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The inevitable looming threat of storms, and unwavering demands to keep up with the sea of tourists, are ongoing issues Pinellas County’s coastal communities are grappling with. During the Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions’ second annual State of the Beaches: Mayors’ Town Hall event held Thursday evening inside Treasure Island City Hall, Pinellas County mayors governing the beach communities… Read More
Beaches along Pinellas County’s coasts have been washing away, many of them in major need of beach renourishment. Beach nourishment is the process of placing sand on a beach or in the nearshore. A wider and higher beach can provide storm protection for coastal structures, create new habitats, and enhance the beach for recreation. Sand is… Read More
A study has shown that atmospheric rivers, bands of water vapor intensified by climate change, can be ranked on a new intensity scale, similar to hurricanes. The research mapped global patterns of these events over 40 years, identifying hotspots for the most intense atmospheric rivers. The findings will aid meteorologists and city planners in predicting… Read More
Santa Rosa County is going all in on restoring Navarre Beach, and its county commissioners are going to let tourists cover the cost of the coastline facelift. “Congratulations Navarre Beach,” Commission Chairman Colten Wright said Thursday as he dropped the gavel on a motion made without objection to add approximately 900,000 cubic yards of sand to 4.1… Read More
In the wake of a three-year study of Currituck County beaches that was published in January, some county officials appear to be divided on what the next steps should be or even if additional steps are needed. The study by Coastal Protection Engineering (CPE) looked at changes to 22.6 miles of shoreline along the Currituck… Read More
Less than a year after governments in Lee and Collier counties spent millions on restoring their beaches from the effects of erosion, they’re going to have to do it again. Hurricane Ian devastated the Southwest Florida coastline Sept. 28. Like a child trashing a sand castle, the hurricane laid waste to ongoing beach restoration efforts…. Read More
Public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 3 On May 1, the Town of Duck released information about the resumption of dredging for its beach nourishment project, the only one in Dare County that was not completed in 2022. Here is he announcement. The Magdalen returned to the site and has resumed dredging. The active construction… Read More
Nearly 10 months after the long-awaited dredging of the Weeki Wachee River stopped because of water quality issues, work is scheduled to begin again on the $2.1 million project with a new contractor and a different technique. To provide space for workers to stage equipment and begin the job, Hernando County will close Rogers Park on Shoal… Read More
A permit application to conduct work in the Town of Falmouth waters was received by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for proposed work at sites in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. The Army Corps is looking for feedback from the public; federal, state and local agencies; American Indian Tribes; and other interested parties to… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Tammy Baldwin is applauding the Biden administration’s announcement that Wisconsin is receiving a $2.5 million investment to strengthen our Great Lakes resiliency to extreme weather events and climate change. Across Wisconsin, three projects will receive funding to restore and protect our fresh coasts through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law the Inflation Reduction… Read More
Alabama is set to receive $43 million in federal grants to make the state’s coastline more resilient to sea level rise caused by climate change. The grants will go to slow erosion, preserve sensitive tidal marsh land, build habitat for oysters and other fisheries and reduce microplastic pollution in the Gulf of Mexico. Funding for… Read More
Santa Rosa County Commissioners will be asked Thursday to decide how much, if any, Navarre Beach restoration they are willing to pay for. Commissioners on Monday were presented with a preliminary design report that provided options for beach renourishment that include full restoration of 4.1 miles of coastline or a partial restoration of areas on the… Read More
The U.S. Department of Commerce is slated to give $26 million to eight climate change resiliency projects in Hawaiʻi. It’s part of the Biden Administration’s Climate-Ready Coasts initiative, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Three projects under The University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program will use the funding to tackle marine debris. One program will… Read More
The ultimate goal of this high-flow experiment is to move sand and sediment along the Colorado River. “The idea is to kind of mitigate that sand loss, and keep things close to the way they were before the dam,” said Bob Tusso, a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist. Sandbars are important, according to the feds: they… Read More
The Pillar Point Harbor dredging project was largely designed to do two things — aid navigation in the inner harbor and address erosion at Surfer’s Beach. After years of planning and brief optimism that construction could finally start in 2023, the San Mateo County Harbor District Commission received news last week that the sand will… Read More