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It’s tough to forget the images from 2017 and 2019. Historic water levels on Lake Ontario that spilled over the shoreline in Niagara County and beyond. Between the flooding in 2017 and 2019, the cost of damage to the state alone was more than $6 million. On average, homeowners saw $95,000 in damage. Could there… Read More
Chained between rusty beams on Chelsea Creek in East Boston is a big, floating ball of plants. It’s made of wood chips encased in coconut fiber and netting, with marsh grass growing on top and seaweed underneath. And it’s heavy; the pod weighs in at about a ton when waterlogged. This bobbing ball is part of… Read More
The shrinking shoreline at Wrightsville Beach is in desperate need of sand. “We can’t get our ocean rescue vehicles from point A to point B in some places, because there’s just not enough beach,” Mayor Darryl Mills said. Rebuilding that usually happens every three years is behind schedule. Officials said they have faced numerous challenges… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the company has made significant progress since the dredge Ellis Island joined the dredge Liberty Island in Buxton on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. These two dredges used two separate landing points, and together they have delivered approximately 200,000 cubic yards of sand along the shoreline of Buxton over the past… Read More
In West Michigan, Muskegon Lake will soon be removed from the list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern. The completion of restoration efforts comes after over 30 years and $70 million invested in cleanup. Along with the progress and promise of economic revitalization, there is still work to be done to protect water resources in… Read More
The overall puzzle of ocean restoration is complex; but to Dow, it is clear that organized cleanups are one of the most important pieces — because they can create a spark that will ignite the type of passion it takes to drive change. Many sustainability-interested individuals know about the benefits of beach cleanups when it… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards had a significant contract win back in April when it was awarded a $13,725,953 Navy contract for the production of the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV), engineering services and other direct costs. If all options are exercised the contract has a potential total value of nearly $123 million. The contract was… Read More
Shoaling in Manasquan Inlet has created a large sand bar on the Point Pleasant Beach side of the inlet that looked more like a beach during Thursday afternoon’s low tide. The sand has been building up for most of the summer, most likely a result of steady south winds pushing the sand in, according to… Read More
This may sound a bit strange, but we’re delighted to see Jersey Shore dredging projects even at the risk of inconvenience to summer visitors. After years of silt building up in back bays and increasingly strangling the crucial boating portion of the shore economy, the restoration of channels and docks has become rather routine. That’s… Read More
This is not what residents of Flagler Beach–or Flagler County–want to hear, certainly not after huge and alarming carve-out of sand and dunes north of the pier in the last two weeks: anecdotal speculation to the contrary, much of that sand is not coming back. Not unless documented erosion trends of the last 49 years,… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the dredges Ellis Island and Liberty Island have made significant progress over this past week. As of yesterday morning (Wednesday, August 10, 2022) over 90 percent of the total contract volume (1.2 million cubic yards of sand) has been placed in the Buxton beach nourishment project area, and the project… Read More
Those who stroll along the Belfast waterfront likely walk right by a National Historic Landmark without ever knowing it. That’s because the USS Sequoia, a 1925 motor yacht that served as the so-called Floating White House for eight presidents, is being stored under white plastic in a city-owned parking lot adjacent to the Belfast Harbor Walk. The… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the dredges Ellis Island and Liberty Island have made significant progress over this past week. As of Aug. 10, over 90 percent of the total contract volume (1.2 million cubic yards of sand) has been placed in the Buxton beach nourishment project area, and the project is expected to be… Read More
Where anglers once enjoyed catching walleyes, and swimmers played in the refreshing cool, the crew of the Michael B. now toils night and day. Their mission is to reclaim Lake Redwood and bring back those opportunities to swim, fish and paddle these waters at Redwood Falls. “The community is really excited about having it back,”… Read More
The new Harbor Commission President for the Port of Long Beach ushered in the start of her term by outlining environmental, community, and workforce goals for the year. As head of the board that sets policy for the port, on 11 August Sharon L. Weissman said she wants to sharpen the port’s environmental focus. Weissman noted the… Read More