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The Biden-Harris administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. The budget reflects the Administration’s commitment to ongoing efforts vital to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) mission, which include advancing renewable energy, creating good-paying jobs with a free and fair chance to join a union, bolstering energy security, supporting economic… Read More
Wetlands—now known for their biodiversity, flood protection, and water purification—were once thought to be unproductive lands brimming with disease. They’ve long been drained to pave the way for cities, croplands, and pasture, but researchers haven’t had a good estimate of how much of the world’s wet and wild places have disappeared since preindustrial times. Now,… Read More
A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering researcher is filling in an information gap for the state by determining how much sediment is lost by Texas rivers to the ocean. Yu Zhang, associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, received a $180,000 General Land Office grant to assess the amount of sediment transported… Read More
A new, larger dredger is expected to be pulling into the mouth of the Merrimack River at any time, with plans to finish the work its relatively diminutive predecessor could not. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working on a $9 million, federal project to dredge 226,000 cubic yards of sand from the… Read More
Governor Roy Cooper visited Tyrrell County on Thursday to celebrate a $110 million MEGA grant from the Federal Highway Administration to replace the Lindsay C. Warren Bridge, commonly known as the Alligator River Bridge. Governor Cooper was joined by Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt, NCDOT Transportation Secretary Eric Boyette, Tyrrell County manager David Clegg and… Read More
DNREC is delaying a high-priority dredging project in Sussex County after a contractor failed to keep pace with the project’s schedule. DNREC initially scheduled the dredging at White Creek to be completed by March 31, just before the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s restrictions on dredging take effect to protect a critical period of wildlife… Read More
On March 7, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced a more than $120 million investment to rebuild and restore portions of the National Wildlife Refuge System that have been affected by adverse weather events, which includes a $27.25 million investment for the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound region. The investment stems from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and… Read More
Volunteers got out early Friday morning to work on the river project. Source
Two local governments voiced unanimous support this week for a federal bill that would exempt two local towns from beach renourishment restrictions. Sponsored by North Carolina’s 7th congressional district’s Rep. David Rouzer, House Resolution 524 would allow Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach to return to using their adjacent inlets for sand projects. The New Hanover… Read More
Construction of the 2023 Fort Pierce Shore Protection Project is underway, and officials said the project will not impact the sea turtle nesting season. The county’s Sr. Coastal Engineer, Joshua Revord, said the project is being done for storm protection in advance of the next hurricane season and is in cooperation with the U.S. Army… Read More
The City of Hamilton says it’s eager to get cleanup work started following a four-year spillage of 24 billion litres of sewage into Chedoke Creek, but warned Friday it cannot guarantee completion within an “unexpected” revised timeline the province recently set. Thursday, city council voted to appeal an amended provincial order for the Chedoke Creek Remediation project, which is expected to cost $6… Read More
U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del., all) announced today that the $25 million from the US Army Corps of Engineers will go to renourishment projects for Delaware bay beaches. The benefiting beaches include Lewes Beach, Kitts Hummock, Bowers Beach, Slaughter Beach, and Pickering Beach. The restoration projects were authorized through… Read More
South Portland is trying a unique approach to help restore the dunes at Willard Beach. According to the city’s conservation manager Kristina Ertzner, around 15 to 20 feet of dunes were washed away during a powerful rain and wind storm in late December 2022. “It was kind of easy for water to get through, and wave action… Read More
The city has filed a Chapter 91 Waterways permit application under the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Waterways Regulation Program to conduct improvement dredging at Brown’s Pond. The process will mechanically remove invasive aquatic plants and nuisance native aquatic weeds in selected portions of the pond. “This is just the beginning of the process, but… Read More
‘A beach that’s covered by homes and hotels, and retreat is simply not possible.’ A document setting out federal fishery managers’ opposition to beach renourishment and, should it occur, best management practices is headed back to an advisory panel after concerns about how it would affect Florida. The policy document begins, “In general, frequent and widespread beach… Read More