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By MADDY VITALE In a continuing effort to protect Ocean City’s beaches from coastal storms that chip away at the coastline, the city is moving forward with plans to install another barrier in the areas most vulnerable to erosion. Geotubes are gigantic sock-like cylinders made of plastic fabric and stuffed with sand. They are topped… Read More
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, NC (WCTI) — North Topsail Beach is still repairing damage from Hurricane Florence more than two years after the storm struck eastern North Carolina. This week, workers are restoring sand dunes, using thousands of tons of sand to do so. The project was put on hold in November, so Town Manager David… Read More
Reprinted from OBX Today Nags Head leaders approved during its meeting Wednesday moving forward with a nearly $14 million beach nourishment project for south Nags Head to replace sand lost during the 2019 Hurricane Dorian that they hope can take place along with other beach widening efforts in Dare County planned for 2022. Commissioners also… Read More
(Feb. 11, 2021) D. Anne Atherton is asking the Select Board to reject a contract for long-term planning to protect the houses on Baxter Road from toppling over the Sconset Bluff. Atherton, a member of the Nantucket Coastal Conservancy, is worried the $157,000 contract with coastal-engineering firm Arcadis is being fast-tracked, and will consider hard-armored… Read More
SALISBURY — The town manager has sand on his mind these days, a lot of sand. The news broke late last month that the federal budget for the coming fiscal year will include $19 million for dredging sand from the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers. More than 220,000 cubic yards of sand from the Merrimack is expected… Read More
WELLFLEET — U.S. Rep. William Keating has reintroduced legislation to reauthorize the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission. The commission’s authorization expired in 2018 after being in place since 1961, when President Kennedy signed the Cape Cod National Seashore bill into law. Keating, the Cape’s Democratic congressman, had introduced similar reauthorization legislation in 2019. It passed in… Read More
CHATHAM 02/10/21 Dredge crew member Rich Randall heads towards a booster pump set up along Harding’s Beach which will help push the dredge material to Cockle Cove Beach as the Barnstable County dredge is on station at the entrance to Stage Harbor in Chatham where it will begin dredging the channel. Steve Heaslip/Cape Cod Times… Read More
Louisiana is getting $26.7 million as part of a $366 million project to restore coastal marshland and defend against hurricanes, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority announced Tuesday. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, or RESTORE Council, issued the grant, which is paid for with fines associated with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The… Read More
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The head of the state coastal restoration program says a large part of funding could dry up under energy policies President Biden approved. Some members of the state’s congressional delegation say they are prepared to pursue legal action. The states coastal protection agency is involved in $21 billion worth of projects… Read More
COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — Wolf Lodge Creek is flowing the way it should once again. The Coeur d’Alene-based Kootenai-Shoshone Soil and Water Conservation District recently completed a restoration project for the stream that drains a 40-square-mile watershed into Wolf Lodge Bay on the northeast side of Coeur d’Alene Lake. “The project re-established proper channel dimensions… Read More
The Comox Valley Marina is sharing details of last weekend’s diesel spill. In a prepared statement, it says it was undertaking a dredging program last weekend to enhance the quality of the marina for boaters. This project was done in consultation and approvals with the Department of Fisheries and Ocean, Environment Canada, the Town of… Read More
Perdido Pass dredging was completely finish this week. The heavy equipment on the beach, west of the pass, kept beachgoers out of work zones and a safe distance from the dredging operation. Pictured: Pat Thornton shared this picture of the dredging barge at sunset. Source
By Crystal McGough CLAY – Clay City Manager Ronnie Dixon told the city council at Tuesday night’s council meeting that the Publix located at 5150 Old Springville Road in Clay will soon be undertaking a $600,000+ renovation. “If you remember four years ago – it will be five when they finish – (Publix) did a… Read More
New Jersey is requesting emergency help from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fix damaged dunes and beaches carved up by last week’s strong nor’easter. In a letter sent Monday to the Army Corps’ offices in Philadelphia, New York City and Fort Hamilton, New York, acting state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M…. Read More
Nursery-grown elkhorn coral transplanted into Dry Tortugas National Park survived and thrived, growing twice as fast as corals planted in other locations in the Florida Keys, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study published in Endangered Species Research. USGS researchers are studying the growth and success of nursery-grown transplanted corals in the Florida Keys;… Read More