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U.S. LNG export project developer Venture Global LNG said its Calcasieu LNG project sustained minimal impacts from Hurricane Laura. The company noted that the hurricane made landfall in Louisiana early in the morning of Thursday, August 27, and passed directly over the project site. A walk-through inspection of most areas of the site following the… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 29 finalized several changes to the regulations for disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCRs), or coal ash, from electric utilities. The changes include giving utilities more time to design clean-up and closure plans for their coal ash storage sites. The changes stem from an opinion issued Aug…. Read More
People don’t generally think about how important sand and mud are in the context of our coastal communities and recreation areas, but in essence, sediments are what shape our coast. Sediment transport is a tricky subject. Even Einstein said it is too difficult a subject to study, but sediment transport in actuality is a force… Read More
A sand bar can been seen from a helicopter window as Dave Martin, Houston city councilman, District E, left, speaks to Gov. Greg Abbott during an aerial tour over the San Jacinto River, downstream from Lake Conroe, on Thursday, March 15, 2018, in Houston. The Kingwood area suffered serious flooding during Hurricane Harvey due in… Read More
ATLANTIC BEACH — Yet another beach nourishment project is scheduled for Bogue Banks this winter. In addition to phase three of the post-Hurricane Florence nourishment project in central Emerald Isle and portions of eastern and extreme western Emerald Isle, the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers is expected to place 1.143 million cubic yards in… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its Draft Supplement II (Draft SEIS II) to the 1976 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T) Project, Mississippi River Mainline Levees (MRL), today, Aug. 28. Through evaluation of information and data obtained from levee inspections, seepage analyses, research, studies and… Read More
The dirt is finally moving as part of the Lake Redwood reclamation project. In preparation of the actual lake dredging activities, Phase 1 of the project is going to construct the Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) which will hold and dewater the dredged materials. Five bids were received June 25, 2020 with Mathiowetz Construction Company of… Read More
BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) announced the awarding of $1.8 million in new funding to local organizations working for clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems in Southeast New England. The funding is provided by EPA under the 2020 Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Watershed Grants,… Read More
Hundreds of thousands of people still without water and power confronted the possibility that basic services may not return for weeks or even longer. LAKE CHARLES, La. — The Louisiana coastline devastated by Hurricane Laura began a long and gloomy recovery Friday as hundreds of thousands of people still without water and power confronted the… Read More
Danos recently completed a project requiring the installation reef structure into the marsh of Golden Meadow. Planning for the project began in late February, and the installation in Catfish Lake was completed by a Danos construction crew at the end of July. “Louisiana’s coast is vital to our local communities, as well as our industry,”… Read More
PORTAGE — A sand nourishment effort was to get underway Thursday at the badly eroded Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk area, according to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The effort will involve placing sand dredged from elsewhere onto the Portage beach to repair the erosion, the park said. While the effort is lauded by the National… Read More
MUSCATINE — In the week since the City of Muscatine dredge has been launched into the river for its latest round of cleaning, Director Jon Koch of the Water and Resource Recovery Facility is happy to report that things seem to be going well. “We’ve got the large boat harbor and the opening to the… Read More
As Lido residents celebrate the addition of sand to their beaches, Siesta Key residents are closely monitoring the dredging of Big Pass. More than 200,000 cubic yards of sand has made its way from Big Pass to the southern Lido Key shoreline as work continues on a dredging and renourishment project on the barrier island…. Read More
Savanna Berry, a regional specialized extension agent with the University of Florida IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, talks about the sill, which is a barrier in the water that keeps the sand from eroding and allows sea live to use it as a home, during a shoreline restoration project on G Street in Cedar Key… Read More
A stretch of Sunset Beach is shown in 2017 before sand nourishment efforts, left, and after in 2018. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study concluded that Sunset and Sunshine beaches require beach nourishment, and also installation of dune and berm features. TREASURE ISLAND — When it comes to erosion rates from tidal action and… Read More