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The stairs leading down to the beach from a house on the front row of North Topsail Beach at high tide on June 14th, during the beach renourishment project. The bulldozer in the background is moving sand piped in from the New River Inlet dredging project. A Topsail Island federal beach nourishment project has been… Read More
Don’t forget, our coast and businesses need lasting protections. The Trump administration recently protected North Carolina from its own oil drilling plan by offering half-hearted protections from offshore drilling for 10 years. It’s a welcome change from the radical and reckless proposal to open the entire Atlantic coast to dirty and dangerous drilling. But the… Read More
District 7B Rep. Liz Olson, DFL-Duluth, is looking to the funding to provide jobs and help jump-start Minnesota’s economy. It took five special sessions, but the Minnesota Legislature finally passed a bonding bill Thursday afternoon. That legislation will provide some sorely needed funding to fix seawalls in Duluth and armor much of the city’s shoreline… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stores dredge material at a temporary site near Homer, red outlined section. The Corps asked for a interim use permit to move that dredge material about 4 miles up Winona County Road 15 to a quarry site. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested an interim-use permit for a… Read More
Michigan Tech and the City of Marquette were each among those awarded funds. LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) – The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced more than $1.1 million in coastal management grants to fund 13 projects and statewide initiatives. EGLE also has opened the application period for project proposals seeking… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded the first contract to jumpstart the deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel from Baton Rouge, La., to the Gulf of Mexico to 50 feet. The phased project will begin by deepening Southwest Pass to the new depth, which will bring a 50-foot channel to the mighty… Read More
Oct 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Tuesday it has identified three obstructions from Hurricane Delta that have to be removed before it can reopen the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Louisiana to deep draft vessels. The Army Corps, however, said it needs more data before it can estimate how long… Read More
A new estuary program is providing $200,000 in grants to help launch projects that improve the local environment. This week, the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program announced the 2020-2021 mini-grant program funding opportunity. The program will award grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 to support waterways initiatives that serve to restore, preserve, connect, inform… Read More
The town of Longboat Key will borrow the money in bonds for its beach management plan. The town has sorted out the budgeting for its beach management plan, settling on a maximum amount to borrow that is millions under what voters approved last spring. Town commissioners voted 6-0 Monday to authorize up to $22 million… Read More
Boaters should be especially cautious in the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon near the St. Lucie Inlet this week because of a federal dredging project. Areas to be dredged in what’s known as “The Crossroads” at the confluence of the river, the lagoon, the inlet and Manatee Pocket include: The mouth of the… Read More
The group Save our Siesta Sand 2 failed to convince a district court that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not thoroughly consider the environmental impacts of the project. By: David Conway Deputy Managing Editor With work already under way on a Lido Key shoreline renourishment effort, a federal court judge has rejected another… Read More
Local leaders this week celebrated the final days of the Petaluma River dredge project, marking the end of a protracted effort to clear the central waterway of a 17-year silty entombment blamed for declining tourism and river recreation. The nearly six-week long project is set to end Thursday, leaving the city with a rejuvenated river… Read More
Commissioners for Wahkiakum County Port District 1 held a budget and rate hearing last Thursday, discussed some maintenance issues, and adopted an amended reservation policy. All the lights at the port have been switched to LEDs except for the ones in the storage units, and staff have been talking to an electrical contractor about getting… Read More
The Tisbury select board turned its attention to waterfront maintenance Tuesday, voting in new waterway regulations and a contract for a long-term dredging project in Tashmoo. First on the agenda, selectmen opened a formal public hearing to discuss an addendum to a waterways regulation that would grant raft permits to commercial fishermen in Lake Tashmoo…. Read More
COMMENTARY | In a major reversal, Jacksonville Port Authority officials said this week a set of high-voltage JEA transmission lines crossing the St. Johns River need to be raised higher, an enormously expensive, complicated and risky project that a past analysis by federal officials found was unnecessary. The request is a hidden, multi-million dollar cost… Read More