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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – The Juneau assembly voted in favor of repealing a legally unenforceable ordinance regarding coastal protection regulations, which heavily relied on a repealed state law called the Alaska Costal Management Act. The Assembly heard numerous testimonies from the public asking them to retain the dysfunctional code, until the protections it included could… Read More
Chronic shoaling in Hatteras Inlet’s South Ferry Channel persists despite numerous dredging projects over the last five years, but now the Dare County Waterways Commission is facing a tough decision on how to proceed in the face of stubbornly intractable issues. Before the dredge Merritt’s scheduled return on Oct. 1, the panel has to decide… Read More
Five days after Hurricane Ida made landfall, leaving behind catastrophic flooding and significant damage in its path, U.S. Geological Survey scientists started quickly working a multi-week effort to capture high-water mark elevations in some of the most impacted areas. Teams from USGS water science centers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland are working together to preserve, document, and survey elevations of more than 200 combined high-water marks left from flooding caused by Ida’s heavy rains. “We are working with federal and state partners, along with… Read More
Hurricane Ida is expected to become one of the costliest tropical storm impacts ever to affect the mainland United States, according to insurance and reinsurance broker Aon. The industry has been absorbing the reality of hurricane Ida over the last week or so, as industry loss estimates steadily rose and the impacts of the north… Read More
Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA), a membership-based coalition of fishing industry associations and fishing companies, revealed that it has filed a Petition for Review in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals regarding the Secretary of the Interior’s approval the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind energy project. The Vineyard Wind 1 project will be located approximately… Read More
Both because it wants to and because a federal court wants it done, the EPA will be working on a new Navigable Waters Protection Rule. Such work has gone on now for almost 50 years. The Clean Water Act of 1972 says adding pollutants or dredge or fill material into a “water of the United… Read More
As the extreme weather event and deadly flash-flooding in New York City underscored, we need to act with a sense of urgency to deal with our current climate reality and a significant expansion of offshore wind in New York and beyond should be a key ingredient in the recipe for success at mitigation and resilience… Read More
The Mississippi River, the second longest U.S. waterway, was temporarily shut to vessel traffic on Tuesday from mile 0 to mile 2 due to dredging operations, the New Orleans Board of Trade (NOBOT) said. The closure, expected to be lifted on Tuesday afternoon, it scheduled to be repeated on Sunday to finish the removal of… Read More
LANSING – Lansing Village Creek boat channel dredging will begin Sept. 15 and is expected to continue through Oct. 15. The boat ramp will remain open, but space will be limited. The navigation channel from the boat ramp to the main channel Mississippi River will be dredged hydraulically. Hydraulic dredge materials will be pumped into… Read More
As Miami-Dade County advances critical efforts to build a more resilient community and prepare for the impacts of sea level rise, the county plans to move forward with a locally preferred option for the Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study (the “Back Bay” study). Through the community feedback process over recent months,… Read More
A coalition of 152 companies and trade associations representing US importers, exporters, transportation providers and other supply chain stakeholders have submitted a letter of support to Congress endorsing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021. The bipartisan legislation was introduced last month by Congressmen John Garamendi and Dusty Johnson. The legislation would update the Shipping… Read More
A three-year study is underway in Holden Beach that could set the tone for how future beach projects may be funded. The town has signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to launch a coastal storm risk management feasibility study, one that will determine whether it’s in the federal government’s interest to… Read More
ANCHORAGE, Sept 9 (Reuters) – The Biden administration said on Thursday it will relaunch a process that could permanently protect a vital Alaskan watershed from development of the contentious Pebble Mine project that has been pursued for more than a decade. The Department of Justice asked in an Alaska federal district court filing that the… Read More
San Francisco (KGO)-The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the US Army Corps of Engineers celebrated the Ocean Beach Nourishment Project on Thursday, a project aimed at confronting climate change issues. “San Francisco is experiencing sea-level rise, including on the sea side of the city, and chronic erosion in the region threatens critical wastewater infrastructure… Read More
Construction begins this month on a nearly 300-foot-long seawall to protect the coastal bluffs below the heavily travelled railroad tracks in Del Mar. The seawall just south of Fourth Street is the final stage of $11 million in emergency repairs needed to safeguard the tracks after a wide portion of the bluff collapsed in late… Read More