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EMERALD ISLE — The contractor for coming the Emerald Isle beach nourishment project has been pushed back the start date again, this time to Saturday, Feb. 20. The original start date was sometime in the last week of January, but the contractor initially delayed to Friday, Feb. 12. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County… Read More
The Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration named eight new wetland and river restoration Priority Projects Wednesday. The new projects will restore wetlands and rivers to increase ecological resistance across the Commonwealth, benefit the economy and create new outdoor spaces for locals, according to a DER press release. New sites include the Upper Coonamessett River in… Read More
Erosion is threatening the area Nicole Crosby walked along the coastline near Mickler’s Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach on Friday morning, as surfers crashed into waves and shorebirds scuttled along the sand. High tide had narrowed the strip of beachfront. Crosby, who has lived in the area for several years, said the beach is thinner… Read More
A long-term adaptive management plan is in the works for considering how to redesign, relocate or remove the park and its facilities The Santa Barbara County Parks Division shared its ideas for the future of Goleta Beach Park at a virtual workshop on Thursday night. County Parks is in the process of developing an adaptive… Read More
The Tuesday agenda for the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners was short on business items, but commissioners, staff and the public found plenty to discuss. Commissioners heard about drainage problems from a Risk Road resident; they heard reports that the US Army Corps of Engineers is asking certain Columbia River shoreline residents for letters of… Read More
NextDecade Corporation has announced that it has completed an evaluation of the Galveston Bay LNG site and determined that the site in Texas City is not suitable for development of an LNG facility and related infrastructure and utilities. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District, has advised that a portion of the Galveston… Read More
The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are marking a milestone of environmental stewardship this month on the landmark restoration of Poplar Island near Talbot County. Simultaneously, the agencies are advancing plans for their next partnership using dredged materials to preserve and protect Maryland’s… Read More
The timing and magnitude of wind turbine installations in the United States are often driven by tax incentives. The U.S. production tax credit (PTC), a per-kilowatthour (kWh) credit for electricity generated by eligible renewable sources, was first enacted in 1992 and has been extended and modified in the years since. At the end of December… Read More
By Richard Balzano Congress recently made a major, if little noticed, new investment in American infrastructure. As part of the year-end budget deal, lawmakers released $10 billion that had been locked away in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to be used for its intended purpose: dredging U.S. harbors to keep our ports open and support… Read More
An astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) shot this photograph of a portion of Padre Island, a long barrier island along the southern Texas coast. Once an unbroken stretch of land, the island was separated into North and South Padre with the cutting of Mansfield Channel—first through private efforts in 1957, and then by… Read More
Newport, Rhode Island has been chosen as the future homeport for a new NOAA oceanographic research vessel being built for the agency. Discoverer will be a state-of-the-art ship that operates around the nation and the world to study and explore the ocean. “Discoverer will be one of the world’s most advanced research vessels,” said Rear Adm. Nancy Hann,… Read More
A barge carrying toxic waste dredged out of Brooklyn’s fetid Gowanus Canal has sunk — potentially delivering the muck right back into the water again, the Environmental Protection Agency revealed Tuesday. The barge — part of the EPA’s “Superfund” effort to clean the notoriously filthy waterway — went down in nearby Gowanus Bay Monday, and… Read More
NEWBURY — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton joined state and local officials in putting out a call to protect the Plum Island shoreline Monday afternoon. Marc Sarkady, the president of the Plum Island Foundation, said last week the federal fiscal 2021 budget includes $19 million for dredging sand from the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers, with some… Read More
This would be the first offshore wind farm in New York State. A proposal to build a 15-turbine wind farm in federal waters 30 miles east of Montauk Point came closer to fruition when the East Hampton Town Board approved two agreements with South Fork Wind, LLC. A press release issued by theTown says that… Read More
STONE HARBOR – In response to a letter from the Stone Harbor Property Owners Association (SHPOA), Stone Harbor Borough Administrator Robert Smith gave an update on dredging to Stone Harbor Borough Council Jan. 19. The bottom line of Smith’s comments was that “maintenance dredging is not needed this year, next year, or maybe not even the year after… Read More