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Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, and Edgartown are set to receive more than $370,000 in state grant funding to reduce coastal storm and climate change impacts, according to a press release from the office of Coastal Zone Management. The Island funding comes from $4 million in grant funding the state is giving to 29 Massachusetts municipalities and… Read More
PADUCAH — The city of Paducah has spent about a year trying to figure out how to get rid of the growing landmass forming by the transient boat dock. It’s so large now that it’s affecting the dock’s usability. In May, Paducah City Engineer Rick Murphy said the city had received a grant from FEMA… Read More
By Eun-Young Jeong and Tom Fairless Global trade is rebounding much more quickly this year than it did after the 2008 financial crisis, lifting parts of the world economy and defying predictions the pandemic could send globalization into permanent retreat. When the new coronavirus hit earlier this year, international trade in goods suffered the biggest year-over-year drop… Read More
Ka’anapali Beach has been negatively impacted by chronic erosion and extreme seasonal erosion over the previous four decades. Sand loss is expected to continue and even accelerate with sea level rise. The DLNR Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands will be holding an informational meeting regarding this sand replenishment project on Maui. The State of… Read More
County swaps land with state, residents raise concerns GRANT, Fla. – Brevard County commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to swap county land with state land inside a sanctuary for Florida scrub jays. Now, plans appear to be moving forward with building a new dredging spoil site for muck from the Indian River Lagoon. The commission chairman… Read More
What if there were a win-win scenario for breaching the dam on the Ocklawaha River? What if the current wave of ecotourism could produce an increased interest in Putnam County and adjoining areas, like western Flagler and St. Johns counties? What if the environmental benefits of infusing fresh water into the St. Johns River were… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started taking public comment this week for a project to remove unnatural barriers to the flow of water through the Everglades to Florida Bay and to restore coastal wetlands in an effort to improve the health of Biscayne Bay. The Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study,… Read More
Transit, Eye on the Street reports also approved A plan to leave organic material, like wood and vegetation at the bottom of Boulevard Lake could get overhauled, after a Monday night vote from Thunder Bay city council. The dam which created Boulevard Lake has been undergoing work all summer, resulting in the lake, which is… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officially kicked off the historic deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to 50 feet tonight (September 11, 2020), as Weeks Marine’s cutterhead dredge CAPTAIN FRANK started dredging 5 miles above the Head of Passes. “This start of this deepening project is a landmark day for our national… Read More
New developments have raised serious questions regarding the economic and job benefits from offshore wind energy projects in U.S. waters. Unsubstantiated claims of significant economic growth and investment have exaggerated the benefits of offshore wind energy, and diminished the economic and cultural importance of sustainable American wild-caught fisheries. Georgetown Economic Services: Benefits of Offshore Wind… Read More
STONE HARBOR – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has issued an advisory regarding ongoing dredging along the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. According to a release, the Army Corps’ contractor, Barnegat Bay Dredging Company, is conducting dredging in the federal channel of the waterway between markers 386 to 397 (west of Avalon and… Read More
The town of Sunset Beach plans to cancel a public hearing addressing a preliminary assessment resolution for the town’s future dredging project. Assistant town administrator Lisa Anglin sent out a notice Saturday stating it had come to the town’s attention that Mary’s and Turtle creeks were inadvertently omitted as areas intended to be dredged in… Read More
CAPE CARTERET — Cape Carteret commissioners will meet Monday at 6 p.m. in town hall off Dolphin Street, and the main item on the agenda will be continued discussion of a Carteret County proposal to dredge a portion of Deer Creek. The public can attend in person and virtually on the GoToMeeting digital platform. Heather… Read More
A landowner’s efforts to rebuild a crossing on Bull Creek where three people have drowned has drawn more scrutiny from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The crossing was torn out recently but the contractor that landowner Steve Johnson hired dredged a deep channel in the creek and piled gravel up to 10 feet high… Read More
COTUIT — The third phase of the Dead Neck/Sampsons Island dredging and beach nourishment project is scheduled to begin today. The project includes dredging nearly 40,000 cubic yards of sand on the west end of the island, which will be reused on-site for habitat and beach nourishment. Actual dredging operations are scheduled to begin Sept…. Read More