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Reprinted from The Outer Banks Voice Hoping to fund two new beach nourishment projects in 2022 – one in Southern Shores and the other in Avon – the Dare County Board of Commissioners next month will consider a plan to help finance those projects with the limited amount of money currently available in the county’s… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Carteret County’s Shore Protection Office hopes to work with state legislators in 2021 to get a recurring source of funds to help local governments pay for beach nourishment projects. In an email last week, Greg Rudolph, manager of the office, said, “This is a goal for us that has been evolving over… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WECT) – Funding for beach renourishment projects is included in the stopgap spending and pandemic relief bill passed by Congress on Monday and sent to President Donald Trump for his signature. The bill provides a seven-day extension of current spending, giving lawmakers time to negotiate a final spending bill that will fund the… Read More
In January 2021, Dare County Board of Commissioners must decide how to fund existing beach nourishment commitments and add two more projects. County manager Robert L. Outten presented the dilemma at the board’s Dec. 21 meeting. Outten reported that “Avon has been struggling with beach nourishment issues,” such as keeping ocean water off NC 12… Read More
CHATHAM – If you have a home along the western shore of Chatham Harbor, the last thing you want to see is big ocean surf through breaches in the barrier beach that shelters you from the fury of the mighty Atlantic. The storm that brought heavy snowfall to a large portion of the state last… Read More
BARNSTABLE – Starting Monday, the Town of Barnstable’s contractor, Robert B Our Co., Inc. will begin dredging the Blish Point Boat Ramp. The work will consist of the removal of approximately 650 cubic yards of sediment from the boat ramp, in an effort to improve the use of the boat ramp. Dredging operations will be… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards has set a goal for Louisiana to be carbon neutral by 2050, but so far, the state is behind its neighbors. Now, Edwards wants to develop offshore wind power in the Gulf. It’s something that’s already happening in other parts of the country — with help from a Louisiana company, even…. Read More
No one would be surprised to see gulls swooping low toward Berwick Bay, or gliding above the water with their illusion of hanging in mid-air. But just standing there? That’s Berwick Bay this winter, when sandy sediment has created streaky islands jutting from the water. Gulls line up on the narrow strips of dry land… Read More
60 in 6’s Enrique Acevedo meets with residents of Louisiana’s Gulf Coast who are wondering if their communities can survive as members of a state agency try to reclaim vanishing coastline. In an unprecedented year of circumstance, 2020 brought a record 12 named storms to the United States — with five striking Louisiana. After Hurricane… Read More
State says this is necessary to continue to support Hawaii’s tourism-based economy. WAIKIKI – The state wants to give the beaches of Waikiki a facelift. The state Department of Land & Natural Resources (DLNR) wants improve the Fort DeRussy, Halekulani, Royal Hawaiian, and Kuhio Beach shores. Projects would include building new beach stabilization structures, and… Read More
The state seeks a waiver to dredge a channel through black sand deposited by the 2018 Kilauea eruption. When Hawaii County Civil Defense reopened portions of the isolated Puna coastline after the 2018 Kilauea eruption, the public discovered a strikingly beautiful new black sand beach had appeared from the sea, and sand and rock had… Read More
Hawaii’s beaches are owned by the public, and the government is required to preserve them. So years ago, officials adopted a “no tolerance” policy toward new seawalls, which scientists say are the primary cause of coastal erosion. But over the past two decades, oceanfront property owners across the state have used an array of loopholes… Read More
To watch a video of Kerstin Wasson, a wetlands biologist with the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, explaining the Hester Marsh restoration visit https://youtu.be/UgegE01Bj2c MOSS LANDING — Just a short paddle up the Elkhorn Slough, kayakers can spot Hester Marsh. Degraded by decades of diking and draining, and threatened by rising sea levels, the marsh… Read More
Sandwich is seeking bids from contractors that can move 15,000 to 18,000 cubic yards of donated sand from Bourne to Town Neck Beach. The sand deposit is the second such gift from Bourne, which finds itself in the enviable position of having a surplus after completing a dredging project. Bourne gave Sandwich about 5,000 cubic… Read More
More projects planned A beach renourishment in St. Johns County will wrap up soon, but more beach projects are gearing up. One effort to beef up the coastline began late this year, and sand placement should be finished soon, said Damon Douglas, St. Johns County’s coastal manager. The work stretches from just north of Nease Beachfront Park to around… Read More