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RACINE — More than a year after a fierce storm battered and ripped apart Racine’s coastline, no major restoration has been done as the city is still working its way through the bureaucratic process of obtaining federal and state funds for restoration. Racine has applied for $2.58 million from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) for… Read More
In November 1947, the world’s first real offshore oil well entered service off the coast of Louisiana, ushering in an entirely new industry. It was a line of business that hadn’t been seen before, and it created a new fleet of offshore vessels and thousands of seagoing jobs in the decades that followed. The techniques… Read More
This year, the big beach replenishment project will be along the Outer Banks in North Carolina’s Dare County. Communities from Duck not far from the Virginia line south to Buxton on Hatteras Island are spending about $99 million to add sand to their ever-shrinking beaches. In the summer of 2019, it was Virginia Beach’s turn…. Read More
Suffolk County’s Mount Sinai Harbor dredging project has officially been completed The long-awaited dredging project began in December 2020 after the completion of the Town of Brookhaven’s project to repair the Mount Sinai Harbor jetties in May 2020. Plans for the dredging of the Mount Sinai Harbor began with resolution 2026-2011, co-sponsored by Suffolk County… Read More
The Southern Shores Town Council continued the discussion Tuesday evening, February 2 for funding the beach nourishment project through establishing municipal service districts (MSDs). The council also approved a motion to receive bids for Sea Oats Trail road improvement. Town manager Cliff Ogburn recommended boundaries for the proposed MSDs, a critical part of the funding… Read More
This USA Today Network special report explores solutions to deep threats that flow through New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland as the Susquehanna River feeds the Chesapeake Bay — with life and death. The last resident of Applegarth, Md., left Lower Hoopers Island in 1920. They left for good. The land that was home to a… Read More
A major coastal restoration effort in Terrebonne Parish remains on schedule despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority recently completed its preliminary design for the $157 million Terrebonne Basin Ridge and Marsh Creation Project. Money comes from fines paid by BP from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The work will restore and maintain… Read More
A councillor wants to know why the river through Newport Pagnell hasn’t been dredged and whether a build up of silt in the Great Ouse contributed to the town’s worst flooding in 23 years. Milton Keynes Council’s Lib Dem leader Cllr Douglas McCall (Newport Pagnell South) said Priory Street in the town had been flooded… Read More
ILWACO — Little noticed but important work is underway, focused on the bottom of local marinas. Annual dredging has commenced, crucial efforts needed to keep local waterways navigable and preserve access to the Port of Ilwaco and Chinook for commercial and recreational vessels. Annual dredging started in early January and will conclude by Feb. 28,… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a website, the “Digital Coast,” that hosts a variety of tools, data sets, and training sessions useful for coastal management. New RFF research estimates the economic value of uses of the site and finds sizable benefits. How valuable are the products, such as data and models, that… Read More
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (NBEP) just completed an interactive, online narrative that pioneers the use of cell phone data to look at tourism and recreation on our coasts from the perspective of environmental management. The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (NBEP) recently completed an interactive, online narrative that pioneers the use of cell phone data to look… Read More
COOS BAY — Federal authorities on Monday affirmed the state of Oregon’s finding that a proposed major West Coast liquified natural gas pipeline and export terminal is not consistent with its coastal zone management plans. Jordan Cove’s Canadian backers, Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp., had appealed the state’s finding to the U.S. Commerce Department. The company… Read More
The EPA has confirmed that a small hole on a barge full of sediment from the Gowanus Canal is what caused it to sink last month. BROOKLYN, NY — A two-week investigation into why a barge full of sediment from the Gowanus Canal sank in January has wrapped up this week, federal officials announced. The… Read More
TOMS RIVER – The township is prepared to repair storm-damaged beaches, dune fencing and walkovers in the Ortley Beach section if the federal government does not step in to help, township Engineer Robert J. Chankalian said Tuesday night. Speaking at a Township Council meeting, Chankalian said while Toms River hopes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
By South Jersey Times Editorial Board Online grocery sellers. Big-box retail stores. Plexiglass fabricators. Meal delivery services. Remote meeting platform providers. Whiskey and wine producers. These are a few of the industries that had bigger sales, predictably, in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic and its lockdowns took hold. One area of revenue growth might be… Read More