Dredging aimed to preserve Back Bay Fens’ Muddy River

In an effort involving city, state and federal government agencies, along with a local citizen committee, the Back Bay Fens’ Muddy River is in the midst of a restoration project that could have lasting impacts on the watershed’s flow, quality and biodiversity. Managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, phase two of the project began… Read More

Gov. DeSantis announces $42.9M state grant to clean up Lakeland’s Lake Bonnet

LAKELAND — Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Bonnet Springs Park Friday to announce the City of Lakeland will receive $42.9 million in state funds from the Department of Economic Opportunity to help prevent future flooding in communities near Lake Bonnet, the park’s namesake. “I think I speak for the citizens of Lakeland and the region of… Read More

City of Sarasota wins appeal of Lido Beach renourishment lawsuit by Siesta Key

SARASOTA – With work nearly complete on efforts to renourish Lido Key’s shoreline, the Second District Court of Appeals has shot down an appeal attempting to challenge the joint project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Sarasota.   The court issued the decision Wednesday against the Siesta Key Association and longtime… Read More

$5M Approved For Dredging Harbor

The State Bond Commission voted Friday to fund a $5 million study and design to deepen New Haven Harbor’s navigation channel. Under the plan, the channel will be deepened by five feet. The waterway basin will be widened to allow larger vessels to reach the terminals along the harbor, which is New England’s second largest… Read More

Hawrelak Lake will likely get cleaned up during planned refresh of the river valley park

Ongoing dredging will make it usable for more water activities, councillors told The lake at Hawrelak Park will likely be cleaned up as part of the larger plan to rehabilitate the 54-year-old park, city councillors agreed at a committee meeting Wednesday. The estimated $1.9-million clean-up would require ongoing dredging the bottom of the human-made lake,… Read More

Oceanside Harbor Reports Shift In Dredging Schedule (Manson)

The seasonal Grunion run has caused a shift in the Oceanside Harbor dredge schedule. OCEANSIDE, CA — The City of Oceanside Harbor released an OCEANSIDE HARBOR DREDGE UPDATE on April 16 regarding a shift in the dredging schedule. “The seasonal Grunion run has caused a shift in the dredge schedule. As a result of recent… Read More

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The annual dredging of the Santa Barbara harbor has begun with a stream of silty water shooting out from a location halfway down the beach front. The process involves the dredge boat doing its work in the harbor entrance where currents dump tons of sand each year. At times it has… Read More

Crab Bank compromise will move dredge material away from mouth of Shem Creek

MOUNT PLEASANT — The Army Corps of Engineers will adjust where it will place sediment to renourish the Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary after a continuous push from the town. The Corps thought it had reached a compromise with Mount Pleasant in 2018 after agreeing to shift the sediment to the southeast, but leaders remained unsatisfied…. Read More

Biden willing to negotiate aspects of $2 trillion infrastructure plan: Energy Secretary Granholm

President Joe Biden could alter some aspects of his $2 trillion infrastructure proposal and may be open to breaking it up into several smaller packages, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “The president is willing to negotiate what this looks like,” Granholm told “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos. “He knows… Read More

UT begins offshore search for sand resources to protect Texas from coastal erosion

Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin will embark from Galveston on April 14 in search of sunken treasure that holds the key to protecting Texas from storms and rising seas: sand. About 80% of Texas’ Gulf shoreline is critically eroded, and the state is running out of easily accessible sand to rebuild and… Read More

How California stands to benefit from the $2.2 trillion infrastructure proposal

“This is a game changer,” Gov. Gavin Newsom exulted last week during a news conference. “We are very, very enthusiastic.” Was he talking about his recent coronavirus vaccination? The latest poll in the recall campaign? No, he was reveling in news from what has long been California’s sweet spot — infrastructure, baby. Perhaps more than any other… Read More

U.S. EPA Program funds California watershed restoration

The California State Water Resources Control Board will use $4.4 million of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant to fund projects in seven counties around the state. EPA’s Nonpoint Source Program grant assists the State Board in implementing programs to address pollution caused by runoff moving over the ground, known as nonpoint source pollution. The… Read More

Under state budget, Peconic Estuary Program to receive twice the funding

An organization focused on protecting the waterways and wetlands surrounding Peconic Bay is set to get a major boost in funding under the state budget.The Peconic Estuary Partnership was awarded more than double the funding under the final budget, according to Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor). The package includes $450,000 for the partnership, which received… Read More

Another regulatory obstacle to offshore wind is gone

In a blog posting yesterday, Seth Jaffe, a partner at environmental law firm Foley Hoag, reports that “on Friday, the Principal Deputy Solicitor at the Department of Interior issued a memorandum on how DOI should balance the criteria in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in issuing leases for offshore wind. The new memorandum replaces… Read More

OPINION: Offshore wind—the fallacy of just this once

By Aaron C. Smith, President of the Offshore Marine Service Association At home, I live in a near constant state of “just this once.” From YouTube and TikTok, to desserts and kittens, every request my kids, Campbell (9) and Mazie (7), make is prefaced with this obviously inaccurate disclaimer. While I’m not the quickest to… Read More