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The Beach Boys sing about the west coast of California, and even Floridians brag about their west coast, but we don’t often think about that third populous state, New York, as having a west coast. Yes, New York has a west coast. In fact, the surrounding coast of Lake Erie is home to over 12… Read More
Albert Lea’s bonding requests were not included in Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s $2.7 billion capital investment proposal unveiled Tuesday in a news conference outside the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. Walz used the construction site as a backdrop to highlight how 38% of his proposal, or more than $1 billion, is for asset… Read More
Later this year, Okaloosa County officials expect to find out the results of a beach enrichment project that recently began at public, county-owned beaches in Destin and on Okaloosa Island. The project uses temporary “groyne systems” that capture sand suspended in the water as it moves down the shore, county Coastal Resource Manager Alex Fogg… Read More
HARTFORD — More than 52,000 acres of estuaries along the lower Connecticut and Thames rivers have been designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve, the first in the state, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In addition to the research elements, the action is expected to bring recreational and economic benefits, an increase… Read More
The fourth largest city in North America, Toronto, is moving ahead with a plan to replace its current, aging fleet of ferry vessels with fully electric vessels. The city’s largest park, Toronto Island Park, is currently served by a ferry fleet of four primary vessels and one heritage vessel, which together transport over 1.4 million… Read More
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) The Santa Cruz Harbor is back open, but crews are still surveying the damage left behind by tsunami waves that hit the coast Saturday. It was a calm Monday afternoon at the harbor — a stark contrast to Saturday morning, when the parking lots around the harbor were submerged in feet… Read More
An Earth-changing development took place in New York City in 1907 when plastic was first synthesized. It had all the right properties for a huge range of uses, including lightweight, flexible, strong, moisture resistant, relatively inexpensive, and a quality that has plagued us ever since, durability. This stuff just doesn’t break down, decompose or go… Read More
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of permitting 30 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the release of its draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the potential impacts from future commercial leasing and related site characterization and assessment activities within the Humboldt Wind Energy Area… Read More
It’s obvious to anyone who’s smelled its algal stench in the summer: Upper Klamath Lake needs a good clean-up. Not only do widespread cyanobacteria blooms turn the shallow lake into unsightly pea soup, they also tank water quality and contribute to mass die-offs of baby C’waam and Koptu (Lost River and shortnose suckers), hurtling the… Read More
The Biden administration today announced a blockbuster wind sale in the waters off New York, alongside a bundle of clean energy initiatives aimed at speeding up renewable deployment and modernizing the country’s aging and vulnerable electricity grid. The efforts include $20 billion in grid funding from the Department of Energy, a rural renewables pilot program… Read More
BOSTON – The South Coast has powered Massachusetts for what seems like forever. While the whaling port was not developed until the mid-17th century, the height of the industry attracted people from all over, for a job whose only pre-existing requirement was facing the largest mammal on the planet. The whale inspired a culture and… Read More
We commend the California Coastal Commission for seeing through the fog of misinformation, distinguishing it from science-based fact, and approving a United States Fish and Wildlife Service plan to remove invasive house mice from the Farallon Islands. The project marks a major milestone in restoring the island’s ecosystem, a process begun 50 years ago. Mouse… Read More
The city of San Diego Tuesday released an updated proposal for the redevelopment of De Anza Cove in the northeastern corner of Mission Bay Park, and asked San Diegans to weigh in on the plan. The revised proposal, “De Anza Natural,” would amend the Mission Bay Park Master Plan with “a balance of land uses… Read More
CARLSBAD — A battle over sand is brewing between the neighboring cities of Oceanside and Carlsbad. During its Jan. 11 meeting, the Carlsbad City Council approved a resolution opposing the City of Oceanside’s plan to construct four groins and a sand bypass system designed to minimize sand loss at the city’s beaches. Hundreds of residents,… Read More
Breaking News A DredgeWire exclusive As DredgeWire reported in December: “For each category of spending, 60 days after the signing of the Act (Jan. 14, 2022) the Chief of Engineers is directed to submit to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees a detailed spend plan that includes lists of studies and projects selected to be funded in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.” Our… Read More