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Mark Olson took a break on his coastal bike ride to survey the damaged stretch of sand. “Unbelievable,” said Olson, looking down at the battered beach from above on Thursday, Jan. 14. “I’m just blown away. I wonder what next that’s going to give?” Mother Nature took a big bite out of Capistrano Beach, chomping… Read More
MALIBU—On January 13, the City of Malibu issued a press release on the Dune Restoration Project underway to protect and restore Dune Habitat at Zuma Beach. The Malibu Living Shoreline Project is a multi-agency partnership with the city to restore coastal dune habitat. As the project broke ground mid-December 2020 at Zuma Beach near Zuma… Read More
More pollution has been sweeping past the Conowingo Dam since its reservoir filled with sediment a decade ago, allowing millions of pounds of nutrient pollution to wash downstream to the Chesapeake Bay and creating a costly cleanup problem. But, some say they have — literally — dredged up a solution. A new corporation, Conowingo Systems,… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started fabrication of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), January 7. The start of fabrication signified that the first 100 tons of steel had been cut. “The start of fabrication for one of the U.S. Navy’s most critical assets is always a… Read More
BLUE HILL — A dredge of the town’s scenic inner harbor could mean access for all sizes of boats, no matter the tide, and thus increased economic activity for the town. Main Street and its shops, restaurants and businesses are just feet from the inner harbor. The Army Corps of Engineers has been considering a… Read More
The Government of Canada has allowed for three offshore exploration drilling projects operated by BHP, Equinor, and Chevron to proceed. The oil companies can now move forward with obtaining further authorizations and permits from federal departments. Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, announced on Monday that the proposed BHP’s Canada Exploration Drilling… Read More
While there are efforts to reinforce its beaches and marshes, some of Barataria Bay is slowly slipping away. Sandwiched between the Mississippi River and Bayou Lafourche, the Barataria Bay in Louisiana is a latticework of shrinking marsh, swamp, and islands. Few other coastlines in the Mississippi River Delta—or anywhere in the United States—have changed as… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor will resume dredging Perdido Pass in early January. The work is expected to take approximately one month. Heavy equipment will be on the beach, west of the pass and the public is asked to be respectful of the work areas. Additionally, boaters are asked to maintain a safe… Read More
The wait continues for the second phase of the Little Lake cleanup project in Sturgeon Bay’s Sunset Park. Meanwhile, Lake Michigan’s high water levels have seeped in during the past two years, deepening the normally shallow water body and helping to mitigate water-quality issues. “I’ve heard over the years, ‘The solution to pollution is dilution,’”… Read More
The coastal setting around Sequim Bay has always been a special place with distinctive people. People who have valued its beauty and its resources. People who have sought to understand the behavior of the natural world around it, through observation and investigation. One might say it’s always been a place of science. Today, approximately 100… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) — A bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) to address rising water levels and shoreline erosion in the Great Lakes has been signed into law, Senator Peters announced Monday. The new law provides support for local communities facing rising water levels, coastal erosion, and flooding that have put homes,… Read More
The governors of Illinois and Michigan have agreed to work jointly to protect the Great Lakes from invasive Asian carp species. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker have announced an intergovernmental agreement between the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) that allows Illinois to… Read More
Neighbors play an influential role in private oceanfront landowners’ decisions to protect their shorelines from erosion and rising sea levels, which could lead to excessive armoring of the coastline, a new analysis from Oregon State University shows. Researchers studied 25 years of decisions by private coastal property owners in Oregon to better understand what drives… Read More
OCEAN — Given that 2020 was such a difficult year, the N.C. Coastal Federation said it is pleased to share “some really remarkable and encouraging accomplishments.” The NCCF said in an announcement Dec. 23 it continued protecting and restoring the North Carolina coast in 2020 “thanks to the significant contributions of many partners and supporters.”… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Equipment for the soon-to-start Emerald Isle beach nourishment project should arrive by next week, with work scheduled to begin between Jan. 24-31. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said in an email Thursday the water-based equipment – submerged pipelines, tugboats and ancillary vessels – will arrive first at… Read More