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BAY COUNTY, Fla. – A project to restore local bays and estuaries is moving into the next phase. The Coastal Conservation Association of Florida has just completed Phase One of the St. Andrews Bay project. They completed the $1 million job in September, installing close to 25,000 sediment tubes and more than 49,000 nursery-grown seagrass… Read More
Contact: coastal@la.gov BATON ROUGE, La. – The Deepwater Horizon Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group has posted a video recording of its 2025 Annual Update. This update serves as the Trustees’ annual meeting. The video includes information about the current status of funding and the progress made in planning and project implementation in the last year. The Trustees will take public comment on… Read More
PORTLAND – A long-awaited dredging project is underway to keep Portland Harbor clear. A dredging boat will call Portland Harbor home for the next several months, working to clear out more than 40 marine sites along Portland’s waterfront, many of which have been untouched for the past 70 years. “This is meant to be a… Read More
The flooding comes a month after feds declined request to dredge Leaders around Cowlitz County said Friday that sediment from Mount St. Helens worsened flooding along the Cowlitz River and called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start dredging it — a request the Corps has long avoided. Millions of tons of sediment from… Read More
Protecting the headwaters of Bulow Creek from development’s proximity went from a hope to a plan Monday as the Flagler County Commission voted 5-0 to ratify an application process seeking several million dollars from Florida Forever, the state’s conservation fund, to buy 153 acres around the creek near Flagler Beach. To improve and accelerate chances… Read More
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announces grants from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced the award of more than $57 million in obligations from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF) for five new projects and three amendments in the states of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. This… Read More
Annapolis, MD – Anne Arundel County and the Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County announced today that they have been awarded a $1,007,500 National Coastal Resilience Fund grant, leveraging $2,916,000 in matching funds, to complete final designs for three restoration sites that will use Regional Sediment Management (RSM) to rebuild and protect coastal… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama State Sen. Chris Elliott has confirmed he is working on legislation to ban thin layer dredge material placement, a practice that has faced criticism for its environmental impact on the bay’s ecosystem. It’s called “thin layer placement” — those who are against it call it “mud dumping” and say it’s destroying Mobile Bay’s… Read More
Washington, D.C. Opening remarks, as prepared, of Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Mike Ezell (R-MS) from today’s hearing, entitled “Changes in Maritime Technology: Can the Coast Guard Keep Up?”: The maritime industry is undergoing a rapid period of transformation, including the adoption of autonomous technology and robotics that could transform the sector, as… Read More
After nearly a decade of planning and delays, work to dredge sediment from the bottom of the Newport Harbor has begun. The project, contracted through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and co-managed with the city of Newport Beach, will remove sediment that flows down the watershed and has built up through the decades to… Read More
A second dredge has arrived at Lake Montauk Inlet to relieve the beleaguered Oyster Bay, which has now broken down twice in a little over a month. The dredge Oyster Bay arrived in the inlet last month as part of the $11.6 million operation, which was 14 years in the making and would see the… Read More
Key Points The City of Tybee Island plans several major infrastructure projects for 2026. Projects include a $1 million dune restoration and a $20 million beach renourishment to combat erosion. As 2025 winds to a close, municipalities in Chatham County are gearing up for upgrades and improvements for the new year. Here are a couple… Read More
Before the storm, the city tried to engineer water out of sight. But, David Waggonner says, “you can’t live with water if you can’t see water.” For years, David Waggonner designed courthouses and other public buildings at his architectural practice, Waggonner & Ball, in New Orleans. Then Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, and Waggonner became… Read More
New Jersey Fish & Wildlife (NJFW), through the Bureau of Land Management’s Coastal Unit, is partnering with federal, state, academic, and nonprofit organizations on a series of coastal habitat restoration projects utilizing Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDM) across three Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in southern New Jersey. These projects aim to enhance coastal resilience,… Read More
Washington, DC To advance President Trump’s national strategy for securing America’s critical mineral supply, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced it has initiated the process for a potential mineral lease sale in federal waters off the coast of Virginia. This action—only the third of its kind in over three decades—marks a bold step… Read More