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The Galveston District (SWG) Summer 2020 External Project Review Board (EPRB) and Stakeholder Partnering Forum (SPF) is here, save your spot today. We look forward to your participation in the virtual networking, coalition building, information exchange, and solution identification opportunities at these upcoming events, which will help us continually improve how we deliver Value to… Read More
TWO RIVERS – As the popularity of the city’s Neshotah Beach Park swells as residents stick closer to home this summer, piles of sand are quietly growing in another area. In an area City Manager Greg Buckley calls “North Pier Beach,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is pumping 67,000 cubic yards of sand from… Read More
STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County commissioners are adding another water project to an already crowded work list, the Norton Hill water tank repair and painting project. On Thursday, commissioners approved a task order with their engineering consultant, Arcadis, to provide design, bid phase and construction-related services, including inspection, as well as the final design phase, bid… Read More
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Commuting in New York City could get a whole lot more expensive. On Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo warned New Yorkers that without significant financial aid from the federal government the MTA will be forced to raise bus, train and subway fares, as well as bridge and tunnel tolls, to make up… Read More
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – Coastal scientist John Lopez steers a boat down the Blind River near Gramercy as it winds through the Maurepas Swamp. “All the trees you see here are second growth,” said Lopez, Coast and Community Program Director for the Lake Pontchartrain Conservancy (formerly the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation). “All of this… Read More
A number of major Louisiana water infrastructure projects, representing potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to be spent on studies and construction projects, were included in legislation approved by the U.S House of Representatives on Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, inserted the Louisiana projects – ranging from speeding the deepening of the Houma… Read More
Long before the first man-made beaches in Winnetka made their debut in the mid-19th century, those hoping to take a stroll along Lake Michigan were limited to rambling along a slim ribbon of sand that took its cues from Mother Nature. “When the lake was high there was no beach, but when the lake was… Read More
The three-year restoration project at Bonanza stream has resumed for 2020, according to Salmon-Challis Forest officials. A portion of the Yankee Fork that was affected by dredge mining in the 1940s and 1950s is being returned to a more natural condition through the project. Forest officials say it’s one of the largest stream restoration efforts… Read More
The city has been forced to come up with an alternate method to pay for the Extended Turning Basin portion of the Anclote River Dredge Project after $800,000 in state funding was cut from the budget by Gov. Ron DeSantis. According to officials, the city plans to use Penny for Pinellas funds to cover the… Read More
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — The last St. Augustine beach re-nourishment project took place in 2018. Approximately 800,000 cubic yards of sand was put onto eroded areas. St. Johns County residents believe this helped prevent extensive damage from Hurricane Dorian in St. Augustine. In August, dune restoration is expected to be underway in the Ponte… Read More
Background work continues to secure permits, funding ahead of expected 2021 start The Lake Scugog Enhancement Project, an environmental improvement initiative that will involve dredging portions of Port Perry Bay, is expected to begin in 2021. Background work, including securing the necessary permits and fundraising, will continue through 2020. The Scugog Lake Stewards, represented here… Read More
After a summer plagued by a pandemic, plummeting prices, and a global recession, fishing activists are calling for changes to governmental protections for fisheries in Alaska and across the country. Before this year’s salmon season, federal disaster funding was mostly unavailable to small-boat fishing businesses. Congress amended the Paycheck Protection Program at the beginning of… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on the draft master plan and environmental assessment for Lake Ashtabula, near Valley City, North Dakota, and Homme Reservoir, near Park River, North Dakota. The Corps recently completed its draft master plan and is now seeking comments prior to finalizing… Read More
Washington D.C. – The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) yesterday filed comprehensive comments on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) draft supplemental environmental impact statement for Vineyard Wind, the ?rst utility-scale offshore wind project in American federal waters. The full comments can be found here. AWEA today also issued the following statement: “We urge… Read More
Geoquip Marine has received a contract to work on the development of the Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project off the coast of Virginia Beach. For the first time since the founding of Geoquip Marine, this contract has demanded the simultaneous deployment of three of its DP2 vessels, the Geoquip Saentis, Geoquip… Read More