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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
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
Congress appears poised to spend money in 2026 on beach replenishment projects in the wake of the zero dollars it allocated this year. But bills proposed in the House by U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R- Tenn., and in the Senate by U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R- La., appear to still fall woefully short of what’s… Read More
Orange Beach, Ala. — Maintenance dredging is currently underway at Perdido Pass to ensure the busy waterway remains clear and safe for navigation. The project, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began in late November and is expected to be completed before Christmas, weather permitting. Encore Dredging Partners is utilizing the large cutterhead… Read More
Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant I have a simple question: If you can board a tanker, why do you need to sink/AKA “blow up/AKA “kill everybody” on fishing boats? While we grapple with this query, or not, one thing is clear: The Trump administration’s approach to maritime enforcement reached a peak of irony when… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers removed roughly 13,000 cubic yards of material from the Ocean City Inlet during its latest round of dredging. On Monday, the agency’s Baltimore district announced dredging operations are now complete at the inlet. The corps reports it was able to dredge more than twice what it had initially planned…. Read More
The town did not budget enough to pay the county for the full job TRURO — The county’s hydraulic dredge, the Codfish II, is in Pamet Harbor this week, set to go to work there for the first time in two years. But it might not get the job done to every boater’s satisfaction. That’s because the… Read More