The Tampa Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project (Upper Channels) was completed after 270 days of coordinated effort in Hillsborough County, Florida. Working alongside multiple contractors, our team dredged the upper channels to a depth of 34 feet MLLW while managing shared resources, active operations, and strict environmental requirements. From coordinating access with third parties to dredging… Read More
The Pinellas Bayway Bridge Replacement was a major infrastructure project focused on improving safety, capacity, and long-term resilience. As part of this completed work, we replaced two nearly 50-year-old bascule bridges with a new high-level structure providing 65 feet of clearance. The new four-lane bridge spans nearly half a mile along SR 682 and includes… Read More
Boaters at Lake Shelbyville are being advised to use extra caution as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues dredging operations on the lake. The Corps says the project will include the installation of a floating dredge pipeline across parts of the lake. The pipeline was originally planned to be submerged, but officials say current… Read More
The Captiva Erosion Prevention District’s (CEPD) commission provided direction on a proposal to complete the dune restoration following the finished beach renourishment at its recent meeting. On Jan. 12, General Manager Brighton Heard presented staff’s proposed next steps. The proposal outlined the following: determine the final beach access design for Andy Rosse Lane and the… Read More
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed nearly 500,000 cubic yards of sand along the Grand Strand coastline as part of a $72 million renourishment project that began in mid-December. Crews have been working day and night, starting dredging operations at a small portion of Cherry Grove from… Read More
Filmed on January 5, this video takes you inside the ongoing dredging project at Pamet Harbor, illustrating both the challenges crews face and the critical role the work plays in protecting coastal infrastructure. The dredging operation has a target volume of approximately 9,000 cubic yards, which under ideal conditions would typically take about 12 dredging… Read More
By Laylan Connelly | lconnelly@scng.com | Orange County Register A restoration project spearheaded by the Surfrider Foundation to repair and care for coastal dunes is underway in northern Seal Beach. The effort seeks to rebuild dunes, a nature-based solution, to help combat flooding, with the sand mounds covered with vegetation acting as a natural barrier… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House and Senate both passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2026, securing $5 million in federal funding for the Coastal Texas Project, a historic U.S. Army Corps of Engineers effort aimed at saving lives, protecting communities, and defending nationally significant energy and industrial infrastructure on Texas’s… Read More
DNREC initiated construction of the Broadkill Beach Dune Realignment Project as a targeted effort to reduce ongoing dune losses and improve the effectiveness of storm protection along approximately one mile of shoreline. Work began on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, to realign and reconstruct the existing artificial dune and create a broader, more gently sloping beach…. Read More
By Christopher Gangemi The East Hampton Town Board, minus Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, who was attending Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address in Albany, took a bit of a victory lap at Tuesday’s meeting in Montauk for the completion of the Ditch Plain dune. The 16-foot-tall “emergency structure” now stands impudently, or perhaps daringly, maybe… Read More
BOSTON, MA – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.) and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-1), James McGovern (MA-2), Lori Trahan (MA-3), Jake Auchincloss (MA-4), Seth Moulton (MA-6), Ayanna Pressley (MA-7), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-8), and Bill Keating (MA-9) in announcing that Massachusetts will receive an estimated $92.8 million… Read More
As Earth warms due to climate change, oceans are heating up, becoming more acidic, and losing oxygen. These changes threaten marine life, food webs, and global fisheries. Scientists agree that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is essential, but current efforts are not enough to keep global warming below the 1.5–2 degrees Celsius targets set by the… Read More
There’s an all-new place to explore on your trip to California. In January, a massive stretch along the Sonoma Coast was once again opened for use after being closed off to the public for more than a century. “This area has been completely inaccessible to the general public essentially for 100 years, so we’re really excited to… Read More
A side benefit of the latest channel dredging project overseen by the New Jersey Department of Transportation will result in shoreline stabilization and habitat enhancement for Boot Island; a barrier island near Atlantic City. The $1.8 million Brigantine Channel Spur dredging project, conducted by New Jersey DOT contractor Mobile Dredging & Video Pipe Inc., will restore… Read More
Low water levels in the Thompson River have forced the Kruger Kamloops Pulp Mill to carry out emergency dredging near its Mission Flats facility. As of Wednesday afternoon, multiple excavators were visible working on the riverbed south of Windbreak Street. According to Kruger spokesperson Marie-Claude Tremblay, the water level in the river is so low… Read More