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Twenty years later, restoration and recovery continue in this vulnerable coastal city. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, reshaping not only the physical landscape of South Louisiana and Mississippi but also the emotional and political contours of our coastal communities. In the storm’s wake, many residents were displaced, entire neighborhoods submerged,… Read More
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Two major milestones this week for Fort Myers Beach as the town is seeing real progress with its iconic Fort Myers Beach pier, and its beach renourishment project is expected to be complete by next week. Fort Myers Beach’s massive beach renourishment project, working to restore the shoreline, is finally… Read More
Army Corps of Engineers says they will return next week QUINCY – Crews dredging the Mississippi River in Quincy were pulled off their work on August 13th. “The Dredge that was working in the Quincy Boat Harbor was called away as it was needed for emergency dredging operations on the Red River in Vicksburg, MS,”… Read More
Baton Rouge, LA – The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are utilizing a $25,000 grant from Shell to conduct sea turtle nesting surveys on the Chandeleur Islands for the fourth consecutive year. Thanks to the collaborative effort,… Read More
For over 30 years, I have dedicated myself to the protection and restoration of Louisiana’s coast. As a legislator for 12 years serving as chairman of the Natural Resources and Environment Committee, a Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority board member representing the House of Representatives as well as parish president of Terrebonne Parish for eight… Read More
The Missoula County Commissioners approved a large dredging project Thursday to remove sediment buildup from a popular boating and float plane dock in Seeley Lake. The project will remove 600 cubic yards of lakebed to restore space for boats and planes along the shoreline of Lindey’s Prime Steakhouse. Owners of the business said the project… Read More
If you’ve traveled to Dauphin Island in the past two years, you’ve obviously noticed all the work that’s ongoing along the Dauphin Island Causeway. Rows of riprap, piles of dredge material and heavy equipment dot the east side of the roadway for more than 3 miles. The Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Project is being… Read More
Overdredging, or dredging beyond the specified design dredge depth, comes with more risks and undesirable effects — many of which have the power to create cost inefficiencies and even sink profits for contractors. Often poorly defined or misinterpreted in contracts, the realities of overdredging can be a major source of costs and contention. It also… Read More
CHARLESTOWN — Last Thursday at a community presentation it was announced that funding for the Charlestown Breachway restoration project has come in, and what the plans entail for the next steps of the process. Over the past year-and-a-half, Charlestown GIS Coordinator Steve McCandless has been working closely with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, the… Read More
The anchor and anchor chains of the hopper dredge Wheeler receive a new coat of paint after regular inspections while in drydock at the Alabama Shipyard in Mobile, Ala., Aug. 9, 2025. The Wheeler is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, and is the largest hopper dredge in USACE. The… Read More
Over the past five years, NOAA and co-trustees have secured over $86 million from twelve pollution settlements addressing eight oil spills and four hazardous waste sites in the Southeast region. These funds contribute to the $9 billion recovered for restoration in the region since 1991. These recovered funds are used for restoration projects that benefit… Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH — A sand replenishment project in Croatan Beach was put on hold to allow loggerhead turtle eggs to hatch. It has been rescheduled to after turtle nesting and hatching season ends in November, said Mark Haviland, spokesperson for the Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the project. The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response… Read More
For thousands of years, before climate change started accelerating, New Jersey’s coastal marshes slowly regenerated through a harmonious process that deposited sediment from adjoining waters and kept the marshes elevated. But now, these natural areas are vanishing. Rapidly rising sea levels and erosion are causing marshes to drown, with open water replacing once lush stretches of… Read More
FAIRHOPE, Ala. — A customer is waiting as Patrick Gormandy steers his deep-water trawler — the Captain Sam B — back to the dock after a day of shrimping on Mobile Bay. Gormandy shovels plump shrimp from the boat’s holding tank into plastic tubs that look like old-fashioned laundry baskets. “If only there were more of them,”… Read More
The Bogue Sound is over 23 miles of beach, stretching from Emerald Isle all the way to Fort Macon, and officials say they are caught in a never-ending battle of beach restoration. Ryan Davenport is the shore protection manager for Carteret County, he walked News 12 through the constant battle they face with the stretches… Read More