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The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana applauds the Army Corps of Engineers and the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for its stakeholder meeting in Baton Rouge, putting into action its plan to “build infrastructure, not paperwork.” As participants heard loud and clear from St. Charles Parish President Matthew Jewell, one delayed permit due to… Read More
Thanks to Vanessa Norris for her story on the criminal conspiracy to massacre the mangroves at the Seven Islands. We now move on to the far more serious conspiracy to make Matlacha the “Miami of the West.” In the story of the mangroves, Matt DePaolis of the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation is kind to describe… Read More
By Sophia DePhillips BALD HEAD ISLAND — Ferry service to and from Bald Head Island are running on a limited schedule after shoaling at the Bald Head Island entrance channel has created unsafe conditions. Shoaling is the build-up of sand and sediment, creating shallow waters and typically occurs on the island two to three times… Read More
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major investment in the city’s coastal defense infrastructure on Friday, committing $43.2 million to expand the Bureau of Coastal Resilience as New York faces increasing climate threats. The expansion will transform a bureau, which has operated with just six staff members and borrowed Department of Environmental… Read More
By LOUISE WREGE Paxton Media Group ST. JOSEPH — There’s a peninsula growing perpendicular to Silver Beach in St. Joseph as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is attempting to study different ways to use dredged materials. The new endeavor is meant to find alternative options in reducing beach erosion. Source
In support of the Trump administration’s mandate to Unleash American Energy, the Marine Minerals Administration announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to strengthen cooperation between the agencies regarding potential nuclear projects on the Outer Continental Shelf. The MOU will ensure nuclear energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf are developed in… Read More
The Port of Salisbury will be ready for scheduled maintenance dredging, helping protect a key economic asset and support the region’s maritime economy, following the completion of Phase Two of Wicomico County’s dredge material recovery and relocation program. The project moved another 110,000 cubic yards of dredge material from the Sharp’s Point Dredge Management Facility to… Read More
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) projects are moving forward, thanks to a state-federal partnership. On July 21, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District signed an agreement to expedite construction of a seepage management pump station (part of the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir project) and the Blue Shanty Flow… Read More
These silted up channels have dramatically reduced capacity to move floodwater through the delta and into the San Francisco Bay It’s January 2027, and for the last few months, a super El Nino has already delivered torrential rains to the Pacific Coast of North America. California’s reservoirs have been releasing record quantities of water to preserve… Read More
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Moore today toured the progress being made on the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild with members of the Maryland congressional delegation and other congressional leaders to highlight the critical importance of the bridge both to the State and to the entire nation. The governor was joined by Chair of the Senate Environment… Read More
By Alan Bosworth The US Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District has begun dredging Buffalo Harbor to maintain safe navigation for commercial vessels, cruise ships and recreational boaters on Lake Erie under a $2.3 million contract awarded to Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction in April. The project will remove about 190,000 cubic yards (145,265 cubic metres)… Read More
By: Julianne Grohowski ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — Every year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges the mouth of the St. Joseph River in St. Joseph, but this year, a new dredging technique has created a new peninsula just south of Silver Beach. Doug Krafft, the U.S. Engineering Research and Development Center Research Civil Engineer explains… Read More
By: Nick Broadway NAGS HEAD, N.C. (WAVY) — The Herculean effort of beach nourishment continues along a several mile stretch of Nags Head, including the area around Jennette’s Pier, where crews are storing the rest of the large pipes and construction equipment. “It’s been pretty crazy, I’ve seen all the pipes,” said one visitor. “Sand… Read More
By Carrie Speranza Large, colorful homes propped up on tall stilts dot much of the 120 miles of North Carolina’s skinny and sandy Outer Banks. The coastal homes have long faced bright blue waves largely undeterred, with the stilts dug in deep enough to keep the structures standing amid swells and storms. There have been some… Read More
By Kristin Danley-Greiner, HARFORD COUNTY, MD — Officials announced Monday that Harford County has been awarded $1.5 million from Maryland’s fiscal year 2027 Waterway Improvement Fund for the maintenance dredging of the Gunpowder River and Taylor Creek in Joppatowne. The project – designed to improve public boating access and public safety – is expected to… Read More