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2022 Best Restored Shores Awards: Highlighting natural infrastructure projects addressing storm related coastal hazards As the federal government commits funding to improve national infrastructure needs, the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association recognizes the importance of restoring coastal natural infrastructure given its critical role in protecting coastal communities and their economies. ASPBA established its Best Restored Shores… Read More
Ocean City saw a storm surge, riptide and 40+ mph winds as the effects of Hurricane Ian hit the town Friday night. By Saturday, the boardwalk was covered in sand; coating benches, fences, and barriers for the now-canceled Ocean Callings Festival. But according to the US Army Corps of Engineers, the sand on the boardwalk… Read More
The Leyden Glen Reservoir is in the process of being refilled after being fully dredged for the first time since 1988. Workers from Maverick Construction Management Services removed 10,000 cubic yards of material. It’s estimated that 50,000 cubic yards of sediment had accumulated in the reservoir. It had been partially dredged in the late 1990s… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — From Tulane University: For the past 12 months, Tulane University scientists and engineers have been working almost nonstop to prove that sand made from recycled glass can help prevent coastal land loss. They’ve shown that the material can grow native marsh grasses and willow trees, is non-toxic to marine life and can… Read More
Dredging and weed removal has begun at Dunkirk Harbor. It started this week and is expected to last a couple weeks more, according to Dunkirk Department of Public Works Director Randy Woodbury. Dean Marine and Excavating from Mount Clemens, Mich., is doing the work, under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Source
After years of planning and debate about its effects on the coast, Louisiana’s diversion project to rebuild marshland in the Barataria Basin appears to be ready to go. Federal and state trustees overseeing the funding of what could be a $2.26 billion project are poised to approve the money. Earlier, an environmental impact statement years in the making was… Read More
After a particularly raucous bout of weather in April 2019, Rick Cliche and his wife, Leslie, pulled up to Hampton’s North Beach and found, to their utter surprise, ancient peat moss and weathered tree stumps where the sand used to be — the beach had effectively been scoured clean from the recent storms, exposing the… Read More
Findlay’s Riverside Dam has been a landmark in the city for more than a century, but some changes may be coming. The dam was first built in the late 1800s to help ice harvests upstream, then, it was used to form a reservoir for the city. Now, it’s holding back water for recreation purposes, offering kayaking launches… Read More
Hawaii homeowners are reportedly taking dangerous and illegal measures to prevent their coastal homes from falling and crumbling into the ocean, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said in a news release. Earlier this month, the DLNR used a drone to survey Oahu’s North Shore and discovered that many homeowners were taking “desperate”… Read More
Just about every city and county leader from across the Coastal Bend packed into a room for a Council of Governments meeting Friday. Almost $180 million from the General Land Office is set to be divided up among the 11-county area. It’s money that local leaders didn’t have to apply for that will go to communities affected… Read More
The Lake Mitchell dredging project appears to be on the ropes. For the first time since dredging talks heated up over the past few years, some Mitchell City Council members indicated on Monday they were not in favor of moving forward with the multi-million-dollar project. During the council’s budget work session on Monday night, council… Read More
New York State says it’s near completion on a program to dredge harbors along the Lake Ontario shoreline stretching from the Niagara Frontier to the Thousand Islands region. It’s the Obama administration’s conservation program that ended up increasing water levels in Lake Ontario resulting in devastating flooding along its south shore in 2017. The state came up… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has laid out a plan to protect New York Harbor from coastal flooding. It includes building seawalls, levees, and storm-surge gates to defend 900 miles of coastline across two states — New York and New Jersey — where about 16 million people live. Source
Congressman John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash) have introduced the “Ferry Service Expansion Act,” seeking significant additional funding for a number of programs — including the retrofit of current diesel-powered ferries “With rising sea levels due to man-made climate change and increasing congestion on our bridges, I strongly support expanding ferry service… Read More
Speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming FERRIES 2022 in San Francisco will include ABB Marine & Ports’ Bruce Strupp. In a presentation on November 1, he will speak on ferry electrification opportunities opened up by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. During his presentation, Strupp will outline how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will invest $17 billion… Read More