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WILLINGBORO, N.J. – Today, Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) announced that the Building a Climate Ready New Jersey project will be awarded $72.5 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Resilience Regional Challenge to make New Jersey’s coastal communities more resilient to climate change and other coastal hazards. Congressman Kim helped deliver funding for the program through the passage of the Inflation… Read More
For the second consecutive year – exactly one year to the day – Vermont has been struck by catastrophic flooding, wreaking havoc across our beautiful state. Kingsbury Companies, alongside many others, has been on the frontlines of cleanup and recovery efforts these past few weeks, and we are still supporting Vermonters in the aftermath of… Read More
Today, NOAA officials were joined by regional partners to break ground on renovations at the agency’s pier facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. The project is expected to be completed in 2026. In September 2023, NOAA awarded $59.8 million to Manson Construction Company for the renovations. This important infrastructure project is partially funded by the Inflation Reduction Act,… Read More
St. Johns County Coastal Management recently shared with the community how it’s managing more than 32 miles of shoreline. At the county’s “State of the Beaches” presentation, an update was given on beach restoration, construction projects, and the importance of the dunes and beaches in the local ecosystem. According to a news release, most of… Read More
An engineering report yielded positive results for the county as it continues working toward acquiring a permit to dredge Lake Contrary. Terracon, an engineering consultant based out of Lenexa, Kansas, collected soil samples around Lake Contrary in June. It was a seepage analysis to assess the risk of undermining the nearby levee, according to the… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a pair of grants to the San Francisco Estuary Partnership totaling $10.6 million for projects to protect and restore watersheds in Hayward, Richmond, San Pablo and North Richmond. In a statement Thursday, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership announced local partners donated matching funds to supplement the new grants… Read More
We were surprised to hear some of the troubles discussed last week at a meeting with the Shell Rock River Watershed District about the district’s efforts to obtain a permit for the final phase of dredging for Fountain Lake. Plans call for the dredging of not only the east basin of the lake’s main bay… Read More
SHARONVILLE, Ohio — If you have visited Sharon Woods recently, you’ll have noticed Sharon Lake is now drained. This is the second phase of work happening in the lake dredging project at Sharon Woods. This project will run through the fall of 2025 and is currently happening to help improve the health of the lake… Read More
The federal agency in charge of a long-awaited beach replenishment project on Ocean County’s northern barrier island has successfully closed its bidding process for the work, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told Shorebeat. The project has been delayed for over two years as the bidding process has played out amidst rising… Read More
DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District will begin dredging 29,500 cubic yards of shoaling near the entrance to St. Joseph Harbor this week and conclude in late August. USACE maintains about 1.5 miles of federal navigation channel to a depth of up to 21 feet in the harbor entrance and… Read More
The Alaska Gastineau Mill closed in 1921 due to ore that was too low grade to mine cost-effectively. Its remnants are visible on the hill above Thane Road — and below the road on the Sheep Creek Delta miners are still searching for gold from the tailings. However, impacts from a type of their prospecting… Read More
TAMPA, Fla. — After years of neglect, Tampa’s Palmetto Beach is finally getting much-needed funding for revitalization. A $30 million investment is being made in the “Pathways to Palmetto Project.” For more than five generations, the Reynolds family has been a vital part of the DeSoto Park community. “My great-grandparents were here,” said Thomas Reynolds. “They did… Read More
Ten months after OCparks deposited 45,000 cubic yards of sand at Capistrano (Capo) Beach Park and the South end of Doheny State Beach (an area known locally as “Hole in the Fence”) about 2/3rds of it seems to have dissipated, creating a sandier, gentler slope into the water for certain, but also, drifting south to adjacent beaches,… Read More
Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce and NOAA have recommended $72.5 million for a project in New Jersey to make the state’s coast more resilient to climate change and other coastal hazards. The project encompasses 16 coastal New Jersey counties. The awards are being made under the Biden Administration’s Climate… Read More
WEST OCEAN CITY, Md. — Sand build-up near the West Ocean City Harbor continues to give boaters a hard time. Moving through those waters should get a bit easier though after one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges got to work on Friday. Source