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Shipping channels in the Chesapeake Bay require periodic dredging, and all that gray, heavy mud has to go somewhere. According to Jenny Davis and her co-authors in their 2024 peer-reviewed paper titled “Beneficial use of sediments to restore a Chesapeake Bay marsh island,” published in the journal Frontiers in Sustainability, it has previously been dumped… Read More
By Rich Kirby, Old Lyme residents will pay higher fees for disposing of bulky waste after the Board of Selectmen unanimously approved new transfer station rates Sept. 21, while also backing a grant application to dredge the Point O’Woods channel. The transfer station changes, approved 3-0, increase the charge for bulky waste from 8 cents… Read More
A year ago, St. Tammany Parish broke ground on the Mandeville Lakefront Wetlands Project. Supported by a $1 million contribution through CPRA’s Parish Matching Program, the project was completed in January. Today, the results are taking shape along the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront. The project combines several restoration features to strengthen this important stretch of shoreline…. Read More
On September 21, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the “strong and likely historic El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean.” The timing of the announcement is in response to the latest predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, estimating a 90 percent chance of a “very strong event during… Read More
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH – Residents and property owners here made clear in a public hearing Tuesday night that more must be done to manage the erosion-battered oceanfront at the north end of Topsail Island. Their preference? Build a 2,021-foot-long terminal groin at New River Inlet, move ahead with plans to pivot the inlet channel’s alignment… Read More
ERIE, Pa. — A total of $3 million, comprising $1.5 million in federal funds and $1.5 million in non-federal funds, has been secured for fall 2026 and spring 2027 beach nourishment and sand stockpiling at Presque Isle State Park. Advancing the Army’s “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork” (BINP) initiative, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District… Read More
By Elise Plunk The state agency in charge of coastal restoration is looking for input from sport fishers on a plan to stop wetland loss at Mississippi River Delta. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority will hold a public meeting Oct. 6 in Venice to hear public feedback on the Birdfoot Delta Hydrologic Restoration Project…. Read More
The Lake Houston Dredging District Board, with the assistance of State Rep. Charles Cunningham and Houston District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger are getting down to business. One month after their first public organizing meeting, the Board has split up into committees, met with dozens of experts, outlined a business plan, explored funding, mapped… Read More
By Heather Healy SARASOTA, Fla. – Heavy machinery is rolling onto Lido Beach as workers begin a $12 million federally funded project to restore more than a mile of storm-damaged sand dunes. Lido Beach shoreline restoration What we know: Crews are staging in the parking lot south of the Lido Beach Pavilion to begin placing sand… Read More
Elevated bacteria levels detected by routine testing have placed three northern Oceanside waterfront areas on San Diego County’s beach advisory list, possibly a result of the ongoing harbor dredging and sand placement project. Harbor Beach, the San Luis Rey River outlet, and the area around the Oceanside Municipal Pier all showed elevated levels of enterococcus,… Read More
CARTERET COUNTY — A new dredging project has been greenlighted for the Cape Lookout Cabin and Camps Ferry Channel. The project will remove approximately 1,000 cubic yards of sand from the existing channel. The contract was awarded to Brooks Dredging and Marine Construction Inc. of Harkers Island, which came in with the low bid for… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Sept. 22, 2026) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its largest-ever investment in the San Francisco Bay and surrounding watersheds through grant funding under the agency’s San Francisco Bay Program. EPA is awarding more than $82 million to fund 20 projects that support major water quality improvements and habitat restoration… Read More
By Leigh Cook A section of shoreline just south of the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles is being rebuilt quickly after Hurricane Marie reworked the beach, disrupting a planned oceanfront festival and pushing city officials to prioritize coastal protection as they prepare for tougher conditions. Here’s what to know Near the Pico-Kenter Storm Drain… Read More
By Taylor Boysen FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) – The Mobile Bay waves are still rolling into Fairhope’s Magnolia Beach, and so are some changes to the shoreline; look around, and you’ll see things look a little different. Fairhope’s City Engineer Richard Johnson said this restoration project was much needed, following years of erosion along the Eastern… Read More
US Representative María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) visited Key Biscayne to deliver more than $2.4 million in federal funding she secured for two projects that will help address flooding around Key Biscayne K-8 Community School and explore a long-term solution to shoreline erosion. Joined by Key Biscayne Mayor Joe Rasco and Village leaders, Rep. Salazar presented… Read More