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WINSTED — Between 1966 and 1968, the Sucker Brook Dam was built in response to the flood of 1955 that devastated towns in the northwest corner. The dam protects the Highland Lake watershed, preventing runoff from the surrounding areas of the popular lake. But over the years, the main pipe that diverted stormwater and runoff… Read More
Director of Medina County Park District Nate Eppink, left, and Jim Spetz, right, natural resource manager for Medina County Park District, walk along the shores of Chippewa Lake in Medina, which has experienced problems with algal blooms in recent years. (Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer)Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer By Brian Albrecht, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio… Read More
East Pass dredging/Holiday Isle beach restoration work is delayed DESTIN — City officials learned from a project official on Wednesday that the dredge for the East Pass dredging/Holiday Isle beach restoration project was going to a dry dock in Mobile, Alabama for major repairs. The repairs are estimated to take about two to three weeks…. Read More
Those who know The Mighty WOTAN, know her as a workhorse, but she is also well-traveled. She’s in Louisiana now, soon to be heading East to Jacksonville to execute an important project for USACE. She knows the West Coast. She has placed stone in Cook Inlet, Alaska; she’s installed Oil Platform modules in Santa Barbara,… Read More
Beach nourishment efforts continue along the shores of Emerald Isle, between the Lands End subdivision and east of the Western Ocean Regional Access area. According to the most recent project schedule, sand placement is likely to begin on/around April 8, 2020 and continue for a period or two-weeks (+/-). It is important to note that… Read More
Construction of a $300 million training vessel for Maine Maritime Academy last week was contracted out to a Philadelphia shipyard — overseen by the company whose cargo ship, the El Faro, sank in a 2015 hurricane, killing five academy graduates and all 28 other crew members. Philly Shipyard Inc. won the multiyear contract to build… Read More
City officials learned from a project official on Wednesday that the dredge for the East Pass dredging/Holiday Isle beach restoration project was going to a dry dock in Mobile, Alabama for major repairs. The repairs are estimated to take about two to three weeks. The dredge could be ready to return the first week of… Read More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday extended its No Sail Order for all cruise ships. “We are working with the cruise line industry to address the health and safety of crew at sea as well as communities surrounding U.S. cruise ship points of entry,” said CDC Director Robert Redfield. “The measures we… Read More
Annova LNG received the air quality permit by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The commission considered the application by Annova LNG during an online meeting, granting an air quality permit for the project. Additionally, TCEQ considered rehearing requests filed by the project opponents. However, the commission turned down all these requests. Annova LNG project… Read More
WESTERLY — Plans to dredge Winnapaug Pond encountered a snag this week when members of the Town Council expressed surprise that a referendum may be required as a condition for borrowing funds for the project from the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank. On Monday, Town Manager J. Mark Rooney drew the council’s attention to a March… Read More
By ecoRI News staff The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) has awarded funding for seven habitat restoration projects in the 17th year of its Rhode Island Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Trust Fund. CRMC approved the funding at a meeting last month. A number of the projects have a resiliency focus this year,… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is proposing to construct a habitat rehabilitation project at the head of Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River, located in Pierce County, Wisconsin, using material dredged from the Mississippi River. The Corps released its draft Environmental Assessment for the project today at: www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Home/PublicNotices.aspx… Read More
Serving 8.1 million residents and millions of visitors in 16 counties, the South Florida Water Management District does just what its name implies: control water. That means providing flood control when there’s too much water, drinking supplies when there’s not enough and restoring as much of the area’s natural water systems as having all those… Read More
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org With Floridians focused on surviving the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to significantly expand an underwater dump site off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. The site would be used to dump material dredged during the upcoming $437-million Port Everglades harbor deepening project and unspecified “future proposed… Read More
Due to increasing statewide costs to combat coronavirus, Flagler County officials are worried they may be on the hook for $6 million dollars to complete the next phase of the dune restoration project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is spearheading the nearly $17.5 million project. The federal government is responsible for almost $11.4 million… Read More