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A new wetland is coming to Wood County, just on the outskirts of Bowling Green, and it is one of many that will be part of the H2Ohio program that was instituted by Gov. Mike DeWine to cut harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. “I’m putting the swamp back in the Black Swamp,” Staten Middleton… Read More
(Dare County) Earlier this week, Dare County released this update on recent dredging operations in Oregon Inlet and Hatteras Inlet conducted by the Merritt, which is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. And in a move that county officials hope will be a game changer, the newly built shallow-draft hopper dredge, known as… Read More
WELLFLEET — A joint public hearing before the Truro and Wellfleet Conservation Commissions will be the last step of the permitting process for phase 1 of the massive Herring River Restoration project. The April 14 hearing will allow commission members to ask questions about the 193-page Notice of Intent filed by the town of Wellfleet and Cape… Read More
Latest funding: $67 million for Pajaro River flood risk management project announced this week April 2, 2022 – Washington – Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) have helped secure more than $870 million in funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water projects in California over the last five months. This will help fund… Read More
April 7 (Renewables Now) – The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Wednesday released its draft environmental assessment (EA) of the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area offshore central California, starting a 30-day public review and comment period. The Morro Bay Wind Energy Area of about 240,898 acres (97,488 ha) could deliver up to… Read More
Dredge Wire Exclusive: Gator Dredging is finishing up the dredging and beach restoration of Doctors Passes. The dredged sand, approx. 25,700 cu. yds., from Doctors Pass is being pumped to the beach in the Lowdermilk Park area via a buried pipe. The dredging & beach restoration of Wiggins Pass and Barefoot Beach of approx 65,000… Read More
Historical industrial activities along the Grasse River in upstate New York released polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that accumulated in more than 7 miles of the river’s sediments. These compounds can bioaccumulate up the food chain, which led to a fish advisory put in place for the Lower Grasse River due to elevated levels of PCBs in… Read More
Unions call for expanding the Jones Act fleet to counter supply chain issues and an ocean shipping industry that is dominated by foreign players. Fuel economy standards for cars will approach 50 miles per gallon by 2026 after a new DOT rule was announced. House Transportation Committee Republicans to hold a GOP-only hearing bashing President… Read More
The Biden administration budget request for fiscal year 2023 asks for $237.4 million in total budget authority to fund the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s mission to manage U.S. offshore energy and mineral resources. To put that $237.4 million in perspective, bear in mind that BOEM raked in $437 billion in winning bids in its… Read More
The developer of a controversial $60 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on a city-owned industrial site in South Philadelphia has pulled back from the project, saying the “opportunity has passed.” Liberty Energy Trust, a West Conshohocken firm whose Passyunk Energy Center was approved by a divided City Council in 2019 over community opposition, said… Read More
PAINESVILLE, Ohio – Lake County will receive $11.3 million in state funding to construct a much-needed containment basin to store dredged material from the Grand River in Fairport Harbor. Dredging in the harbor was halted last year as a result of a state law that prevents the disposal of dredged material from federal navigation channels… Read More
COLUMBUS — State Reps. Susan Manchester, R-Waynesfield, and Craig Riedel, R-Defiance, announced the release of funds Monday for new dredge equipment for Grand Lake St. Marys. The Department of Natural Resources will receive $83,395 to replace dredge equipment that has been in operation on the lake — located in Auglaize and Mercer counties — for… Read More
As part of the Fiscal Year 2022 federal budget and among a list of New Jersey community projects supported by U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, Stockton University will receive $500,000 from the federal government to support its coastal resiliency and management programs. The Coastal Resiliency Equipment, Education and Outreach funds will also provide… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A new advisory group in Maine will work with state officials about the development of offshore wind ports. The Maine Department of Transportation said the panel will be called the Offshore Wind Port Advisory Group. The agency said the group will advise it and other officials about the “potential development of… Read More
Time was running out to save the last vestige of a rollicking African American getaway on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. The pair of neighboring Jim Crow era resorts once buzzed along the waterfront of the Annapolis Neck peninsula. At their height during the 1950s and ‘60s, Carr’s and Sparrow’s beaches attracted crowds by… Read More