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Ecologist Shane Godshall tromps in waders through two feet of mud in Thompsons Beach marsh on the Delaware Bay in Heislerville, in New Jersey’s Cumberland County. He pauses, then sticks his hand in the ooze and pulls out a piece of the secret weapon scientists have been deploying to fight erosion from climate change and to save… Read More
They call them “big boys” for a good reason. If you’ve never seen one up close, it’s hard to understand the dimensions of these ships, often compared to floating skyscrapers. The Ever Given is 1,300 feet (400 meters) long and 193 feet (59 meters) wide. New York’s Empire State Building is shorter at 1,250 feet (382 meters). Two years… Read More
The joint beach nourishment between the City of Deerfield Beach and the Town of Hillsboro Beach will place approximately 233,000 cubic yards of beach-compatible sand onto the southern beach. The project will utilize a 30’’ cutterhead suction dredge located at the Boca Raton Inlet ebb shoal. The dredge will first construct the South Boca Raton… Read More
Crews have almost finished putting approximately 1-million cubic yards of sand along Bald Head Island’s South Beach as part of the Wilmington Harbor shipping channel maintenance. Funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this effort is to keep the shipping lane at a depth of 42 feet at mean low water. The side benefit… Read More
Santa Barbara County will begin an emergency dredging operation at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh on April 3, due to an increased risk of flooding caused by several recent large storms creating blockages in local waterways. Dredging operations will continue until June. During that time, the area of Carpinteria State Beach within 400 feet of the… Read More
Implementation of a canal navigation maintenance program in Longboat Key is still a couple of years from reality. The subject first arrived in front of commissioners in February 2020. At that time, town staff presented a review of canal projects and the town’s history of attempts to develop a canal dredging program. In March 2021, staff… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun soliciting public comments for a maintenance dredging project along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, a 165-mile stretch from the mouth of the Anclote River in Tarpon Springs to the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River in Cape Coral. Project manager Eduardo Marin and biologist Katie Lebow made several presentations during a virtual event… Read More
The Lower Colorado River Authority announced this week that an application on one of two sand and gravel processing plants on Lake LBJ is complete, after hearing from the public the LCRA decide whether to grant access to the lake. Collier Materials Inc. has submitted four applications for permits on its proposed Kingsland I Sand… Read More
This winter’s stormier-than-usual weather has led to “big-league erosion” on La Jolla’s beaches and elsewhere, leading to undesirable and even dangerous conditions both on land and at sea, local experts say. The increase in beach erosion — the withering away of sand and sediment levels along the coast — has made rip currents “very hazardous… Read More
Foley City Council has approved a $2.79-million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) for a wetlands restoration project targeting the headwaters of Wolf and Sandy Creeks. Work on the project is expected to commence in early 2024, following the completion of the ongoing Phase 1 design. According to Leslie Gahagan, Foley Environmental… Read More
The Florida Department of Transportation’s much-anticipated plan to protect State Road A1A in Flagler Beach is almost anti-climatic, shifting much of the responsibility back to other governments. The plan, disclosed today at a public meeting in Flagler Beach, will mostly rely on existing plans by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild 2.6 miles… Read More
A year-long project managed by the NCDOT is underway near one Eastern Carolina shoreline to help protect a causeway that is vulnerable to erosion. The N.C. 24 Causeway in Swansboro is an important hurricane evacuation route and connector between coastal communities and military installations. But due to problems with erosion, a $2 million construction project… Read More
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with WABE and Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. On the southern end of the Georgia coast, old scars left in the marshes by the logging industry are starting to heal, thanks to new federal funds. Officials announced the… Read More
Researchers at Deakin University’s Blue Carbon Lab have commenced trialling the use of biodegradable structures to enhance the growth and survival of coastal wetland species, planted as part of restoration work in Port Phillip Bay and Western Port Bay. The structures, made from potato starch, provide seedlings with protection from high-energy environments without limiting their… Read More
The town council voted Monday night to apply for up to $150,000 in state grant money to help pay for maintenance dredging of several key boating waterways. The action came as part of the consent agenda – a list of non-controversial items that can be approved with a single vote – during the council’s monthly… Read More