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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
INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Beach nourishment is scheduled to begin on August 27th at Indiana Dunes National Park’s Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk area. This work, sometimes called sand nourishment, involves placing dredged sand, obtained from other locations, onto beaches to repair damage caused by erosion. While the public is invited to watch the work from… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA –The Port of Corpus Christi and City of Port Aransas have reached an agreement on the future development of Harbor Island. This agreement amicably resolves all pending litigation between the Parties. Port and City leaders have been in settlement negotiations for many months, and the City of Port Aransas City Council… Read More
East Sunny Sands beach front residents have been warned to clear their frontages of personal property in preparation for placement of dredged sand spoils, Wahkiakum County officials announced this week. The U.S. Army Corps and the Port of Portland will start staging equipment for sand placement along the shoreline of Pancake Point on Puget Island… Read More
SEATTLE — City officials announced Wednesday that removal of Pier 58, also known as Waterfront Park, will begin within one to two weeks after engineers concluded that the pier has moved away from the seawall and could pose a hazard. The removal was put in motion after Mayor Jenny Durkan approved emergency plans last week… Read More
Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, USACE Commanding General and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, yesterday signed the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, Highlands, New Jersey, Coastal Storm Risk Management Chief’s Report. This project spans a geographic distance of approximately 8,000 linear ft. along the bay shoreline of Highlands, which has a history of… Read More
The U.S. Department of Commerce has blacklisted 24 Chinese companies for their role in supporting the Chinese military construct and militarize the disputed artificial islands in the South China Sea. The companies targeted by the sanctions include China Communications Construction Company and a number of related companies, China Shipbuilding Group, 722nd Research Institute as well… Read More
To the Editor: After the Tuckerton Council meeting Aug. 17, the leadership of the Tuckerton Beach Association Infrastructure Committee agreed to look into breaking down the lagoon dredging special assessment by area – west of South Green Street, east of South Green Street and Paradise Cove and Thompson Creek – to speed up the ability… Read More