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Rylee Main, executive director of Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, explains to a packed house April 4, 2018, how a special dredging project will reduce sediment in Lake Pepin. Sarah Hansen / RiverTown Multimedia The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance started the new year with two rounds of good news regarding its proposed project to control sediment… Read More
NY Congressman Lee Zeldin (speaking). Photo by: Office of Congressman Lee Zeldin Center Moriches, NY – February 5, 2019 – Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) was joined by Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine, Brookhaven Deputy Town Supervisor and Councilman Dan Panico, stakeholders and local residents at Webby Beach in Center Moriches to announce the… Read More
MORICHES – A major dredging project deemed critical to Long Island’s fishing industry and boater safety is now complete. The Army Corps of Engineers finished a $15 million dredging project for Moriches Inlet. Sand was also dredged from a nearly 3-mile stretch of the bay where the water was extremely shallow, and Smith Point County… Read More
Deep holes in Barnegat Bay that were dug out after the 1962 nor’easter. (Credit: Google Earth) The sand under and around the West Point Island bridge is “good, clean Lavallette sand,” Mayor Walter LaCicero said, as the borough has completed the first step in what could be a win-win for the town and the state…. Read More
CENTER MORICHES, NY — Another much-need dredge wrapped up in Center Moriches recently, elected officials said. On Monday, Rep. Lee Zeldin, Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine, Councilman Dan Panico, stakeholders and local residents met at Webby Beach in Center Moriches, where elected officials announced the completion of the dredge of the Long Island Intracoastal Waterway…. Read More
North Topsail Beach and its neighboring communities are getting $5 million in help to rebuild their beaches. According to the Coastal Review Online, Resource Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Winston-Salem received a grant from the Division of Water Resources last year which will be used to form a committee and prioritize a list of… Read More
WELLFLEET — The town has decided to take its harbor dredging needs into its own hands after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last year declined to provide hoped-for funds to do the work. “We don’t want to wait for funding,” said Janet Reinhart, chairwoman of the Select Board. “We want to start looking at… Read More
MADISon, Wis. (WMTV) – Dane County has organized a task force to deal with the damage left by last summer’s historic flooding. The Dane County Board put together the 13-member Yahara Chain of Lakes Flooding task force last fall. The task force released its 52-page report Monday and are meeting to review the information. The… Read More
South Ponto Beach in Encinitas. Photo by Chad McDonald via Flickr Encinitas is distributing 45,000 cubic yards of sand near South Ponto State Beach to help replenish the beaches from Leucadia south to Cardiff. That sand is being provided in conjunction with the Encinitas Beach Hotel, a 130-room resort being built on the west side… Read More
Silt buildup is visible in this recent drone shot. (photo by Chris Dantonio Drone Photography) Facing an imminent March funding deadline to dredge the Schuylkill River that, if missed, would have erased portions of the 2020 regatta season, Philadelphia city and rowing community officials now believe a completed funding package will be in place in… Read More
CRESTVIEW — While Okaloosa County’s $3.5 million East Pass dredging/beach restoration project still might begin in early March, it will involve less beach sand than what was originally projected. Last November, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey determined that about 240,000 cubic yards of sand could be dredged from the East Pass. Plans call… Read More
Georgetown (Source: Live 5 News) GEORGETOWN, SC (WCSC) – Georgetown officials have come together with Coastal Carolina University scientists to see if there is a way to avoid silting after dredging. Last week, Georgetown county and city officials announced they want to dredge the Port of Georgetown. Officials hope to carve a path for industry… Read More
A Dane County Technical committee released its findings on future flood mitigation Friday. Last fall, flooding caused more than $154 million in damages county-wide. Image By: Sydney Widell Contrary to earlier proposals, lowering lake levels may not in fact be the best way to lessen the impacts of future flooding, according to a new report…. Read More
CHARLESTOWN — Confronted with a shortfall on the Quonochontaug Pond Marsh Restoration Project, members of the Salt Ponds Coalition quickly raised $347,500 to complete the work. Coalition President Art Ganz presented a check Thursday to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, the agency leading the initiative. CRMC Policy Analyst Caitlin Chaffee, who accepted the… Read More
Courtesy Photo | Dredging to remove shoals from the Plymouth Harbor federal navigation project is underway. Vessels wanting to enter Plymouth waters, as dredging to remove shoals from the Plymouth Harbor federal navigation project in Massachusetts is currently underway and on schedule. The New England District and its contractor, Burnham Associates, of Salem, Massachusetts, are… Read More