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Old Saybrook — After years of significant investment in improvements, Old Saybrook’s Harbor Management Commission (HMC) says the town is ready for boating season. Given its prime location where Long Island Sound meets the Connecticut River, Old Saybrook is a haven for boating enthusiasts. The HMC is responsible for maintaining four boating facilities around town:… Read More
California is asking the appeals court to make the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers alter the way it dredges two crucial channels in the San Francisco Bay to comply with state water quality standards. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A state’s power to regulate how the federal government maintains economically vital navigation channels is limited, a… Read More
Dredging in the St. Joseph Harbor is underway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ordered emergency dredging due to the water being as shallow as 13 feet in May, making it impossible for larger vessels to reach the inner harbor. Congressman Fred Upton says that put in jeopardy several construction projects in the region, including… Read More
The federal government is putting up $1.6 million to help Louisiana develop “smart ports” that will gather data about Mississippi River conditions and traffic from tugs, barges and other vessels, officials said Wednesday. The SmartPort project is a national first, officials said. The state is adding $1.4 million to the grant from Commerce Department’s Economic… Read More
Critics say the multibillion-dollar island-building scheme, also known as BiodiverCity, will devastate marine life and may be rendered obsolete by coronavirus-fuelled work-from-home practices Dredging had been expected to begin soon, but political heavyweight Nurul Izzah Anwar’s withdrawal of support in a ‘bombshell’ announcement has given activists hope that the project is not the fait accompli… Read More
Protest is brewing against ‘mineral sand-mining’ at the Thottappally coast in Alappuzha. The indefinite relay satyagraha being staged under the aegis of the Karimanal Ghanana Virudha Ekopana Samithi entered its third day on Saturday. Suresh Kumar S., chairman of the Samithi said, the indiscriminate mineral sand-mining could wipe out three grama panchayats — Purakkad, Thrikkunnapuzha,… Read More
Report: Tourism, recreation accounts for $235B in sales Apparently, there’s no feeling blue about the U.S. blue economy. The segment of the nation’s economy related to its oceans and the Great Lakes flexed its economic muscle in 2019 in sales ($665.7 billion), jobs (2.4 million) and its contributions to the overall U.S. gross domestic product… Read More
In a letter dated June 4, 2021, the governors of Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Virginia commended the Biden administration for its recently announced commitment to developing wind energy off the US coast.1 The governors also noted that the expansion of the offshore wind industry creates an… Read More
NEWPORT, Ore. – Oregon State University has been selected to host a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration institute focused on collaborative study of the rapidly changing ocean and expanded demands on its use. The Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Resources Studies, or CIMERS, will focus on four research themes: conservation, protection and restoration of… Read More
EVANS, N.Y. — Western New York is filled with beautiful resources, but if sites aren’t kept up, they will deteriorate. “This is a regional asset,” said Town of Evans Supervisor Mary Hosler of Sturgeon Point Marina. “We have more out of town residents using it than town residents. We need state and federal help to support… Read More
The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced plans for what will be the Biden administration’s first offshore wind sale. It will offer areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York Bight—an area of shallow waters between Long Island and the New Jersey coast. The department says the proposed lease areas have… Read More
Executive Order No. 218 reaffirms North Carolina’s commitment to creating clean energy jobs, increasing economic opportunities, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the expansion of offshore wind power. On June 9, 2021, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 218 highlighting North Carolina’s commitment to offshore wind power as the state transitions to… Read More
KALAMAZOO, MI — A Canadian-owned hydroelectric dam operator says it will increase the amount of Morrow Lake impoundment sludge being dredged from the Kalamazoo River by doing two removal projects in a multi-mile stretch of waterway that’s smothered by tons of sediment. Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), announced that… Read More
The lake is a major water source for the City of Frederick. Frederick, Md (KM) The dredging of Lake Linganore north of Boyers Mill Road has been completed. That announcement was made Thursday morning by Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner. She said the $21-million project began two years ago, and involved removing 150,000 cubic feet… Read More
Co-authored letter stresses urgent need for vital restoration project to sustain Louisiana’s coast NEW ORLEANS (June 1, 2021) — A group of more than 55 natural and physical scientists, engineers and social scientists with a combined 1,300 years of research and technical experience related to Louisiana’s coast have co-authored and signed a letter voicing support… Read More