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(The Center Square) – The Biden administration will hold its first oil-and-gas land lease sale Wednesday morning after Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry sued to overturn a federal moratorium in June. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, will livestream Lease Sale 257 from New Orleans…. Read More
By a vote of 8-6, the Lower Colorado River Authority Board of Directors lifted a months-long moratorium Nov. 17 on dredging the Highland Lakes, while also approving a newly-creating dredging ordinance that expands regulations for commercial operators. The nearly 40-page document adds a Tier III component for dredging activities which specifically addresses commercial dredging. Prior… Read More
If natural disasters are teaching moments for local governments, the past 13 years have been an extended remedial lesson for southeast Texas. The last two major hurricanes to hammer the Houston-Galveston region, Ike in 2008 and Harvey in 2017, exposed the weaknesses of our flood protection system. It soon became clear that Houston could no… Read More
An ongoing plan to clean out Ireland Creek and improve the beauty of the area continues to evolve, with new details from city leaders now being discussed. The update regarding dredging Ireland Creek was given during Walterboro City Council’s recent meeting, held on Nov. 9th. According to Walterboro City Manager Jeff Molinari, the city’s leaders… Read More
A groundbreaking ceremony was held today to mark the start of construction of Vineyard Wind 1, the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S. The project will be 25 times the size of the country’s only existing offshore facility, located in Rhode Island. Vineyard Wind 1 will be operated by Vineyard Wind, a company… Read More
MASSENA — A milestone has been reached in the cleanup of the Grasse River Superfund site, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials. They said Thursday that dredging and capping work, which began in 2019, has been completed, with nearly a quarter million cubic yards of sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, removed and more… Read More
ATLANTIC BEACH — Coastal towns in North Carolina may soon need to create beach management plans, but towns on Bogue Banks are one step ahead. The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission held a business meeting Nov. 9 and 10 at the Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Atlantic Beach. The commission unanimously approved sending proposed rules to… Read More
Nov. 18—City leaders have a clearer picture of the costs and construction work needed to pursue a Lake Mitchell dredging project. Perhaps the most anticipated aspect of the preliminary dredging design that’s been underway since spring is identifying a price tag to dredge Lake Mitchell. And that number has come out to be roughly $15… Read More
TRAVERSE CITY — State environmental regulators denied a Long Lake Township property owner’s permit request to dredge in Long Lake and on its shore to build a boat house, basin and channel to them. The Department of Great Lakes, Environment and Energy found the request from the Carrie C. Barnes Trust would have an adverse… Read More
Two new studies led by former Tulane University doctoral students show the likely benefits of land building by river diversions, despite these deposits initially causing rapid subsidence in coastal Louisiana. Published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, the papers focus on subsidence in coastal wetlands and in shallow bays. Using different methods, both… Read More
KAHANA — The second Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) has been published for a $26,000,000 to $40,000,000 project to mitigate shoreline erosion from Kahana Stream to Pohaku Park. Details on the DEIS for the Kahana Bay Erosion Mitigation project are featured in the Nov. 8 issue of the state Office of Environmental Quality Control’s “The… Read More
(Miami Beach, FL) Nov 16, 2021 -The City of Miami Beach will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 9 a.m. to mark the start of the $1.8 million Brittany Bay Park Living Shoreline Project, which is made possible by the Miami Beach General Obligation Bond Program (G.O.) in partnership with The Nature… Read More
St. Johns County saw damage up and down its coastline after a recent nor’easter, prompting the county government to take action on repairing infrastructure and finding an alternative solution for dealing with breaches in the sand in Summer Haven. County commissioners received a report Tuesday from emergency management after county officials surveyed the coastline following the nor’easter… Read More
Louisiana is getting larger. The state is adding miles of new land to slow down powerful storms. Over the last few decades, Louisiana has lost miles of coastline, making communities more vulnerable to storms. This newest line of defense will essentially act as a “speed bump” when storms rage in from the Gulf of Mexico…. Read More
Members will detail efforts during online online forum LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) — The restoration of the La Crosse River Marsh is reaching a milestone. The City’s Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department launched the multi-year project to address hydrology, habitat and recreational infrastructure of the marsh. Wednesday, members of the effort will talk about what… Read More