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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — When it comes to spending for climate change and the environment, San Francisco Bay’s ship may finally be coming in. Congresswoman Jackie Speier recently pushed through $24 million in funding for the EPA’s Bay restoration projects in the new federal budget. That’s roughly triple the normal amount, and long overdue according… Read More
Erosion is threatening coastal communities around the state, but until now it hasn’t been clear to what extent. A study published in November 2021 by the state’s Coastal Hazards Program forecasts how much land erosion could wipe away in 48 of Alaska’s coastal communities. It’s the most comprehensive erosion assessment ever done in the state,… Read More
BALTIMORE (AP) — There’s now a plan to refloat a cargo ship that’s been stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for days, the ship’s operator said Friday. Salvor Donjon Smit has conducted underwater inspections of the 1,095-foot (334-meter) Ever Forward and a rescue team can put the refloating plan in motion, but first authorities must approve… Read More
There was little good news at the Dare County Waterways Commission meeting on Monday, March 14, as frustrations continued to simmer about the lack of immediate dredging and imminent solutions. While a new survey of the South Ferry Channel will be ordered this week, at the current moment, it is unlikely that there is enough… Read More
Savannah Harbor Deepening Complete Over the past two years, Weeks Marine’s Dredging Division has worked with the USACE Savannah District on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). The J.S. Chatry and the 506 utilized over 40,000 feet of submerged line along with two boosters to achieve a final grade elevation of -51 ft. This project… Read More
A conservation group has appealed the state’s decision to allow buried sandbags to remain in front of four oceanfront houses as part of a university study. The Coastal Conservation League filed notice this week that it will also challenge the decision in federal court as a violation of the Endangered Species Act. The board of… Read More
Millions in supplemental funds from the federal infrastructure bill signed into law last November will be spent unclogging shoaled hot spots in a handful of North Carolina’s shallow-draft inlets, giving a reprieve to the local beach towns and counties that, along with the state, have been footing much of the bill for dredging projects. The… Read More
New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst into the life and times of a New England salt marsh fundamentally changes our understanding of how salt marshes acquire the sediment that keeps them viable. This research, published recently in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, has wide-ranging implications for managing New England’s coastline… Read More
Looking to attract federal money, Louisiana will partner with two other states — Arkansas and Oklahoma — to form a regional hub in developing “clean hydrogen,” the Governor’s Office announced Thursday. The move comes after the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law dedicated $9.5 billion toward ramping up the use of hydrogen as fuel to cut carbon emissions… Read More
Housed in a sleek new building just over the levee near downtown Baton Rouge is a scale model of the lower Mississippi River Delta. Researchers use it to study how sediment moves through the river. State officials, environmental groups, and lawmakers use it to advocate for coastal restoration projects. As land along Louisiana’s coastline continues… Read More
Pensacola, Fla. – (OBA) – When Hurricane Sally made landfall in Orange Beach, Ala. in the early morning hours on September 16, 2020 it was one of the slowest moving storm in recent history. The slow moving category 2 storm caused more destruction than some category 3 storms. Hurricane Sally displaced a lot of sand… Read More
A significant amount of sand dredged from Cow Creek has been placed back into Lake Huron. Sarnia Construction Manager Robert Williams said it was placed onto the ice at the end of February. “That gave us real estate to do some additional dredging,” said Williams. “We’ve taken a total of about 5,000 cubic metres of… Read More
Even though the federal government gave San Diego $300 million to alleviate the decades-long problem of Tijuana sewage spilling over the U.S.-Mexico border, and even though everyone seems to generally agree it should be spent on a bigger border wastewater treatment plant, and even though all the necessary parties seem to be working harmoniously on… Read More
Summary translation of video of Watermaster in action on the island of Martinique. “Sargassum: It looks like mud, yet it is decomposing sargassum that is being removed by the mechanical arm on the Watermaster. Local authorities in Martinique spearheaded the drive for the removal of the Sargassum, as it causes damage to biodiversity. In just… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Army Corps of Engineers has completed maintenance dredging near the mouth of the Savannah River and recovered more centuries-old cannons. That brings the total to 19. Several were brought up from the river bottom in recent investigations, but others were missed by remote sensing and divers because of sediment. The… Read More