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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced more than $2 million in new funding to restore and monitor salt marshes along the Massachusetts’ coastline. Salt marshes protect communities from flooding, prevent damage from storms and rising seas, serve as habitat for fisheries and wildlife, and absorb carbon that would otherwise contribute… Read More
Palm Beach’s coastline continue to gain sand, thanks dredging and sand and dune-nourishment efforts, the town’s coastal engineering consultant told the Shore Protection Board during its recent meeting. During the Jan. 8 meeting, Mike Jenkins said Palm Beach’s 12.2 mile-shoreline has gained 5.75 million cubic yards of sand since the town first started measuring long-term sand volumes… Read More
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine — This week marks two years since the historic storms of January 2024 battered homes, businesses and beaches all along the coast of Maine. During those storms, 75 homes in one section of Old Orchard Beach flooded, and some residents saw 4 feet of water. Don Hoenig said the water was nearly hip-deep… Read More
Recently completed, the Grand Bayou Ridge and Marsh Restoration Project is helping turn the tide on historic wetland loss in Plaquemines Parish. Using dredged sediment from the Mississippi River, 332 acres of new marsh is being created near Port Sulphur within the Lake Hermitage Basin. In the 1960s and 1970s, this area suffered significant land… Read More
PENTWATER — Legislation recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives includes $1.666 million to support dredging at Pentwater Harbor, a federally authorized navigation channel maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District. The funding is designated for the Pentwater Harbor Dredging Project, which is intended to remove sediment buildup from the harbor… Read More
Town of Duck The Town of Duck is proud to share the completion of a major shoreline stabilization project at Duck Town Park. In this video, Sandy Cross, Planning and Permits Manager for the Town of Duck, walks viewers through the journey behind this project, from its earliest concepts in 2017 to the final permitted… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), announced $40 million in FY26 Energy and Water Development funding for a new shallow-draft dredging vessel for East Coast navigation channels. The funding addresses sediment buildup that has limited vessel access in Maryland and other heavily used East Coast waterways. The FY26 appropriations bill includes language authored… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $9,412,000 firm-fixed-price contract for shoreline renourishment. Bids were solicited via the web with two received. Work will be performed in Ocean Ridge, Florida, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2026. Fiscal 2026 civil construction funds in the amount of $9,412,000 were obligated at the time… Read More
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District shared an update regarding upcoming maintenance dredging of the lower Maurice River in Cumberland County, N.J. The Army Corps’ contractor, Cottrell Contracting Corporation of Chesapeake, Va., will dredge approximately 80,000 cubic yards of sediment from the federal channel near the mouth of the Maurice River…. Read More
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) announced the inclusion of funding totaling more than $19,792,000 that she secured for California’s 26th Congressional District in the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act (H.R. 6938). This funding ensures continued federal investments in important infrastructure and… Read More
A proposed federal dredging project at Port Everglades could cause unprecedented damage to coral reefs in U.S. waters. The area is one of the last strongholds of endangered staghorn coral along Florida’s coast, according to scientists and conservation groups A new analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and researchers from the Shedd Aquarium found that about 10 million… Read More
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that over $101 million in state funding has been awarded to support 25 projects across New York that will modernize key freight lines and port facilities under the state’s Passenger and Freight Rail Assistance Program (PFRAP). This investment will enhance the reliability and resiliency of major trade corridors while also… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An Alabama state representative and state senator are set to announce legislation that would end dredge disposal, also known as “mud dumping,” in Mobile Bay. The legislation is being filed by Rep. Rhett Marques (R-AL) and Sen. Chris Elliott (R-AL). According to a news release from Elliot, the legislation would require… Read More
CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Several beach renourishment projects in the Cape Fear region are being delayed due to just one item, dredges, being in high demand. The project at Carolina Beach is paused because the dredge used to collect and bring sand from offshore is being moved to another project up near Philadelphia. The… Read More
Marine restoration efforts off the Southern California coast have included the creation of a new rocky reef to encourage fish and other marine life populations to return to the Palos Verdes area, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealed in a recent report. The project started with 70,000 tons of rock, which was added to the sea floor… Read More