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From an Island Free Press story Members of the Dare County Waterways Commission are seeking permission for two more rounds of emergency dredging in the South Ferry Channel in Hatteras Inlet. The commission met online July 12. A request has been submitted to the Army Corps of Engineers for dredging in late July. “The channel… Read More
Work was completed ahead of schedule. The beach at Rochester’s Cascade Lake is now open seven days a week. The Parks and Recreation Department said Tuesday that mining activities at the lake are complete, making way for daily beach operations through Labor Day. “We are excited to be able to have the beach and water… Read More
EAST BOOTHBAY, Maine — A Maine marine science lab is set to receive about $2 million to study the resiliency of deep sea ecosystems in the era of climate change. Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree said the National Science Foundation is giving the grant to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. Pingree said the… Read More
$ 2 billion over the next five years. According to this month’s survey, this is the cost of repairing and reinforcing the coastline in the area. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence City Initiative – In addition to about $ 900 million, municipalities have already spent in the last two years. The group states that… Read More
WAILUA — The county Department of Public Works Wastewater Division is currently out of compliance with state Department of Health standards at its Wailua Wastewater Treatment Plant. While the county is out of compliance, it’s advised to stay away from close Wailua beaches. Potential exposure could cause infection, nausea, fever, chills, severe headaches and diarrhea… Read More
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a virtual information session on Wednesday, July 28 to discuss the upcoming White Creek maintenance dredging project in Sussex County. The public meeting will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. More information about the project and the link to join the… Read More
City will get $200 million ‘windfall’ for variety of infrastructure and other projects State and local officials revealed a “major windfall of state funding for San Diego” on Tuesday afternoon that includes a pile of cash for fixing the pier in Ocean Beach. The good news for Obecians came in the form of a press… Read More
When Karen McGlathery used to swim in the coastal bays off Virginia’s Eastern Shore, the water would quickly turn cloudy and brown as sediment swirled around her. Now, 25 years later, for as far as she can swim the water remains clear. The sediment is anchored in place by lush green seagrass meadows, teeming with… Read More
There appears to be strong community support for building the capacity of locals to better prepare them to make decisions regarding deep sea mining, writes Te Ipukarea Society. The Tāua e Moana vaka voyage has now arrived at the fourth Northern Group island of Pukapuka having made a small deviation from its scheduled arrival in… Read More
The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance has another grant from the federal government to bring experts together on how the big push for developing offshore wind power will affect U.S. fisheries. The latest $155,000 award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund a second “Synthesis of the Science” symposium, this time on how floating… Read More
Galveston Wharves has completed a $2 million infrastructure improvement project at its West Port Cargo Complex to accommodate large roll-on/roll-off construction and farming equipment. In June the port moved its major RO/RO tenant from Pier 10 to the complex, which will encompass 70 acres on the port’s west end when completed. “This is a major… Read More
Soon after I started working at the park board in 2015, the organization embarked on an ambitious project to create a brand new beach west of 61st Street, now known as Babe’s Beach. I remember being in awe of the process that brought sand from the ship channel to the beach front. I found myself… Read More
Not everyone is blown away by New Jersey’s rapidly growing offshore wind energy industry OCEAN CITY, N.J. — New Jersey is moving aggressively to become the leader in the fast-growing offshore wind energy industry on the East Coast, but not everyone is blown away by those ambitious plans. While the state’s Democratic political leadership is… Read More
The Dare County Waterways Commission focused on both the short-term and long-term future of dredging Hatteras Inlet at their virtual meeting on Monday evening, July 12. In the short term, a request has been submitted to do another round of dredging in the South Ferry Channel in late July, as the channel has been causing… Read More
BARAGA — Two small children played in the day’s gentle surf on a seemingly unending beach on the Keweenaw Bay shoreline, running back and forth along dark-colored sands warmed by the summer sun and coarse to the touch. Up close, those tiny particles of sand tell a dark, toxic history. Beneath the children’s feet at… Read More