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More than two months after Hurricane Ian swept along the South Carolina coast, the beach of the tiny Georgetown County tourist island has been cleared of the remains of Pawleys Island Pier, but plenty of storm-related work is still to be done. The town has already removed enough debris from the beach to fill about… Read More
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) last week secured the inclusion of the Conn Creek Dam Safety Project study and the Napa River Dredging study in the National Defense Authorization Act. The NDAA passed the House by a vote of 350-80. “Napa’s waterways are vital to the economic well-being and environmental protection of our community,”… Read More
The Lake Management Committee said last week that the Natural Resources and Conservation Service has signed a contract with a consultant to explore the costs and processes needed to dredge Great Brook and Canal Brook. Committee Chair Dick Grannells told the rest of the committee on Dec. 8 that he will likely meet with the… Read More
Restoring tidal flow to enclosed freshwater wetlands is key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping reach Australia’s carbon reduction targets a Griffith-led study found. Published in Restoration Ecology, the study compared the greenhouse gas emitted by impounded freshwater coastal wetlands with those from tidally connected mangrove and saltmarshes in the Queensland’s Burdekin catchment. “The freshwater impounded… Read More
Homeowners hit hard by Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole now fear their homes could face more damage. High tides and large waves are expected this weekend and can eat away at even more of the beach that’s mostly already gone. A subcontractor from FEMA is installing a temporary seawall to protect homes from the high… Read More
The city of San Rafael would like to remind boaters to stay vigilant as dredging continues in the San Rafael Canal. “Boaters must exercise caution when passing the dredge in the channel,” the city of San Rafael said in a news release. According to the city, the Dredge DB‐Beaver is available on Channel 80 and… Read More
The November meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation featured more good news in regard to the ongoing Otter Creek Lake Restoration project – a project that began over a year ago and is finally full steam ahead. “As you can see, a lot happened since the last time you all were out here,” Conservation… Read More
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after the House passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA) as a part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA): “As a longtime champion of coastal restoration and flood protection, I am happy to see many of the priorities… Read More
The federal government has just announced its most significant investment to date in nature-based projects aimed at creating “climate-ready” coastlines, and Chicago is among the communities that will benefit from this latest round of funding. The National Coastal Resilience Fund — a collaboration between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and… Read More
Restoring tidal flow to enclosed freshwater wetlands is key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping reach Australia’s carbon reduction targets a Griffith-led study found. Published in Restoration Ecology, the study compared the greenhouse gas emitted by impounded freshwater coastal wetlands with those from tidally connected mangrove and saltmarshes in the Queensland’s Burdekin catchment. “The freshwater impounded… Read More
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after the House passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA) as a part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA): “As a longtime champion of coastal restoration and flood protection, I am happy to see many of the priorities… Read More
A pilot was distracted by his phone for a minute at a critical turn in a shipping channel just before the mammoth Ever Forward container vessel became stuck on the muddy bottom of the Chesapeake Bay earlier this year, according to a Coast Guard investigation into the incident. The ship’s crew appeared to be aware… Read More
A major bill set for passage by Congress is expected to eventually result in billions of dollars in flood risk reduction projects in Louisiana as well as trigger a review of whether New Orleans area levees should be further strengthened to protect against so-called 200-year storms. The projects are part of comprehensive water resources legislation passed… Read More
A 2,000 cubic foot per second freshwater diversion from the Mississippi River to the Maurepas Swamp has been proposed to compensate for environmental impacts related to the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee. Details regarding the diversion were included in a final supplemental environmental impact statement released December 2 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
Two significant dredging operations are happening in the Southport-Oak Island-Bald Head Island area. The smaller operation is pulling sand from the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW) for the west end of Oak Island. A larger operation will soon begin clearing two sections of the Wilmington Harbor shipping channel. That project will add sand to Bald Head’s… Read More