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In an effort to launch a series of much needed dredging projects across the region, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito presented $3.6 million in grants on behalf of the Department of Energy and Environmental affairs to various Cape town’s through the states ‘2018 Navigational Dredging Pilot Program’. “As I have visited every community in this Commonwealth,… Read More
Faceless bureaucrats are being blamed for mounting silt that has grounded some boats in the “world’s smallest harbor” and rendered a key fuel dock inaccessible for long periods in the busiest charter port on the Oregon coast. Harbor authorities say it is just a matter of time before much of the port is rendered unusable… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District recently made available for review the “Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Fish and Game, In-Lieu Fee Program, 2017 Annual Report.” The program serves as an alternative form of compensation for impacts to aquatic resources in Massachusetts that are authorized by the Corps’ New England District. Compensatory… Read More
Neyyattinkara on the banks of the Neyyar in South Kerala is now a forbidding landscape of swirling waters. There should be a rickety old hut at the end of a wobbly bridge somewhere out there. The solitary resident of that island, grandmother Darly, has been the voice of protest against illegal dredging of sand from… Read More
It’s tough sledding these days in the global ship repair market. Next year should be better. Even as the ship repair industry tracks the wider shipping upswing, the market remains depressed and hasn’t yet recovered from the crash a decade ago. Ship managers continue to squeeze every penny, and they’re getting expert help. A growing… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to pay for 10,000 threatened coral to be replanted to make up for damage caused when it dredged PortMiami and dug up more than 5 million cubic yards of seafloor. The deal, announced Monday, will settle a lawsuit brought by environmentalists who questioned the Corps’ dredging tactics… Read More
Dropping a claw-like device into the Indian River Lagoon that resembles those found in arcade games, Nayan Mallick scooped up a mound of black sludge and lifts it into a boat. His colleague, Danielle Juzwick, then ran her hand through the gooey substance, pointing out the leaves, twigs and small shells found in the black… Read More
Louisiana has a plan to shore up its disappearing coastline. The loss of coastal land threatens areas further inland, all the way to New Orleans, as the lands have historically served as buffers against storm surges — not to mention being an essential asset to the regional economy. Since 1932, according to the United States… Read More
The president of a company testing a technology to “clean the water” in the Indian River Lagoon says early results show his filtration system can remove of 97 percent of harmful nitrates. “And what we have is completely biodegradable,” said Hal Stuhler, president of Chemical And Metal Technologies, a bioremediation company out of San Mateo,… Read More
Sustain Our Great Lakes Partnership Announces $6.6 Million in Conservation Grants for Great Lakes Restoration WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sustain Our Great Lakes partners today announced $6.6 million in grant funding for 25 ecological restoration projects in the Great Lakes basin. Approximately $8.2 million in additional project support will be leveraged… Read More
The 18-mile, $760 million West Shore Lake Pontchartrain hurricane levee could be under construction by early 2021 and could be completed by mid-2023, in time for that year’s hurricane season, the commander of the Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District office said Monday. “It’s very common for projects to get just a small trickle… Read More
Elizabeth Boineau’s 1939 Colonial sits a block and a half from the Ashley River in a sought-after neighborhood of ancient live oaks, charming gardens and historic homes. A year ago, she thought she could sell it for nearly $1 million. But after dropping the price 11 times, Boineau has decided to tear it down. In… Read More
As communities wrangle with flooding across Schuylkill County, some ask why dredging waterways is not considered a solution to long-term flood abatement. The state Department of Environmental Protection and some environmental leaders say other techniques are preferred. DEP defines dredging as “the removal of sand, gravel, mud or other materials from the beds of regulated… Read More
A variety of Hot Springs Village lake issues were addressed at the Aug. 8 Property Owners’ Association lakes committee meeting. Among the topics were dredging, piers, aquatic growth and fish habitat. Lakes ecology and fisheries manager Brad Meredith gave detailed updates on several matters, beginning with the fact there will be no construction of a… Read More
A former Texas congressman had tried steering a federal contract to the owner of a business who gave him a $160,000-a-year job after the congressman resigned amid sexual harassment allegations, according to a newspaper investigation published Sunday. Republican Blake Farenthold resigned in April amid bipartisan pressure over revelations that he used $84,000 in taxpayer money… Read More