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Despite weather-related delays, contractor expects to finish within the next 10 days Despite some weather-related delays, the replenishment project for the beach immediately north of the Indian River Inlet is expected to wrap up in a little more than a week. The project calls for about 550,000 cubic yards of sand to be placed onto… Read More
A group of labor unions led by the United Steelworkers slammed the Trump administration for suspending port fees on Chinese ships that workers argued would bring about a revival in the once-dominant domestic shipbuilding industry. The unions expressed “strong disappointment” with the administration’s decision and said it would have negative consequences in the nation’s attempt to restore… Read More
The Barnstable County Dredge Department has launched its 30th season of dredging on Cape Cod with its largest single-season project to date—an expanded dredging of the Popponesset Bay Approach Channel in Mashpee. With a targeted volume of 57,000 cubic yards, the project utilizes both of the County’s dredges, Sand Shifter and Cod Fish II, and more than two… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New York District has begun dredging operations at Lake Montauk Harbor in East Hampton, N.Y., with work expected to continue through January 2026. The federally maintained navigation channel is being dredged to restore safe passage for commercial fishing vessels, while sand from the project will be used to… Read More
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Some homeowners are still recovering following devastating flooding in 2024 that left their homes feet underwater. Many of those impacted lived along Sarasota County’s Phillippi Creek. A project to dredge the creek is slated to get underway early next year. The plan calls for a dredge that is 50 feet… Read More
Coastal rights attorney Pepper Uchino weighs in on the sand wars. For decades, there’s been a war along the coast of Florida for the future of our beaches. On one side of the battlefield is the public. On the other: beachfront private landowners. Each side is vying for what it believes is their right to the… Read More
LWVVC Lunch and Learn on Thursday, October 30 at the Ocean Center, was a fascinating and in-depth discussion into the options available to Volusia County to manage and address our most significant economic and natural resource: our beaches. Volusia County Coastal Director, Jessica Fentress, P.E. and representatives from Taylor Engineering, a respected Jacksonville based consulting… Read More
Our Goals Restore and expand the mixed sand-gravel beaches and salt marsh along Greenwood Beach with enhanced resilience to erosion and shoreline retreat. What We’re Doing Audubon California and partners are constructing a living shoreline to demonstrate the effectiveness of gravel and sand beaches as an alternative to rip-rap shorelines to inhibit wind-wave shoreline erosion…. Read More
Two Hatteras Island residents representing the Buxton Civic Association (BCA) traveled to Raleigh on Tuesday to elevate the worsening erosion situation on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands directly to North Carolina’s top elected leaders. BCA founder and Co-vice President Brian Harris and community advocate Jayson Collier attended the monthly Council of State meeting at the N.C…. Read More
Louisiana has lost nearly 2,000 square miles of land since the 1930s. To put that into perspective, that is more land than if New Orleans, New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago were combined. By a lot. In response to this crisis, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority hosted its third annual “Community Coastal… Read More
The suction dredge Oyster Bay and its supporting equipment have arrived in Montauk, marking the start of active mobilization of a highly anticipate Army Corps of Engineers dredging of the inlet to Montauk Harbor, announced East Hampton Town on Monday. The dredge Oyster Bay arrives at the Montauk Harbor Inlet. |. photo courtesy East Hampton Town The… Read More
Charlotte County commissioners on July 22 approved moving forward with dredging that residents say will restore navigation and return sand to an eroded shoreline at Bosilia (Basilia) Lagoon on Don Pedro/Night Island. Public comment at the meeting emphasized boating safety, navigation problems for emergency response boats and the loss of beach in front of shoreline… Read More
Neil Dorril, a Pelican Bay Services Division representative, told the Collier County Board of County Commissioners at its March 4 workshop that the county’s management plan and permits guide dredging at Clam Pass and that renewal of federal and state permits is underway. Dorril said the most recent bathymetric surveys, completed in January–February, show about… Read More
SOUTHWICK — An allocation of $500,000 included in the 2024 bond bill to dredge the area directly in front of the south boat ramp on the Middle Pond of Congamond Lakes could make the project a reality, but it’s not a sure thing. “I just want to explain it’s an earmark. It’s not a check,”… Read More
Delray Beach is moving forward with a major beach nourishment project to strengthen its shoreline and improve coastal resilience. The effort, led in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, aims to restore and protect the city’s beachfront. Work is expected to begin in December, according to the city’s… Read More