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BOGUE BANKS — A referendum for a quarter-cent hike in local sales and use taxes failed again Nov. 3, meaning local governments still have to chip in on dredging projects. This year’s General Election ballot included a question on whether or not Carteret County voters support a local quarter-cent sales tax increase. While state statute… Read More
North Topsail Beach is moving forward with plans to embark on a joint, 50-year, multi-million-dollar beach renourishment project. North Topsail’s Board of Aldermen recently instructed the town’s attorney to notify U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials that the town intends to join in on the proposed federal project and will at the appropriate time sign… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The Carteret County Beach Commission is poised to make a major decision Monday — whether to switch from local and state funding to federal funding and management for Bogue Banks beach nourishment projects. The commission, which advises the office of Carteret County Shore Protection Manager Greg Rudolph, will meet at 2 p.m…. Read More
Enbridge could start the construction on Line 3 in December. Minnesota agencies on Thursday granted environmental permits for Enbridge’s proposed oil pipeline across northern Minnesota, critical approvals needed for construction to begin soon on the controversial $2.6 billion project. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) approved permits dealing with water-quality and wetland issues arising from… Read More
Heavy equipment operators began work recently to dredge stamp sands north of Grand Traverse Harbor in Keweenaw County. Roughly 100 years ago, historic copper mine tailings from the Wolverine and Mohawk mines – called stamp sands – were deposited at a milling site along Lake Superior, located in the community of Gay in Keweenaw County…. Read More
OCEAN CITY, Md. — The completion of one of two proposed wind farms off the coast of Ocean City may be delayed for the second time this year, according to the company in charge of the project. The completion of the Skipjack Wind Farm, which is being built by Ørsted, is facing another delay, according to comments by Ørsted… Read More
In an article of the November 6 Falmouth Enterprise, Harbormaster Fraser rightly points out that annual dredging of the Eel Pond channel would be expensive and wasteful. Perhaps it’s time to consider a longer-term solution that could also help address a few additional issues like nitrogen loading and climate change. Consider a flood gate installed… Read More
An Aurora City Council committee this week recommended work that would help drainage and water quality and ease flooding at Mastodon Lake on the East Side. The work also would allow about 100 properties — some residential and some business — to be taken out of the lake’s floodplain, meaning they would no longer have… Read More
In another big step in the the plan to rebuild dunes along Flagler’s 18 miles of shore, the county secured a $3.8 million state grant to build the segment that parallels Gamble Rogers State Recreation Area at the south end of Flagler Beach, extending the planned 2.6 miles of dune reconstruction by the U.S. Army… Read More
Another coastal town is taking steps to clean up abandoned and derelict vessels, or ADVs, in its waterways. Last month, the Jacksonville City Council approved an ordinance to tackle the more than a dozen ADVs that are a threat to navigation, a possible source of pollution in the New River and a potential hazard during… Read More
On Oct. 28, $302 million was given to Gulf Coast states to be used for environmental restoration projects following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Florida received $73 million of these funds. In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig owned by BP Exploration & Production exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Four… Read More
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – Sailors, fishermen and other boaters are learning to navigate around a major dredging project in the Channel Islands Harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started the project last month. Without weather or other delays it is scheduled to be completed in February. The goal is to remove sand that has… Read More
MARINA — The sands are shifting on Marina and nearby beaches as the country’s last coastal sand mine nears shut down in Marina. On Dec. 31, the CEMEX Lapis sand plant in Marina will permanently close, ending over 100 years of sand mining. Many scientists believe the closure of the sand plant off of Lapis… Read More
By Laura M. Fleming, President and CFO of SRS Crisafulli, Inc. Outbreaks of blue-green algae in a 1,616-acre natural lake, created an emergent call to action in the 1990’s from the community of Powers Lake, North Dakota. Due to blue-green algae blooms, the recreational value of Powers Lake plummeted and few people gathered or recreated… Read More
KEWEENAW COUNTY — Heavy equipment operators began work recently to dredge stamp sands north of Grand Traverse Harbor in Keweenaw County. Roughly 100 years ago, historic copper mine tailings from the Wolverine and Mohawk mines – called stamp sands – were deposited at a milling site along Lake Superior, located in the community of Gay… Read More