Dredges are once again scooping up enormous swaths of the Tampa Bay seafloor, as part of a $63-million project to deepen and widen Tampa’s Big Bend channel. This operation is the most expensive dredging project in Tampa history. But it is far from the first. The bay bottom just off Port Tampa City, located on… Read More
Silting blamed The Kalmar Nyckel will not return to Lewes in 2019. For nearly two decades, Lewes was an annual summer destination for Kalmar Nyckel, “The Tall Ship of Delaware.” It was a highlight of the sailing season for the ship’s crew and local fans. The ship is unable to visit Lewes in 2019 due… Read More
About 600 acres of salt marsh were restored in the Oyster Bayou area of Cameron Parish. (Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority) The state has rebuilt 600 acres of salt marsh along the rapidly eroding coast in southwest Louisiana. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority spent about $31 million restoring the Oyster Bayou marsh near the… Read More
Oregon’s suction dredge miners, recently banned from gold mining in salmon-bearing streams, are taking a new tack. They’ve formed a nonprofit, called StreamSavers, and are asking the Legislature to fund stream cleanup projects using their dredge equipment. The miners say that, in addition to bringing up gold and other valuable minerals from stream bottoms, their… Read More
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A task force is developing recommendations on how a southern Wisconsin county should prevent future flooding after torrential rains last summer caused lakes to spill over, prompting evacuations. A study released this month identified strategies for Dane County to lower flood levels in the Yahara chain of lakes, which include Lakes… Read More
State legislation could ban the Maryland Department of Natural Resources from dredging the Chesapeake Bay’s Man O’ War Shoal for shells destined to become homes for new baby oysters elsewhere. (Courtesy Photo) State legislation could ban the Maryland Department of Natural Resources from dredging the Chesapeake Bay’s Man O’ War Shoal for shells destined to… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority says it has built or renewed 600 acres of marsh in Cameron Parish, and has nearly completed a slightly smaller project. The authority announced Friday that the Oyster Bayou Marsh Creation and Terracing project is complete. The $31 million project used dredged sediment… Read More
Forty volunteers with a Thibodaux-based group planted 3,300 trees and grass patches to help preserve a newly completed coastal-restoration project near Venice. The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program used a grant from Shell Oil Co. to pay for the work. They bolster the so-called Tiger Pass Project, which used sediment from the Mississippi River to build… Read More
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WALA) – A dredging project is underway at Perdido Pass in Orange Beach. The sand is being pumped onto Robinson Island. The dredging will be going on for several weeks, so boaters are asked to stay a safe distance away from the equipment. The city is also asking people on the beach… Read More
A PCB dredging operation is seen on the Hudson River in Stillwater in August of 2014.Photographer: Gazette File Photo CAPITAL REGION — New York’s two U.S. senators are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to declare that General Electric’s cleanup of PCB contamination in the Hudson River is complete. U.S. Sens. Charles E. Schumer… Read More
WILMINGTON — A federal official wrote in a letter this week that mitigation efforts the N.C. State Ports Authority has proposed to further widen its turning basin at the Port of Wilmington are “inadequate” and suggested permits should not be issued until they are improved. “The proposed mitigation for the loss of nursery habitat designated… Read More
Image: Google BRICK, NJ — The need for an updated hydgrographic survey means dredging at Traders Cove Marina remains on hold while Brick Township continues to work through the process of getting a permit to do the work. Efforts to renew a dredging permit have been under way since November, when the state Department of… Read More
CRESTVIEW — At best, Okaloosa County’s planned East Pass dredging/beach restoration project could see 105,000 cubic yards of sand placed on a Holiday Isle beach near the east jetty in Destin and an equal amount deposited on an Okaloosa Island beach near the west jetty. That’s according to Deputy County Administrator for Operations Greg Kisela,… Read More
Map graphic from CPRA Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has a complex plan for reconnecting the Mississippi River with coastal regions that have steadily disappeared under Gulf waters. They have a detailed timeline for the effort, stretching over several years, and right now they have a huge amount of money to throw at these… Read More
Inlets of North Carolina. Source: N.C. Division of Coastal Management JACKSONVILLE – The North Carolina Beach, Inlet and Waterway Association is rolling out a plan that, if approved, would allow municipalities and private businesses to once again unload sand in federally maintained dredged material disposal areas in the state. Members of the nonprofit, also referred… Read More