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Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian island of Molokaʻi faces serious impacts from sea-level rise and has already experienced severe runoff and sedimentation from upland forest degradation. Coastal wetlands on the island have been degraded due to sedimentation, human alteration, and invasive species. Coastal wetlands are fundamentally important to Native Hawaiians—their… Read More
STONE HARBOR, N.J. — Some areas of the Jersey Shore experienced coastal erosion due to recent high tides. The borough of Stone Harbor shut down the access road to Stone Harbor Point on Monday morning as the tide was eroding the end of the road. Julia DiGeronimo is a shorebird steward at the Point and… Read More
In 2025, Horry-Georgetown Technical College will begin construction on a new Marine Center on Georgetown’s campus. Southeast Crescent Regional Commission awarded the college with a grant to purchase new and advanced equipment for their outboard marine program and new boat building program. Using the new equipment, students will be able to cut out and make any… Read More
In light of many recent storms causing severe river overflows across Vermont, one being just last week, people have been suggesting and asking why not dredge the rivers. “It is very intuitive and seems very logical at first, but there’s actually a lot more to it,” said Shayne Jaquith, a river scientist at Nature Conservancy… Read More
POINT PLEASANT BEACH – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredge boat Murden has vacuumed up about 20,000 cubic yards of sand out of the Manasquan Inlet so far as it works to dig out the dangerous shoal that formed this summer. That converts to about 64 million pounds of wet sand removed from the… Read More
NEW CASTLE, Del — Several years ago, Delaware state officials had to justify sinking millions into a costly bridge protection system that may never be needed. Months after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, they’re glad they made that decision. “We jokingly call this the golden goose,” said Greg Pawlowski, a senior project engineer with… Read More
Hurricane Ernesto is wreaking havoc in the Atlantic, forcing cruise lines to alter itineraries and disrupting maritime operations along the East Coast. As the storm builds strength, meteorologists at Weather Routing Inc. are working tirelessly to keep ships and their crews safe. “We have a yachting and sport fisher and sailing division, and a commercial… Read More
Even with the storm hundreds of miles offshore, Hurricane Ernesto was still being felt Saturday along much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, with dangerous rip currents forcing public beaches to close during one of the final busy weekends of the summer season. The storm’s high surf and swells also contributed to coastal damage, including the… Read More
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – the Army Corps of Engineers will once again be dredging the Ohio River. They got started on their “Pump Out Project” Friday, and will continue through the weekend. They ask boaters to be mindful , especially at night. The sand is being pumped will make a temporary island, but they ask that… Read More
“Dredging (on Lake Shamrock) is continuing with good progress,” Clare City Manager Jeremy Howard told the Commission at the August 5th City meeting. He said, “Our mechanical dredge has ben undergoing some repairs from normal wear and tear on the equipment, but should be back up and running hopefully the first full week in August… Read More
SEATTLE — Dredging of the 11-mile Swinomish Navigation Channel will begin the week of Sept. 9, making it safer for local boaters to navigate. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will oversee the marine safety and access improvement project, being performed by contractor American Construction Co. Inc., of Tacoma, Wash. Mechanical clamshell dredging is expected… Read More
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the award of $421 million to a group of states and organizations—including North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, the N.C. Coastal Federation, and the Nature Conservancy—who partnered to secure the funding. It is the largest grant in the history of the EPA that is dedicated to using… Read More
Florida is embarking on an ambitious ecological restoration project in the Everglades: building a reservoir large enough to secure the state’s water supply. In February 2023, a large digger broke ground on a multi-billion dollar project that has been decades in the making: building a reservoir the size of Manhattan Island. The reservoir, which is part of an… Read More
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It is estimated that about 100 cars are sitting at the bottom of the rivers around Pittsburgh. In the past couple of days, tons of debris, much of it from cars, has been removed. Mangled monstrosities sitting at the bottom of the Monongahela River near the Mon Wharf were removed on Tuesday…. Read More
A sand shoal on the south side of the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant Beach is scraped away by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge Murden. Source