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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the start of construction on a marsh restoration project at Fireplace Neck Tidal Wetland Area in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County. In coordination with New York State Office of General Services (OGS), DEC will complete the nearly $1.7-million restoration project to… Read More
A push to land nearly $2 billion for coastal restoration in Louisiana through higher royalty payments has failed for the year, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said Tuesday. “This is extremely frustrating because it was not just about Louisiana but about every coastal community in the country,” Cassidy told reporters. Cassidy and Sen. John Kennedy, R-Madisonville,… Read More
One of the jewels of the Southwest Coast is J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park. The beach is frequented year-round by locals, but after Hurricane Fiona it became clear that the beach didn’t emerge unscathed. The sand dunes were so high that they had all but completely buried heavy steel supports from an old railway, but since… Read More
The realignment of the Rollinson Channel within Hatteras Inlet has been approved, allowing for federally funded dredging to occur throughout the entire horseshoe route in Hatteras Inlet. An Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was signed on November 30, 2022 by Robert M Burnham, LTC, U.S. Army, acting district commander for the… Read More
The U.S. Senate last night passed the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 by a vote of 83-11, clearing the way for it to go to the White House for signature into law. It provides $45 billion more for defense than called for in the Biden administration’s budget request. The… Read More
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills on Fort Myers Beach today, one providing disaster relief, the other intended to address the state’s property insurance crisis. The first was Senate Bill 4-A which provides $750 million for additional disaster relief to Floridians following Hurricanes Ian and Nicole. The second was SB 2-A, which proponents describe as “the… Read More
Every year the state of Louisiana loses land at an astonishing rate, but through new modeling, researchers are getting a better sense of the threats posed to the ecosystem and those who live in the bayou country. Researchers estimate Louisiana has lost enough wetlands since the 1950s to cover the entire state of Rhode Island. Experts say… Read More
A southwest Michigan port that had been closed to commercial vessels is now open. The emergency dredging project in the St. Joseph Harbor has cleared a path for vessel traffic to enter the harbor without assistance. Weather conditions allowed King Company of Holland to complete the project in the span of about a week. The… Read More
It’s 14 consecutive years and counting for the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore after receiving another top U.S. Coast Guard security assessment this week for its state-owned, public marine terminals. The Coast Guard’s annual inspection of facilities included a detailed review of all security protocols and procedures at the Port’s six public marine terminals:… Read More
The final phase of funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (NFWF-GEBF) has been approved for projects in Alabama to mitigate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey hailed the funding of the projects that total more than $47 million. “As we celebrate Alabama’s 2022 slate of… Read More
The clarity and health of Lake Okabena was the focus of Friday’s meeting of the Okabena-Ocheda-Bella Clean Water Partnership Joint Powers Board. The board was established in 1996 to allow the city of Worthington and the Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District to cooperate on projects outside the city that affect Lake Okabena’s water quality. A report the… Read More
Improvements to The First State’s waterways are contained in a bill awaiting the president’s signature. The Water Resources Development Act of 2022, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-DE, said, passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday. The act authorizes a series of much-needed investments in Delaware through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and includes key provisions… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is developing a contract to support its efforts to manage coastal and marine habitats that are under threat, including continuing damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. NOAA’s sources sought notice is a follow-up to earlier market research efforts that determined the work it needed could not be divided into smaller discrete… Read More
To keep up with how the shoreline stabilization industry is evolving, a team of shoreline restoration specialists during its recent meeting invited a handful of companies to talk about their proprietary techniques to build the alternative for hardened bulkheads and seawalls. Living shorelines are made of materials such as salt marshes, sand, rock or oysters,… Read More
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after the Senate passed by a vote of 92-2 the Water Resource Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, biennial legislation that authorizes water infrastructure projects across the country. The House of Representatives previously passed its WRDA legislation in June. Both chambers will next conference… Read More