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Transit, Eye on the Street reports also approved A plan to leave organic material, like wood and vegetation at the bottom of Boulevard Lake could get overhauled, after a Monday night vote from Thunder Bay city council. The dam which created Boulevard Lake has been undergoing work all summer, resulting in the lake, which is… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officially kicked off the historic deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to 50 feet tonight (September 11, 2020), as Weeks Marine’s cutterhead dredge CAPTAIN FRANK started dredging 5 miles above the Head of Passes. “This start of this deepening project is a landmark day for our national… Read More
New developments have raised serious questions regarding the economic and job benefits from offshore wind energy projects in U.S. waters. Unsubstantiated claims of significant economic growth and investment have exaggerated the benefits of offshore wind energy, and diminished the economic and cultural importance of sustainable American wild-caught fisheries. Georgetown Economic Services: Benefits of Offshore Wind… Read More
STONE HARBOR – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has issued an advisory regarding ongoing dredging along the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. According to a release, the Army Corps’ contractor, Barnegat Bay Dredging Company, is conducting dredging in the federal channel of the waterway between markers 386 to 397 (west of Avalon and… Read More
The town of Sunset Beach plans to cancel a public hearing addressing a preliminary assessment resolution for the town’s future dredging project. Assistant town administrator Lisa Anglin sent out a notice Saturday stating it had come to the town’s attention that Mary’s and Turtle creeks were inadvertently omitted as areas intended to be dredged in… Read More
CAPE CARTERET — Cape Carteret commissioners will meet Monday at 6 p.m. in town hall off Dolphin Street, and the main item on the agenda will be continued discussion of a Carteret County proposal to dredge a portion of Deer Creek. The public can attend in person and virtually on the GoToMeeting digital platform. Heather… Read More
A landowner’s efforts to rebuild a crossing on Bull Creek where three people have drowned has drawn more scrutiny from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The crossing was torn out recently but the contractor that landowner Steve Johnson hired dredged a deep channel in the creek and piled gravel up to 10 feet high… Read More
COTUIT — The third phase of the Dead Neck/Sampsons Island dredging and beach nourishment project is scheduled to begin today. The project includes dredging nearly 40,000 cubic yards of sand on the west end of the island, which will be reused on-site for habitat and beach nourishment. Actual dredging operations are scheduled to begin Sept…. Read More
BURNS HARBOR, Ind. — When you think of Indiana, you might be surprised to find out that it is among the top states in the country for using water to ship goods. Indiana has three ports. One is at Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan in northern Indiana and two are along the Ohio River in… Read More
In 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned of an environmental “regime change” occurring in Biscayne Bay’s ecosystem. On Aug. 31, the Biscayne Bay Task Force proposed 60 recommendations to restore the health and economic value of the bay. In February 2019, the Board of County Commissioners formed the Biscayne Bay Task Force. The… Read More
MIAMI – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is studying how to fortify Miami-Dade County’s coastline from the reality of rising seas and, as part of a more than $4 billion plan, has proposed a flood wall running parallel to Miami’s waterfront. “There’s a huge detrimental economic and environmental impact to downtown,” said Neil Schafers,… Read More
The DLNR Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands hosts an informational meeting regarding a sand replenishment project at Maui’s Ka’anapali Beach. The beach has suffered chronic erosion and extreme seasonal erosion over the previous four decades, according to the department. OCCL officials say sand loss is expected to continue and even accelerate with sea level… Read More
Millions Of Yards of Contamination Cleaned From Riverbed MADISON, Wis. – A successful 17 year-long cleanup in the Lower Fox River is complete through collaboration between Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), tribal groups and many private organizations. “This legendary accomplishment will… Read More
Story by Nayelli Guerrero Recreational boaters may have noticed recent dredging activity in the McMillan Island area, just north of Guttenberg, Iowa. The McGregor Lake Habitat Rehabilitationand Enhancement Project, or HREP, located in Pool 10 of the Upper Mississippi River, recently completed its dredging phase. The 580-acre McGregor Lake HREP includes the mid-river McGregorLake and… Read More
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have introduced the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act. The bipartisan legislation aims to codify the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking mission on the Great Lakes and increase the icebreaking capacity of the Great Lakes fleet. “Inadequate icebreaking capacity in the Great Lakes is costing… Read More