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Near the coast, there’s not enough sediment to rebuild marshes; upriver, they can’t get rid of it Tucked between South Dakota and Nebraska is a whole lot of what could be Louisiana. A growing mountain’s worth of Missouri River silt and sand that would have flowed to the Mississippi River and down to Louisiana has instead been… Read More
CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners Tuesday night agreed to pitch in $2,500 to help pay for dredging in Bogue Inlet this spring. The board met in the town hall, and agreed to the request from Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, which oversees dredging and beach nourishment projects. Town Manager… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – As we await the true story behind multiple artifacts, including cannon, found in the Savannah River last month, we’re now learning more about their significance and a possible connection to the British war ship. “A lot of the early history of Savannah is tied to the water. Maritime history,” said Dr…. Read More
AVALON – Borough Engineer Thomas Thornton March 24 reported to Avalon Borough Council that shoals in parts of Princeton Harbor created a need for an emergency dredging project. The effort will seek to remove dredged material over a 90-foot channel at a depth of about 2 feet. The emergency nature of the dredging allows the… Read More
HARKERS ISLAND — Local environmentalists are partnering with a Conservation Legacy program to restore the coastal environment in Carteret County and elsewhere. The N.C. Coastal Federation, a nonprofit headquartered in Ocean and dedicated to preserving and restoring the coastal environment in North Carolina, has partnered with the Conservation Corps North Carolina, a Conservation Legacy program… Read More
NORTH PACIFIC — The Naval Sea Systems Command’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving recovered a downed Navy MH-60S helicopter from a depth of 19,075 feet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, March 18, the Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communication said in a March 22 release. The helicopter, a twin-engine Sikorsky Seahawk, crashed… Read More
Shoaling near Ocracoke has forced the state to alter the schedule starting Friday for the Pamlico Sound ferries from the mainland to Ocracoke. The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will be running an alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke because of critical shoaling issues in the ferry… Read More
WASHINGTON DC, March 26, 2021 – The American Clean Power Association (ACP) today issued the following statement after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed Next Generation Climate Policy Roadmap legislation into law. “Today, the Bay State continued to lead towards a clean energy future with Governor Baker’s signature on the Next Generation Climate Policy Roadmap legislation…. Read More
The final phase of dredging works at Peak Forest Canal in Manchester, UK has begun. Wet civil engineering specialist Land & Water has been carrying out the dredging project on behalf of the Canal & River Trust. The works, which started in September 2020 and are due to finish this month, has seen Land &… Read More
Restoration project will deepen resort guests’ connection to the land, shoreline and water. The Tides Inn, a resort situated on the Chesapeake Bay estuary in Irvington, Va., a two-and-a-half hour drive from Alexandria, recently began a shoreline restoration project, which will deepen its guests’ connection to the land, shoreline and water, the hotel announced last week…. Read More
Designs of the winter sports park feature an 80-foot tall hill with slopes extending toward Lake Mitchell, along with a ski lift and ice skating pond. The idea of using dredged sediment from Lake Mitchell to create a winter sports park is inching closer to becoming a reality. Over the past couple months, a team… Read More
Dredging will Restore Recreational Boaters’ Access to one of New York’s Great Waterways Navigation Channel Selected as Part of Governor Cuomo’s $15 Million Regional Dredging Initiative Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the start of dredging at Braddock Bay in Monroe County as part of the State’s $15 million REDI Regional Dredging Project, which removes built-up sediment from… Read More
A New Hampshire joint commission is scheduled to meet on 23 March to discuss offshore wind and port development in the state. On 30 July 2020, the State Governor Christopher Sununu signed a bill which, among other things, established an offshore wind commission and an offshore wind industry development office in the department of business… Read More
ONSLOW COUNTY — With a shoreline that recedes as much as 100 feet a year, North Topsail Beach is in trouble. The northernmost section of the 22-mile barrier island that includes Onslow and Pender counties has been clobbered by hurricanes and is under the constant threat of erosion. To combat its eroding shoreline, the Town… Read More
TOPSAIL BEACH, NC (WWAY) — The Town of Topsail Beach is partnering with the North Carolina Coastal Federation to install four living shoreline demonstration projects to reduce soundside erosion and maintain fisheries habitat. Restoration Systems have begun construction on the first phase of the living shoreline along Banks Channel, near the soundside public access at… Read More