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Amid encouraging signs, researchers and activists are struggling to make progress in the face of agricultural inputs, climate change, and relentless development. On a warm October day, six researchers ventured out to a reef in Baines Creek, a tributary of Virginia’s Elizabeth River. Back in 2014, the Army Corps of Engineers had dumped tons of… Read More
TAMPA, Fla. — Environmental groups are urging federal lawmakers to allocate $10 billion in the upcoming infrastructure package for coastal restoration projects to prevent flooding and bolster the economy. The move would have a big impact on Florida, where tidal flooding has increased by 352% since 2000. More than 100 groups have signed a letter… Read More
For weeks at a time, crews have been scouring remote sections of the West Coast — digging out massive fishing nets, hauling lines, tossing thousand of buoys and shifting mountains of Styrofoam to try to make a dent in the ocean refuse finding its way onto B.C.’s wildest shores. A shocking 210 tonnes of flotsam… Read More
The 147 hectares of intact coastal beach, sand dunes and wetlands was purchased for $780K The Nova Scotia Nature Trust has purchased a coastal wilderness area near Port La Tour, N.S., to save it from future development and provide a safe space for at-risk birds. Port La Tour Beach, which is about 11 kilometres south… Read More
PermaCity is installing a 2.2-MW solar array atop an ocean research facility on the wharf at the Port of Los Angeles. Once completed, it is likely the project will be the second largest solar installation at a U.S. port. PermaCity, a division of Catalyze, is using its proprietary SolarStrap roof mounting technology on the project… Read More
San Francisco Bay Area levees, on average, need to be raised 7 feet over the next 80 years to protect cities and infrastructure from severe damage and flooding caused by expected sea level rise. The only way levees can be built taller and stronger is with clean dirt excavated from construction sites in the… Read More
History has been dredged up at the back of Paroa. Contractors working on a residential development at Paroa Estate, just south of Greymouth, have unearthed the remains of what they believe to be the Leviathan dredge, which worked the area about the year 1900. Part of the dredge was exposed about two weeks ago, and… Read More
WASHINGTON – Louisiana’s senior senator, Bill Cassidy, is praising the bipartisan agreement reached Thursday on an infrastructure package. Cassidy, along with nine other senators, met with President Joe Biden before announcing a deal had been reached. “It’s huge,” Cassidy said. “The biggest infrastructure package in the history of the United States of America. More money… Read More
Corpus Christi (Nueces County) — In the 16 months since Phillips 66 and Trafigura Group pte. Ltd. announced the formation of a joint venture to build an offshore deepwater port near Corpus Christi Bay the stakeholders have kept busy meeting the demands of a federal permitting process that includes an extensive inquiry into the environmental… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The Carteret County Beach Commission will consider endorsing an application for a U.S. Department of Defense grant for nourishment at Radio Island, in connection to a dredging project for east Taylor’s Creek, when it meets Monday in Emerald Isle. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. in the town commission meeting room… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY — Carteret County-area commercials and recreational fishermen are working with Coastal Carolina Riverwatch to tackle threats to water quality. CCRW announced Wednesday it’s launched a new program, Water Quality for Fisheries. The effort is a collaboration between CCRW and commercial and recreational fishermen to build stakeholder and public support for improving North Carolina’s… Read More
Voters approve $1.9M for sewage treatment facility, money to hire two new EMTs WELLFLEET – Town meeting voters on Saturday OK’d a $21.7 million municipal budget and $1.9 million to build a sewage treatment plant for an affordable housing project planned for Lawrence Road. Town meeting also approved Fire Chief Richard Pauley’s request for… Read More
Crews are working along the Vermilion River in Lafayette Parish. It’s the first phase of Lafayette Consolidated Government’s plan to spot dredge the river, preventing future flooding. According to officials with Dredge the Vermilion, a contracted company has cleared two miles of the river within the last two weeks. Brent Logan and Harold Schoeffler tell… Read More
WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) – It cost $3.5 million to get sand offshore to put on the beach between Kuhio Beach Park and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in a project completed last month. But some are wondering if the ocean is already reclaiming a lot of that sand. The state retrieved nearly 22,000 cubic yards of sand… Read More
AUGUSTA, GA (WFXG) – The dredging project at Lake Olmstead in Augusta is making progress! The work began earlier this year. Crews are almost done with the upper pond and anticipate moving to the lower pond in just a few weeks. The lake is at the heart of downtown Augusta. It has filled in over time,… Read More