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Filmed on January 5, this video takes you inside the ongoing dredging project at Pamet Harbor, illustrating both the challenges crews face and the critical role the work plays in protecting coastal infrastructure. The dredging operation has a target volume of approximately 9,000 cubic yards, which under ideal conditions would typically take about 12 dredging… Read More
By Laylan Connelly | lconnelly@scng.com | Orange County Register A restoration project spearheaded by the Surfrider Foundation to repair and care for coastal dunes is underway in northern Seal Beach. The effort seeks to rebuild dunes, a nature-based solution, to help combat flooding, with the sand mounds covered with vegetation acting as a natural barrier… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House and Senate both passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2026, securing $5 million in federal funding for the Coastal Texas Project, a historic U.S. Army Corps of Engineers effort aimed at saving lives, protecting communities, and defending nationally significant energy and industrial infrastructure on Texas’s… Read More
DNREC initiated construction of the Broadkill Beach Dune Realignment Project as a targeted effort to reduce ongoing dune losses and improve the effectiveness of storm protection along approximately one mile of shoreline. Work began on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, to realign and reconstruct the existing artificial dune and create a broader, more gently sloping beach…. Read More
By Christopher Gangemi The East Hampton Town Board, minus Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, who was attending Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address in Albany, took a bit of a victory lap at Tuesday’s meeting in Montauk for the completion of the Ditch Plain dune. The 16-foot-tall “emergency structure” now stands impudently, or perhaps daringly, maybe… Read More
BOSTON, MA – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.) and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-1), James McGovern (MA-2), Lori Trahan (MA-3), Jake Auchincloss (MA-4), Seth Moulton (MA-6), Ayanna Pressley (MA-7), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-8), and Bill Keating (MA-9) in announcing that Massachusetts will receive an estimated $92.8 million… Read More
As Earth warms due to climate change, oceans are heating up, becoming more acidic, and losing oxygen. These changes threaten marine life, food webs, and global fisheries. Scientists agree that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is essential, but current efforts are not enough to keep global warming below the 1.5–2 degrees Celsius targets set by the… Read More
There’s an all-new place to explore on your trip to California. In January, a massive stretch along the Sonoma Coast was once again opened for use after being closed off to the public for more than a century. “This area has been completely inaccessible to the general public essentially for 100 years, so we’re really excited to… Read More
A side benefit of the latest channel dredging project overseen by the New Jersey Department of Transportation will result in shoreline stabilization and habitat enhancement for Boot Island; a barrier island near Atlantic City. The $1.8 million Brigantine Channel Spur dredging project, conducted by New Jersey DOT contractor Mobile Dredging & Video Pipe Inc., will restore… Read More
Low water levels in the Thompson River have forced the Kruger Kamloops Pulp Mill to carry out emergency dredging near its Mission Flats facility. As of Wednesday afternoon, multiple excavators were visible working on the riverbed south of Windbreak Street. According to Kruger spokesperson Marie-Claude Tremblay, the water level in the river is so low… Read More
The government of Quintana Roo is advancing a large-scale beach restoration plan covering 33.5km of coastline across four municipalities, as coastal erosion continues to threaten public spaces and tourism infrastructure in key destinations such as Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Morelos, and Cozumel. State officials expect the project to receive federal environmental authorization by 1Q26,… Read More
Our U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NY District is removing approximately 550,000 cubic yards of sand material from the East Rockaway Inlet in Queens, N.Y. This dredging project will not only provide safe navigation for the community, but the sand material being removed will be beneficially reused as beach renourishment along the Far Rockaway Beach… Read More
Work is underway on Oceanside’s Coastal Dune Restoration Pilot Project at spots along North Harbor Beach, North Strand, and the San Luis Rey River mouth. Crews are installing fencing and planting native Pink Sand Verbena seeds harvested from Camp Pendleton. The restored coastal dunes will provide low-cost coastal resilience against storm events and high wave surf,… Read More
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced more than $2 million in new funding to restore and monitor salt marshes along the Massachusetts’ coastline. Salt marshes protect communities from flooding, prevent damage from storms and rising seas, serve as habitat for fisheries and wildlife, and absorb carbon that would otherwise contribute… Read More
Palm Beach’s coastline continue to gain sand, thanks dredging and sand and dune-nourishment efforts, the town’s coastal engineering consultant told the Shore Protection Board during its recent meeting. During the Jan. 8 meeting, Mike Jenkins said Palm Beach’s 12.2 mile-shoreline has gained 5.75 million cubic yards of sand since the town first started measuring long-term sand volumes… Read More