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MAUMEE – How does one dispose of an annual 1.5 million cubic yards of dredged sediment in an economically and ecologically feasible way, now that dumping it into Lake Erie was officially banned last year? The potential answers were discussed at the March Agribusiness Forum hosted by the Center for Innovative Food Technology and held… Read More
Middlesex County and municipalities join Resilient NJ to initiate resiliency plan to reduce flood risk The Resilient NJ: Raritan River and Bay Communities initiative seeks community input to build an equitable and impactful long-term climate adaptation strategy MIDDLESEX COUNTY – A coalition of local Middlesex County leaders and technical experts today announced the launch of the… Read More
HYDE COUNTY — A virtual meeting is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 15 on the latest efforts associated with the Lake Mattamuskeet Watershed Restoration Plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission representatives will speak on ongoing monitoring efforts during the meeting. Geosyntec Consultants and Coastal Protection Engineering representatives and East… Read More
Plans for legislation to deal with riverine flooding and improve flooding resiliency are moving forward in the North Carolina General Assembly this month, with a major review of policy and funding needs planned for next week. Last week, Sens. Danny Britt, R-Robeson, and Jim Perry, R-Lenoir, co-chairs of a new committee set up to tackle… Read More
About 20 miles southeast of Cocodrie, bulldozers are working on the state’s largest-ever project to restore barrier islands that protect inland communities from Gulf of Mexico storms. Gov. John Bel Edwards and other officials got a first-hand look Monday at the restoration work on Trinity-East Island, part of a $167 million project that will use… Read More
The City of Beardstown has given permission for the next phase of dredging to begin for the marina. The current phase of the project involves dredging under the railroad bridge to the navigation channel. The estimated cost of this phase is $200,000. Chair of the Beardstown Harbor Committee Kelly Cagle says a local employer helped… Read More
The St. Simons Sound Response team reports that cutting operations to separate Section Seven of the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray resumed over the weekend. Divers successfully placed the new cutting chain into the existing groove on the hull-side of the wreck. Along the deck-side of the wreck, response engineers have established… Read More
ALVA, FL. — The courtesy dock at W.P. Franklin South Recreation Area is closed for repairs until further notice. Boaters may use the shoreline on the west side of the boat ramp to load and offload safely. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will temporarily close the courtesy dock adjacent to the boat… Read More
Now that would be a whopper of an April Fools’ Day joke, but it happened. A dredging crew’s April 1 mix-up resulted in a surprise appearance in Tampa Bay just yards from the Anna Maria shoreline. Their location was in error and what followed, an overnight cold front, led to the April 2 closure of… Read More
On your marks, get set. Soon there will be smooth sailing. The Bradenton Beach dredging and seagrass mitigation project will begin this month with the goal to create a more navigable channel. The mitigation contractor was set to begin staging its equipment April 2, according to city attorney Ricinda Perry. Staging — involving setting up… Read More
Tacoma, WA – On Wednesday, March 31, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) joined Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Bill Posey (FL-08), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Estuary Caucus, and 35 House Members in calling on the Biden Administration to provide $10 billion in the next recovery package for coastal restoration and resilience projects. “Many of our coastal communities… Read More
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued the next phase of technical guidance under its Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO). Though it marks another step forward by the CDC, it gives no date for a restart of cruising from the U.S, and it remains unclear whether it is a sufficient advance… Read More
STRUTHERS — Dam removal work on the Mahoning River in Mahoning County is resuming for 2021. In a regional effort to revitalize the waterway between Mahoning and Trumbull counties, Struthers is the next community to have its dam removed. Mayor Catherine Cercone Miller said the work will kick off in May and wrap up in… Read More
MAUMEE – How does one dispose of an annual 1.5 million cubic yards of dredged sediment in an economically and ecologically feasible way, now that dumping it into Lake Erie was officially banned last year? The potential answers were discussed at the March Agribusiness Forum hosted by the Center for Innovative Food Technology and held… Read More
https://wus-streaming-video-msn-com.akamaized.net/18f85409-4c1c-4d9a-9551-b04d699270bf/32597fbc-f73c-4722-851d-2dc1268e_2250.mp4 An earthmover worked to dredge sand from a beach in Water Mill, New York. Drone video taken by Joanna Steidle from Hamptons Drone Images shows the diggers moving sand to help the bay connect with the ocean. The work to open the bay is part of an over 400-year tradition to help the salinity… Read More