, turning maintenance of the channel to the city. In the years since, not only has sediment filled… Read More
Construction crews have removed about 3,000 cubic yards of material from Capitol Lake as a part of a $3.5 million project to plug an existing well and improve water quality in the iconic lake. Of those funds, $500,000 is coming from the state’s General Fund and $3 million in federal funds coming from the American… Read More
The effort to clear out the clogged Congamond Lake outlets of Great Brook and Canal Brook is taking another step forward this week, as members of the Lake Management Committee plan a kickoff meeting Jan. 18 with representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources and Conservation Service. Lake Management Committee Chair Dick Grannells… Read More
As Connecticut heads into the 2023 legislative session, grant funds remain at the top of Mayor Ben Blake’s mind. “For Milford and most towns, maintaining the grants we get from the state is always important during any legislative session,” said Blake. “A priority for the city is to get the same amount of grants as… Read More
Cheryl Nenn with Milwaukee Riverkeeper meets me just upstream from the bridge spanning the Menomonee River at Water Street in downtown Milwaukee at the northeastern edge of the Walker’s Point Neighborhood. A restaurant, Screaming Tuna, is behind us. “We’re close to the confluence of the Menomonee with the Milwaukee River. There’s a couple of big deposits of… Read More