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If you’ve never visited the Elkhorn Slough, you should. It’s one of the most incredible places on the Central Coast to view wildlife—especially birds—and is home to the most extensive salt marshes in California south of the San Francisco Bay. It’s a haven for the natural world amidst our built environment, one that was nearly… Read More
Heavy shoaling has created a challenging water course for ferries that carry tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Lookout National Seashore where iconic structures, including the lighthouse, are being threatened by erosion. Now, for the first time in more than a decade, the National Park Service hopes to unclog two channels — Lighthouse Channel… Read More
In 1948, work got underway in the Florida Everglades on a public works project hailed as the nation’s largest, aimed at reigning in once and for all the mighty river of grass that once spanned much of the peninsula. The effort would take decades to complete and involve some of the most complex water management… Read More
Adecade after completing its first shoreline mapping project, NV5 Geospatial has mapped over 10.5 million hectares of North America’s shoreline and riverine environments for more than 200 projects. These projects have covered areas from the Nuyakuk River in Alaska to the Florida Keys, including Lake Tahoe in California, the Rio Grande in Texas, the coasts… Read More
Waters off Alabama, Louisiana and Texas are home to 14,000 nonproductive wells Wetlands, coastal areas and offshore waters near Alabama, Louisiana and Texas have more inactive oil and gas wells than producing ones, and the cost to permanently plug and abandon them could be $30 billion, University of California, Davis, researchers suggest. A paper published… Read More
A busy portion of the Milwaukee River will look quite different this year. An environmental cleanup is underway that is intended to make all Milwaukee waterways more attractive for wildlife and recreation alike. A crew is working to remove contaminated sediment from the bottom of more than a half mile of the Milwaukee River at the southern… Read More
Earle Asphalt repairs beaches, where cliffs were created and fencing and walkovers damaged during winter and spring storms, in Ortley Beach, NJ Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Source
Work is ongoing on the city’s new dredged material facility, with steps being taken to help ensure it is completed on time. City Council approved a pair of change orders to material facility, and approved an amended grant agreement with the Ohio EPA to help pay for the project. The two change orders will allow… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. – Gov. John Bel Edwards joined the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and Plaquemines Parish officials today in cutting the ribbon on the Spanish Pass Increment of the Barataria Basin Ridge and Marsh Creation Project, the largest ridge and marsh restoration project constructed to date. “We’re standing on what was once… Read More
An additional $29 million in state grant funds will be going toward ongoing dredging efforts in Lake Houston and its surrounding canals and channels, following unanimous approval by the Houston City Council on May 10. Term to know: Dredging is the removal of sediments and debris from the bottom of lakes, rivers, harbors and other bodies of water. According… Read More
How is the city going to fund dredging Lake Mitchell? Are there ways lake residents can pitch in more to help fund a future dredging project vs. non-lake residents? What’s the drawdown structure going to look like? Those were some of the questions city officials fielded Tuesday night during a Lake Mitchell information meeting held… Read More
The North Carolina Coastal Federation will soon begin restoring 100 acres of the Pamlico Sound for an oyster sanctuary. The project will mark the completion of a two-decade long goal of restoring 500 acres for oysters along North Carolina’s Coasts. Howard Schnabolk is a restoration specialist at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, which is… Read More
Hawaii legislators have approved $5.4 million in the state budget to dredge Hawaii Island’s Pohoiki Boat Harbor, which was blocked off by lava during the 2018 eruption of Kilauea. That flow claimed hundreds of homes in Lower Puna, including that of former Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim. ”A real, real sadness came over me,” the… Read More
Leaders from the cities of Solana Beach and Encinitas will Thursday shore up their beaches for the next half-century by signing a project partnership agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The agreement will begin placement of beach-dredged sand this fall as the first phase of a 50-year coastal resiliency project that has been… Read More
Officials say the hiring of an additional dredge company will allow beach replenishment in Fenwick Island to conclude before Memorial Day. In last week’s town council meeting, Mayor Natalie Magdeburger announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has hired a second dredge company to complete beach replenishment work in Delaware’s coastal communities, beginning in Fenwick… Read More