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The Saugatuck harbor and adjoining Kalamazoo River will be cleared for boaters to safely use this summer thanks to roughly $900,000 in federal funds to dredge the waters. Federal funding for the dredging was outlined last week, on Feb. 28, in the Army Corps of Engineers operations and maintenance work plan. The dredging will take… Read More
Mississippi River drought conditions kept the St. Louis Engineer District’s veteran dustpan dredge Potter, originally built in 1932, busy throughout its 2022-23 season, which ended on February 1, 2023. To maintain the congressionally mandated nine-foot-deep, 300-foot-wide navigation channel and overcome the challenges from the widespread drought, and prolonged extreme low water, dredging operations moved nine million cubic yards… Read More
Today, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Board of Directors approved the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s (CPRA) request to dedicate $660 million toward construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. This funding represents the final increment needed to fully fund the project’s construct phase, which includes mitigation measures. “Today, we’ve overcome the final… Read More
A popular Norfolk beach could be closed to the public for decades as erosion threatens houses and businesses on its coastline. The beach at Hemsby, seven miles north of Great Yarmouth, was closed at the weekend by the local volunteer lifeboat crew after losing 10ft (3m) of land in just two days. The sea has… Read More
A $52 billion storm surge protection project proposed for New York City that includes a series of flood gates in the New York Harbor needs an overhaul to address a broad spectrum of flooding sources that could inundate the city and surrounding environs. Critics say the proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)… Read More
This Public Notice has been prepared pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). It is being administered in conformance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulation, “Practice and Procedure: Final Rule for Operation and Maintenance of Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Projects involving the Discharge of Dredged Materials into Waters… Read More
It’s been 23 years since Congress passed the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, an ambitious program to undo, at least in part, the damage done by humans to one of the most unique ecosystems on the planet. In the interim, Everglades restoration has made halting progress, with much of the delay centered around a key central… Read More
Today, at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama, the EU is confirming its strong engagement for international ocean governance by announcing 39 commitments for action for the year 2023. These actions will be funded by €816.5 million. This is one of the biggest amounts ever announced by the EU since the start of the Our Ocean conferences in 2014…. Read More
Imagine living in a low-lying neighborhood so flood-prone that you have to worry about barricading your home with sandbags and fleeing for higher ground every time there’s a tropical storm – or even just really heavy rainfall – headed your way. For many decades, that’s been the anxiety-filled reality for thousands of people who live… Read More
Day was dawning over the Comoros when two self-described eco-guards found the great bulk of a sea turtle motionless on the beach. The animal had laid its eggs in the sand and was gathering the strength to bury them before hauling itself back to the sea. Had the men discovered it earlier in their patrol,… Read More
A coastal town in Onslow County has four projects simultaneously under way, adding sand to its beaches and improving the sustainability of its future. “I’ve never seen as many large projects happening in North Topsail Beach at the same time,” Mayor Joann McDermon said at Wednesday’s board of aldermen meeting. Some of the work is… Read More
The dunes at Willard Beach in South Portland, wiped out in a December storm, are in need of restoration, and residents’ discarded Christmas trees will be part of the solution. The city expects to receive state approval next week for the rehabilitation project that will be the first of its kind in Maine, but has… Read More
The city of Naples has been coordinating with Collier County to plan an Emergency Beach Berm restoration project. Yesterday the county commission approved contracts with four contractors to haul sand to city beaches. The city and county have agreed to four truck routes and beach access points to deliver the sand. The four access points… Read More
Spreading silt excavated from the Toledo shipping channel on area crop fields looks like a viable concept, initial results from a research project show. But Angelica Vazquez-Ortega, a Bowling Green State University assistant professor in the School of Earth, Environment and Society who is leading the study, said during a webinar this week that she would… Read More
Louisiana’s shoreline is rapidly eroding due to sea level rise and extreme weather fueled by climate change. But a scrappy New Orleans glass recycling initiative, Glass Half Full, is rounding up as many of the city’s glass bottles as possible to create sand for coastal restoration. The team, a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair,… Read More