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A popular initiative looking to clean up the waterways in Dane County is moving into its next phase. The “Suck the Muck” project was first introduced in 2017 as a way to analyze and remove sediments — or muck — from local streams that contain phosphorus. The chemical is a common culprit behind hazardous algae… Read More
Ebensburg Borough Council took the first step Monday in exploring the possibilities of dredging Lake Rowena. Borough Council approved an agreement with TransSystems during its monthly meeting Monday to perform the underwater survey and soil testing at a cost not to exceed $10,000 to help see if dredging the lake is a possibility for the… Read More
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy said Monday (Aug. 22) that the federal infrastructure law will benefit the state’s coastal communities while also helping the oil industry. “It has money for coastal restoration, flood mitigation, things that will revitalize the energy industry,” the Republican lawmaker said during a stop in Lafourche Parish. Not far from Highway 1,… Read More
Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk has begun work on a community and sustainability project considered vital in multiple ways to the school, town and region–the dredging of the Historic Mill Pond on its campus. The two-month process, reviewed and endorsed by officials of the Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service… Read More
Port Huron is getting a late-season extension from the state to allow additional dredging on the Black River Canal and address an “almost impassable” build-up of material for boaters. That’s according to City Manager James Freed, who told City Council members via email on Monday that officials were hoping to convince the Michigan Department of… Read More
A dredging project in Fenwick Island has been in the works since for the past three to five years. The project has made some progress recent weeks, as it gains more and more support from the local and state governments. The main focus of the project is the Little Assawoman Bay in Fenwick Island, as… Read More
A dredging machine has splashed into sewage-polluted Chedoke Creek for a $6-million cleanup job amid complaints by Six Nations hereditary leaders over a lack of consent under treaty rights. A crew coaxed the dredger off a flatbed truck before an operator manoeuvred its hydraulic back legs and front shovel to drag it from the grassy shore into… Read More
With more than 100 miles of coastline — and a wide array of surrounding waterways that range from sounds to salt marshes — the Outer Banks is home to one of the largest fishing industries in the entire country. Critical sectors of the Outer Banks economy rely on access through these channels that serve as… Read More
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is in the construction phase of an emergency dredging project at the mouth of the Murderkill River. The Murderkill River flows from just west of Felton, northeast through Kent County to its inlet to the Delaware Bay just south of Bowers Beach. The river is… Read More
Louisiana elected officials, federal partners and maritime stakeholders joined the Big River Coalition in New Orleans, August 16, to celebrate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) completion of the first two phases of the deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel, which presently provides a maximum draft for vessels to the Port of New Orleans at… Read More
Rising sea levels are eating away the California coast, and a recent study found that the cliffs in Pacifica are among those crumbling the fastest. The study, published by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, used data of cliff erosion between 2009-2011 and 2016 along 538 miles of California’s 1,023-mile-long… Read More
With work already on track for the southern part of Flagler County, commissioners plan to ask the Army Corps of Engineers to study beaches and dunes in the rest of the county. That was one of the items discussed by county commissioners during a workshop on Monday about a beach and dune management plan. Commissioners also discussed beach… Read More
The Flagler County Commission will soon take over all 18 miles of beaches to manage them, and save them. An ordinance is in the works to essentially surrender Flagler Beach’s portion to the county. But saving them will be exorbitantly expensive: think $5 million to $13 million a year in local burdens alone. And it… Read More
Mark Borrelli, a coastal geologist and director of the Provincetown-based Center for Coastal Studies’ seafloor mapping program, led and completed a two-year coastal resiliency and sea level rise study on Martha’s Vineyard. Borrelli presented the study earlier this month at Sailing Camp Park in Oak Bluffs. He said the event “went pretty well,” with around… Read More
Coastal erosion should be considered when looking at ways infrastructure in Grise Fiord can adapt to climate change, according to a research project’s analysis in the area. Since 2020, the Grise Fiord Hunters and Trappers Association, the hamlet and residents have worked with southern researchers to monitor the patterns of coastal erosion in the hamlet…. Read More