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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. announced on Thursday that the dredge Liberty Island has returned to Dare County to resume the Buxton beach renourishment project. On Thursday morning, July 28, the Liberty Island returned from a brief stay in Norfolk, Virginia, for repairs, maintenance, and refueling. Pumping operations resumed in front of Ocean Drive at 11:11 a.m. and… Read More
Louisiana has completed one of its biggest coastal restoration projects yet, and is at work on even bigger ones. The dredge used to suck up sediment from the Gulf of Mexico to add 1,000 acres of habitat to sites in the Terrebonne Basin is now at work in the Mississippi River, doing the same for a 1,600-acre project… Read More
One of the more noticeable features of the Rappahannock River downstream of the Fall Line (Route 1 bridge) in late summer Fredericksburg is the accumulation of silt and other sediment. This shoaling below the Fall Line can be deleterious, as fish eggs and other aquatic life are smothered. In addition, this shoaling can be unsightly… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. has announced that it has completed the 1 million cubic yard beach nourishment project in Avon, with the last load of sand delivered by the dredge Liberty Island at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, between Yucca Street and Pampas Drive. The project included nourishing approximately 2.5 miles of oceanfront from… Read More
The Outer Banks as we know it can change with the tide. Three homes were washed out to sea this year and more could be in danger of collapse. Now, there’s a race to prolong the lifespan of homes and beaches threatened by erosion. Collapsing homes July in the Outer Banks is prime vacation time for visitors… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Dave Bernstein of Geodynamics, the county’s beach surveying firm, said Monday the ocean search for and identify offshore sand to use for future beach nourishment projects is about 25 percent complete. Speaking during a meeting of the Carteret County Beach Commission in Emerald Isle, Mr. Bernstein said he is optimistic the multi-year… Read More
Just in time for another above-average hurricane season, state officials on Thursday got to view for the first time the completed and restored Terrebonne Basin Barrier Islands, aimed at protecting residents from storms rolling in from the Gulf of Mexico. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority executive director Bren Haase, Pontchartrain Conservancy executive director Kristi Trail… Read More
The United States became the world’s largest LNG exporter during the first half of 2022, according to data from the International Association for Natural Gas, commonly known as CEDIGAZ. U.S. LNG exports rose 12% in the first half of 2022, averaging 11.2 Bcf/d, when compared with the same period one year earlier. Exports continued to… Read More
The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is approaching, and the National Weather Service predicts hurricane activity to be more active this year, above the long-term average, as it has for the seventh year in a row. Climate change is making storms stronger and more frequent, putting people, property and the environment at higher risk for damage… Read More
On Louisiana Considered, we hear who is on the ballot in Louisiana for November’s elections. And, we learn about plans to develop and restore Pontchartrain Beach. This segment of Louisiana Considered aired on Monday, July 25, 2022. To listen to the full episode, click the play button above. Last Friday, the qualifying window for the… Read More
The St. Joseph harbor dredging project is underway. With Roen Salvage Co. on site and dredging St. Joseph’s inner harbor this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District said the delayed outer harbor dredging and beach nourishment project by is set to begin around Aug. 1. King Co., the company contracted for the… Read More
ROHE SAYS NO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FISHING AND SWIMMING, ARE ALLOWED IN OR NEAR THE POND WHILE THE DREDGING IS UNDER WAY. Source
Some are putting a renewed focus on improving and protecting South Carolina’s ecosystems and wildlife. On Monday, advocates and leaders planted marsh grass on Drum Island as part of the South Carolina Ports Authority’s effort to rehab the island. Also participating in the effort was SC-7, an organization that hikes across the state each July…. Read More
Louisiana’s biggest coastal restoration project so far is complete, officials announced Thursday, bringing to an end more than two years of work to rebuild barrier islands in the Terrebonne Basin – using nearly enough sediment to fill the Superdome twice. The three locations restored west of Port Fourchon will serve as speed bumps for hurricanes… Read More
Beyond hurricanes, erosion, subsidence and sea-level rise, add one more looming threat to Louisiana’s rapidly vanishing coast: inflation. Three bids advertised this year for state coastal restoration and flood protection projects have come in about 25% over estimate, with higher costs especially hitting materials such as steel, cement and asphalt, as well as diesel for dredging operations,… Read More