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By Wyatt Haupt Jr. A sweeping environmental project received the backing of the Thurston County Board of County Commissioners, as regional partners continue to seek state and federal funding needed to initiate construction and implementation. The board approved a resolution that spells out support for the Deschutes Estuary Restoration Project, which aims to restore 260… Read More
LOS ANGELES – A multi-day coastal flood advisory has kicked in across Southern California beaches as near-record high tides threaten to submerge low-lying shoreline areas. Forecasters caution that the extreme morning tides will precede a broader weather shift expected to bring cooler temperatures and heavy rain chances by the end of the week. What we… Read More
By Luke Whittaker It’s a silty situation, but someone has to do it. Vital dredge work to remove silt and maintain safe navigation of local waterways is nearing the midway point this week, with work crews set to remove more than 100,000 cubic yards — enough to fill more than 30 Olympic-sized swimming pools —… Read More
The listing for 6519 E. Seaside Walk in Long Beach, CA, still reads, in places, like an advertisement for California beachfront luxury. The 4,880-square-foot home has four bedrooms, six bathrooms, panoramic ocean and bay views, a wine cellar, sauna, and elevator. It hit the market in late August for $4.95 million—then the beach in front… Read More
Capistrano Beach Park received truckloads of sand beginning on Oct. 14 as OC Parks began efforts to replenish what has been lost and prevent further damage to infrastructure after a series of powerful waves and high tides eroded the coastline. The $520,000 project is set to add about 9,000 cubic yards of sand over the… Read More
By Cody Taylor Two thousand cubic yards of sand were delivered to Newport Beach in preparation for the king tides expected Oct. 26–28. Mike Shapiro is a Newport Beach resident who lives near the Wedge. He was home during the Oct. 9 flood. “It was flooded. I would say the homes that were most affected… Read More
By Elena Key An $8 million beach renourishment project starts Monday along the Naples shoreline. Crews started setting up earlier this month, but Monday marks the first day of sand replacement. More sand is coming to the shoreline — 208,000 tons of it. “This is a harder sand to walk on now than I’m used… Read More
LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Amid relatively calm weather conditions, crews in Long Beach this week continued working on a dredging project aimed at stabilizing the seawall, boardwalk and protective sand berms on the Alamitos Peninsula. The city is spending millions of dollars on the project before severe conditions fueled by the “super El Niño”… Read More
The Town of Brookhaven’s ongoing coastal restoration efforts have attracted international interest, as representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and a delegation of 25 senior professionals from Israel visited Mastic Beach for a firsthand look at the Town’s ongoing efforts to address coastal flooding, preserve environmentally sensitive properties,… Read More
Oceanside Harbor dredge update: Sand placement wraps up this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. The Army Corps of Engineers has cleared about 325,000 cubic yards of sand out of the Harbor inlet so far, with roughly 60,000 more to go. This puts this dredge total at about 390,000 cubic yards of sand cleared and placed on… Read More
By Mekahlo Medina and Génesis Miranda Miramontes After weeks of powerful waves battering the Long Beach peninsula, a major project to restore the beach is now getting underway. Crews are moving into place Tuesday morning as part of an 11 million dollar effort to rebuild the shoreline. The crews are starting to move at 72nd… Read More
To help address Louisiana’s serious coastal erosion problem, a recent study investigated how native estuarine animals were impacted by an innovative fill material for coastline restoration: Sand made from recycled glass. The study, which is part of a larger five-year research project examining the impacts of the sand on coastal ecosystems, found “no significant differences”… Read More
On the weekend of Oct. 10–12, surf from Tropical Storm Rachel, riding on El Niño-elevated sea levels, overtopped and breached the bulkhead protecting California’s Long Beach Peninsula, collapsing part of one of the state’s oldest boardwalks and leaving eight buildings red-tagged as unsafe. Two weeks earlier, a powerful nor’easter flooded coastal communities from New Jersey… Read More
By Donald Wittkowski Worst Nor’Easter in 10 Years Gov. Mikie Sherrill is seeking emergency federal funding to help restore beaches and dunes severely eroded by September’s powerful nor’easter – the most destructive coastal storm at the Jersey Shore in the last decade. The Sherrill administration wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide federal… Read More
By Thad Randazzo and Mike Modrick Recovery from Hurricane Isaias continues in the Florida Panhandle, with communities working to restore what was lost during the Category 2 storm. ABC7 First Alert meteorologist Mike Modrick spoke with WJHG meteorologist Emmett Rice about the recovery process. Rice is with Gray Media’s sister station in Panama City. Rice… Read More