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A dredging vessel at a Texas port hit a natural gas pipeline Friday, sparking an explosion that sent six people to the hospital and left four others missing, authorities said. The explosion happened at about 8 a.m. in the Port of Corpus Christi when the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd struck a submerged pipeline, Coast… Read More
Increased tidal flooding, beach erosion and aging sea barriers are among the climate change concerns threatening a famous coastal destination in Massachusetts, according to a report released Thursday by a leading conservation group in the state. The “State of the Coast” report by The Trustees focuses on the threat of rising sea levels and powerful… Read More
It’s been more than two weeks since a cargo ship in New Orleans spilled millions – possibly billions – of tiny plastic pellets into the Mississippi River, but state and federal agencies have issued no penalties and are not yet sure who’s responsible for the mess or which agency, if any, should clean it up…. Read More
Flagler Beach is at risk of losing a $26 million dune project because a few property owners won’t agree to it. In hopes of paying off the holdouts, a few locals are trying to raise thousands of dollars. Lifelong Flagler Beach residents Carla Cline and Craig Atack have seen the changing sands firsthand. The biggest… Read More
The Huntington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), hereby informs the public of the initiation of the process to update the John W. Flannagan Lake and North Fork of Pound River Lake Master Plans into one Regional Master Plan and Integrated Environmental Assessment. USACE defines a master plan as the strategic land use management… Read More
Yesterday, Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, USACE Commanding General and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, signed the Rio Guayanilla Flood Risk Management Study Chief’s Report. This key step in the USACE study process approves the findings of the Chicago District and starts the process of Congressional consideration to authorize the project for future construction…. Read More
Every day while walking to elementary school, Ryan Day said he remembers seeing a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) habitat restoration project sign along the Little Calumet River in Indiana. It wasn’t until years later, while speaking to a Corps rep at his university’s career fair, that he found out exactly what USACE does…. Read More
But it says Pennsylvania still isn’t doing enough to reduce the amount of pollution that’s flowing into the bay from the state. The Maryland-based nonprofit released a report on Thursday that assesses the progress of a blueprint that aims to reduce pollution flowing into the Chesapeake by 2025. States in the bay’s watershed are required… Read More
Our riverboat was high centered on a rock on the far side of the channel from the shore. Our only hope was to get a line attached to something solid across the channel and use an endless come-along to pull the boat off the rocks. Gnarly stripped down to his skivvies, took the 5/8-inch nylon… Read More
Dredger uses MV drives to help load up to 8550 yd3 of material in about an hour Somewhere off the coast of New Jersey in the U.S., the Weeks Marine dredge Magdalen removes thousands of tons of sand off the seafloor and loads it into her hopper. The vessel then navigates to a spot where… Read More
27,000 cubic yards of sand. That is how much sediment will be removed from around the North Manitou Island dock. The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore said a dredging contractor arrived on North Manitou Island last week. Officials said over the three weeks, crews will be removing more than 27,000 cubic yards of sand accumulation… Read More
The City of Decatur has started a long-term watershed management initiative to improve water quality and reduce sediment and nutrient delivery to Lake Decatur. This follows a $92 million dredging project completed in 2018 that increased storage capacity and recreational value at the lake. Springfield based firm Northwater Consulting has been contracted to lead the… Read More
A stretch of shoreline along the southwest side of Lake Mitchell will be undergoing changes following the Mitchell City Council’s approval of the design on Monday. The shoreline project along the lake is intended to promote future growth of cattails, which act as a natural filter for absorbing sediment and phosphorus in the lake water…. Read More
TFlagler Beach is at risk of losing a $26 million dune project because a few property owners won’t agree to it. In hopes of paying off the holdouts, a few locals are trying to raise thousands of dollars. Lifelong Flagler Beach residents Carla Cline and Craig Atack have seen the changing sands firsthand. The biggest… Read More
The two grant programs, the Flood Mitigation Assistance grant and the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, or BRIC, will provide funds to states, local communities, tribes and territories for eligible mitigation activities to strengthen our nation’s ability to build a culture of preparedness. These programs allow for funding to be used on projects that will… Read More