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Local officials and state and federal agencies continue to push forward efforts to dredge the West Fork of the San Jacinto River to increase capacity in the Lake Houston watershed and reduce flooding. The Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District was recently directed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to extend its current dredging project… Read More
Grand River at Allendale Township on Monday, April 8, 2019. A group named Grand River Waterway wants to dredge a 23-mile stretch of the river – between Grand Rapids and the Bass River Inlet near Eastmanville in Ottawa County. The dredging would make the Grand River accessible to power boaters looking to travel from Grand… Read More
A new study suggests protection and adaptation against the rising sea levels could cost Louisiana $38 billion or more by 2040. The study, produced by the Center for Climate Integrity, projects that the state will spend the second most in the nation for adapting public infrastructure and installing protection, behind only Florida. The study estimates… Read More
U.S. coastal communities provide recreation and a laid-back lifestyle for those lucky enough to be able to live in such close proximity to the water, and the flow of tourists sustains small businesses that set up shop there. But all of this goes away if rising sea levels put these areas under water. And according… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which handles much of the maintenance on waterways in the country, has not included Holland Harbor in its initial budget for fiscal year 2020. USACE funds are used to pay for maintenance projects, as well as dredging the harbor to keep its intended width and depth. Dredging is the… Read More
A grant from the Alabama Power Foundation will assist in ongoing restoration efforts at Bayou La Batre’s Lightning Point. Alabama Power Mobile Division Vice President Nick Sellers delivered a grant from the Alabama Power Foundation to the Nature Conservancy to use in its restoration and conservation efforts in Lightning Point at Bayou La Batre. (contributed)… Read More
EASTHAM — Shellfish, sediments, fish and toxic algae will all be surveyed and studied in Nauset Harbor this summer and fall as Orleans and Eastham reached a consensus to proceed with preliminary work on a dredging plan to keep Nauset Harbor open. The towns’ two boards of selectmen met on Monday at the Eastham library…. Read More
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday announced the awarding of $30.9 million in grants to local communities to implement projects that will restore local waterways, increase climate resilience, and develop the next generation of environmental stewards. “We are pleased to support these innovative projects that will help us achieve our… Read More
The Dredge Liberty Island left for Norfolk on Tuesday evening for repairs and is expected to return to work on the Nags Head beach renourishment project Thursday morning. The beach widening has reached the area just north of Nags Head Town Hall near mile post 14, according to an email update from the town. While… Read More
Before Montauk became the major tourist destination it is today, it started as a small fishing village on the east end of Long Island. In 1938, a hurricane essentially turned the community into an island for several days. More than 100 homes were destroyed, the road was damaged and residents moved away. Now, some worry… Read More
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (AP) — Indiana officials are allowing more time for environmental cleanup of the Ohio River site that they’ve targeted for a possible new shipping port. Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office says the state has extended until the end of this year its option to buy up to 725 acres near Lawrenceburg, just west of… Read More
EASTHAM — The selectmen of Eastham and Orleans have reached an agreement to move forward on dredging Nauset Estuary. Exactly where the shovels will dig and other issues are unresolved, but the boards, meeting June 24 at Eastham Public Library, saw the wisdom of letting the permitting process provide the information they’ll need to make… Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The state Department of Environmental Conservation made it clear Tuesday that it believes fish in the Hudson River, below where dredging of PCBs occurred, will not recover without more cleanup. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not ready to agree. Fish have been a sticking point between the General Electric Co., the… Read More
America’s Great Flood of the last century was in 1927, immortalized by Randy Newman in song and by John Barry in his book on the transformative event in the Mississippi Delta. But we’re past that now: Baton Rouge has shattered the record for the longest duration that the Mississippi River has remained at flood stage,… Read More
Climate change is one of six key trends driving ASCE’s Future World Vision scenario-planning model. Already, right now, in the present world vision, climate change – specifically sea-level rise – is driving demand for flooding solutions in Southeast Florida. Civil engineers in the region, along with local governments and cooperative efforts like the Southeast Regional… Read More