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We were surprised to hear some of the troubles discussed last week at a meeting with the Shell Rock River Watershed District about the district’s efforts to obtain a permit for the final phase of dredging for Fountain Lake. Plans call for the dredging of not only the east basin of the lake’s main bay… Read More
SHARONVILLE, Ohio — If you have visited Sharon Woods recently, you’ll have noticed Sharon Lake is now drained. This is the second phase of work happening in the lake dredging project at Sharon Woods. This project will run through the fall of 2025 and is currently happening to help improve the health of the lake… Read More
The federal agency in charge of a long-awaited beach replenishment project on Ocean County’s northern barrier island has successfully closed its bidding process for the work, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told Shorebeat. The project has been delayed for over two years as the bidding process has played out amidst rising… Read More
DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District will begin dredging 29,500 cubic yards of shoaling near the entrance to St. Joseph Harbor this week and conclude in late August. USACE maintains about 1.5 miles of federal navigation channel to a depth of up to 21 feet in the harbor entrance and… Read More
The Alaska Gastineau Mill closed in 1921 due to ore that was too low grade to mine cost-effectively. Its remnants are visible on the hill above Thane Road — and below the road on the Sheep Creek Delta miners are still searching for gold from the tailings. However, impacts from a type of their prospecting… Read More
TAMPA, Fla. — After years of neglect, Tampa’s Palmetto Beach is finally getting much-needed funding for revitalization. A $30 million investment is being made in the “Pathways to Palmetto Project.” For more than five generations, the Reynolds family has been a vital part of the DeSoto Park community. “My great-grandparents were here,” said Thomas Reynolds. “They did… Read More
Ten months after OCparks deposited 45,000 cubic yards of sand at Capistrano (Capo) Beach Park and the South end of Doheny State Beach (an area known locally as “Hole in the Fence”) about 2/3rds of it seems to have dissipated, creating a sandier, gentler slope into the water for certain, but also, drifting south to adjacent beaches,… Read More
Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce and NOAA have recommended $72.5 million for a project in New Jersey to make the state’s coast more resilient to climate change and other coastal hazards. The project encompasses 16 coastal New Jersey counties. The awards are being made under the Biden Administration’s Climate… Read More
WEST OCEAN CITY, Md. — Sand build-up near the West Ocean City Harbor continues to give boaters a hard time. Moving through those waters should get a bit easier though after one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges got to work on Friday. Source
Backed by GPS data, photographs, and eyewitness accounts from the ground and from a fishing vessel, four people–two of them key advocates of the beach renourishment project ongoing in Flagler Beach, two of them fishing-vessel owners–are warning in dire terms that the dredging of over 1 million cubic yards of sand from the sea bottom several miles offshore is… Read More
Boaters in Ocean City may notice some unusual activity this week as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts dredging operations just outside a docking point in West Ocean City near Sunset Ave. Pete Kelly, who runs scuba charters near the area, says the waters desperately needed attention. Source
The Dare County-managed Miss Katie hopper dredge conducted maintenance dredging in Sloop Channel this past week, following a collaborative effort by Hyde County, Dare County, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), and the Amry Corps of Engineers (Corps) to coordinate emergency dredging over the past few months. An emergency dredging project was authorized by the Corps… Read More
The accelerating pace of global change poses grave challenges to marine systems and to billions of people who live near coastlines. Worldwide, coastal communities face existential threats: rising sea levels, increased storm intensity and flooding, loss of agricultural land and impaired water quality. At this crucial moment, William & Mary will lead the way forward…. Read More
A project to add more sand to North Beach in San Clemente is set to get underway July 31, after a permitting delay pushed the start back a few weeks. The replenishment effort will involve hauling truckloads of sand to the eroded stretch of beach, with a goal of bringing about 30,000 cubic yards that was dredged… Read More
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has signed off on a four-year, $1.14 million partnership with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to examine sediment levels in Lake Accotink and Accotink Creek and identify the best strategies for preserving the lake. The partnership follows a December 2023 recommendation by a task force of community members, environmental groups, nonprofits, and… Read More