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MANCHESTER — Town officials are looking at a new annual mooring fee to help cover dredging costs. Officials are preparing for phase two of the Manchester Harbor project — a full dredge of the waters around Proctor’s Cove and its channel leading out of the harbor. Three years ago, the town fully dredged Area C of Manchester Harbor, which includes the coast off Masconomo… Read More
Sandwiched between the Mississippi River and Bayou Lafourche, the Barataria Bay in Louisiana is a latticework of shrinking marsh, swamp, and islands. Few other coastlines in the Mississippi River Delta—or anywhere in the United States—have changed as much in recent decades. According to one estimate, the bay lost 430 square miles (1120 square kilometers) of… Read More
Public Works finished the right-of-way mowing that the department is responsible for. There are several areas around Town that is mowed that is not part of the mowing contract. The dredging project in the section of Anchor Way Canal has been completed. Public Works removed the old day markers in this canal, and new ones are being… Read More
Washington D.C. – The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement after the Massachusetts legislature passed An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy. The Act raises the Commonwealth’s Renewable Portfolio Standard target to 40 percent by 2030 and authorizes an additional 2,400 MW of offshore wind procurement, creating a total… Read More
First came the new name. Then there was the new sign. Now comes lots of new sand. Patrick Space Force Base is getting its share of a $48 million beach renourishment project, which will spread the equivalent of more than 22,000 of truck loads worth of sand onto the base from shoals five miles off of Cape Canaveral. “Beach… Read More
Traffic is down at the Soo Locks. Demand for iron ore and other commodities is down compared to last year. But some Great Lakes shipping companies are beginning to see things get a little bit better. “We are starting to see a rebound from where we were in the summer time,” says Lake Carrier Association… Read More
By David Hasemyer, Inside Climate News and Lise Olsen, Texas Observer This article was published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news outlet that covers climate, energy and the environment, and the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. This is part 5 of “Super Threats,” a series on Superfund sites and… Read More
While much of the state was paying attention to the COVID-19 relief package that passed Congress on Monday, Congressman Peter DeFazio was celebrating another win. DeFazio, who serves as the chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, said the spending bill that also passed was a big win for the nation’s coastal communities…. Read More
Because of the significant contributions from many partners and supporters during this difficult year, the North Carolina Coastal Federation, which publishes Coastal Review Online, has been able to continue its work to protect and restore the state’s coast. While the federation had to adapt to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonprofit organization… Read More
Reprinted from The Outer Banks Voice Hoping to fund two new beach nourishment projects in 2022 – one in Southern Shores and the other in Avon – the Dare County Board of Commissioners next month will consider a plan to help finance those projects with the limited amount of money currently available in the county’s… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Carteret County’s Shore Protection Office hopes to work with state legislators in 2021 to get a recurring source of funds to help local governments pay for beach nourishment projects. In an email last week, Greg Rudolph, manager of the office, said, “This is a goal for us that has been evolving over… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WECT) – Funding for beach renourishment projects is included in the stopgap spending and pandemic relief bill passed by Congress on Monday and sent to President Donald Trump for his signature. The bill provides a seven-day extension of current spending, giving lawmakers time to negotiate a final spending bill that will fund the… Read More
In January 2021, Dare County Board of Commissioners must decide how to fund existing beach nourishment commitments and add two more projects. County manager Robert L. Outten presented the dilemma at the board’s Dec. 21 meeting. Outten reported that “Avon has been struggling with beach nourishment issues,” such as keeping ocean water off NC 12… Read More
CHATHAM – If you have a home along the western shore of Chatham Harbor, the last thing you want to see is big ocean surf through breaches in the barrier beach that shelters you from the fury of the mighty Atlantic. The storm that brought heavy snowfall to a large portion of the state last… Read More
BARNSTABLE – Starting Monday, the Town of Barnstable’s contractor, Robert B Our Co., Inc. will begin dredging the Blish Point Boat Ramp. The work will consist of the removal of approximately 650 cubic yards of sediment from the boat ramp, in an effort to improve the use of the boat ramp. Dredging operations will be… Read More