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For months now there have been indications that a major rethink of the Navy’s future fleet priorities has been underway – and that it could have far reaching implications for shipbuilders. Yesterday in a wide-ranging address at RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. , Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper gave some insights into what’s… Read More
A challenge to efforts by the town of Pawleys Island to condemn easements on three oceanfront lots for beach renourishment can move forward, a Circuit Court judge has ruled. But Judge Ben Culbertson told the property owners who are seeking to block the condemnation that even if they win their suits, the town can try… Read More
Project Will Clear Navigation Channel For Boaters And Restore Lost Shoreline For Birds And Beachgoers Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the start of dredging at North Sandy Pond in the Oswego County town of Sandy Creek as part of the State’s $15 million REDI Regional Dredging Project. The initiative is addressing a backlog of… Read More
Tuckerton Borough Council has listened to many complaints from some residents of Tuckerton Beach on the slow response to requests to dredge their lagoons. After the borough’s attempt to get a water quality grant from the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection to do the dredging with bonding from the Infrastructure Trust Bank was denied, the… Read More
A trio of New Jersey legislators who have promoted offshore wind energy development have called for suspending state approval of Ørsted’s Ocean Wind project, alleging the company has so far “failed to deliver” on its promises of new jobs and economic development in the state. In a Sept. 9 letter to state utility regulators, New… Read More
Another round of dredging along a stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway through New Jersey is underway. The Barnegat Bay Dredging Company is currently conducing dredging in a federal channel between markers 386 and 397 west of Avalon and Stone Harbor in Cape May County, according to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District news… Read More
Eastern North Carolina — Ferry service to and from Ocracoke Island will soon increase, according to officials with the North Carolina Ferry System. The reason is due to dredging that will take place in the Pamlico Sound. In July, the North Carolina Ferry System announced that they were temporarily reducing service on the Pamlico Sound… Read More
CAPE CARTERET — Town commissioners voted 4-1 Monday night to adopt a budget amendment to fund Cape Carteret’s share of a county-led project to dredge a silted arm of Deer Creek. The action came during the panel’s monthly meeting conducted via GoToMeeting. Commissioner Mike King was the lone opposition to the amendment, which funds a… Read More
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Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, and Edgartown are set to receive more than $370,000 in state grant funding to reduce coastal storm and climate change impacts, according to a press release from the office of Coastal Zone Management. The Island funding comes from $4 million in grant funding the state is giving to 29 Massachusetts municipalities and… Read More
PADUCAH — The city of Paducah has spent about a year trying to figure out how to get rid of the growing landmass forming by the transient boat dock. It’s so large now that it’s affecting the dock’s usability. In May, Paducah City Engineer Rick Murphy said the city had received a grant from FEMA… Read More
By Eun-Young Jeong and Tom Fairless Global trade is rebounding much more quickly this year than it did after the 2008 financial crisis, lifting parts of the world economy and defying predictions the pandemic could send globalization into permanent retreat. When the new coronavirus hit earlier this year, international trade in goods suffered the biggest year-over-year drop… Read More
Ka’anapali Beach has been negatively impacted by chronic erosion and extreme seasonal erosion over the previous four decades. Sand loss is expected to continue and even accelerate with sea level rise. The DLNR Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands will be holding an informational meeting regarding this sand replenishment project on Maui. The State of… Read More
County swaps land with state, residents raise concerns GRANT, Fla. – Brevard County commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to swap county land with state land inside a sanctuary for Florida scrub jays. Now, plans appear to be moving forward with building a new dredging spoil site for muck from the Indian River Lagoon. The commission chairman… Read More
What if there were a win-win scenario for breaching the dam on the Ocklawaha River? What if the current wave of ecotourism could produce an increased interest in Putnam County and adjoining areas, like western Flagler and St. Johns counties? What if the environmental benefits of infusing fresh water into the St. Johns River were… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started taking public comment this week for a project to remove unnatural barriers to the flow of water through the Everglades to Florida Bay and to restore coastal wetlands in an effort to improve the health of Biscayne Bay. The Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study,… Read More