Microplastics have become a pressing issue for those trying to protect the Chesapeake Bay and other Virginia waterway systems from pollution Microplastic waste has become a serious threat to the ecosystem — plastic pollution in particular has grown exponentially in the past decade within Virginia, leading to disruption of the Chesapeake Bay and other large… Read More
Recently released records detailing the construction and impacts of a proposed deepwater port are up for public comment. The documents include a public notice issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – which delves into the work that would be associated with the project – and a draft environmental impact statement, posted to the… Read More
With another round of beach renourishment expected before the end of the decade, the town of Pawleys Island is looking at cuts in its four-member police department to provide money for capital projects. “I’m not for reducing safety, but I am for figuring how how to pay for these things down the road without a… Read More
A cadre of Coney Island activists diligently monitoring the dredging of Coney Island Creek are calling on the state to end work on the peninsula’s coming ferry landing after new video shows toxic materials being dumped into the waterway. “Today we are standing here because our worst suspicions have been confirmed,” said Assemblymember Mathylde Frontus… Read More
South Fork Wind has received its Record of Decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), successfully reaching a critical milestone in the federal environmental review. South Fork Wind is New York State’s first offshore wind farm. “In just six months, the U.S. offshore wind industry has seen the… Read More
So our neighborhood has some new sights in it, the site of dredging equipment as a dredging project in Southern Ocean County continues. This project in Little Egg Harbor. Now I will admit I am not familiar with dredging and I do not live directly on a lagoon, but many in our neighborhood do live… Read More
OCEAN CITY, NJ — Using the citywide dredging permit, private owners in Ocean City can now arrange to have their boat slips dredged by a private contractor at their own expense. Ocean City’s 2021-22 back bay dredging program includes maintenance dredging at North Point Lagoon, Snug Harbor, Carnival Bayou, Venetian Bayou, Sunny Harbor Lagoon, South… Read More
There are a lot of firsts and significant investments in the newly minted state budget, and among the biggest of those that check both boxes is a broad array of new efforts to increase resiliency and decrease flooding — along with the kind of money that could make it happen. Remarkable as that might be,… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — North Carolina’s Marine Fisheries Commission has approved an updated version of the state’s Coastal Habitat Protection Plan, which experts say will improve the health of the state’s wetlands and estuaries, and increase communities’ resilience to climate change. Leda Cunningham, officer for conserving marine life in the United States at The Pew… Read More
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — For the beach towns in New Hanover County, the most significant expenditures in the state budget relate to beach renourishment. The compromise budget, signed by Gov. Roy Cooper last week, followed months of negotiations between his office and the General Assembly and was the last one passed this year in the country…. Read More
Dare County has received bids for the Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Manson Construction and Weeks Marine. The bids were opened on Wednesday, November 17, 2021; however, the proposals must still be evaluated for completeness before a specific bid can be recommended to the Dare County Board… Read More
Help sustain America’s reservoirs. We’re looking for ways to remove sedimentation that regularly accumulates in reservoirs. Challenge Overview Important update on intellectual property here. Reservoirs are bodies of stored fresh water that typically form behind dams. They are a critical water source, supplying farms with irrigation and providing potable water to people and homes. Increasingly,… Read More
(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