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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
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