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Virginia is working on a $120.5 million project to address the impacts of sea level rise in Hampton Roads. The Ohio Creek Watershed Project includes two residential, predominantly African American neighborhoods with civic leagues and a strong community identity. Historic Chesterfield Heights has over 400 houses on the Historic National Register, and Grandy Village includes… Read More
On February 26, Congressman Lee Zeldin met with representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including Commander of the New York District of the Army Corps Colonel Thomas Asbery, to receive an update on the Army Corps’ local work. New York Congressman Lee Zeldin announced on February 26 that the Fire Island to Montauk… Read More
Central New York can now get a look at potential plans for a public beach on Onondaga Lake. A $300,000 state-funded feasibility study was released over the weekend. If Onondaga County lawmakers like what they see, swimming could come back to the remediated lake for the first time in 80 years. County Environmental Director Travis… Read More
OGDENSBURG, N.Y. (WWNY) – Money problems hit the Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority. Its port expansion could be nixed. But major bridge work will go ahead. It’s vital to Ogdensburg. It hosts hundreds of jobs. Its toll bridge is a gateway for commerce. But money is tight these days at the Ogdensburg Bridge & Port… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District recently completed most of the Stanford Run ecosystem restoration project within Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The Buffalo District restored nearly 1,200 feet of Stanford Run, a small stream within the national park, under the original Stanford Run restoration project contract awarded to Ryba Marine Construction Co. The… Read More
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, NC (WITN) – A beach renourishment project to improve North Topsail Beach is underway. Beach crews have been bulldozing sand to improve the beach’s berm. That’s the section of the beach in front of the dunes. Town officials remind residents and visitors that the beach’s berm is different than its dunes, and… Read More
The Popponesset Spit, an important barrier beach that divides Popponesset Bay from Nantucket Sound, will receive thousands of cubic yards of sand from an continuing dredging project, adding to a beach-nourishment project undertaken this past winter. Efforts to heighten and widen the beach have been underway for years as coastal erosion caused by ocean currents,… Read More
VERO BEACH, Fla. — This week’s cooler weather brought some rough conditions for our coastline. Now, some beach-goers and waterfront business patrons are noticing a shrinking shoreline only weeks after the county spent millions of dollars trucking out new sand. Waldo’s General Manager Lee Olsen questions if the Indian River County beach restoration project is… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District recently announced it will receive public comment regarding planned temporary deviation to support Kissimmee River restoration until March 16. According the army corps, the intent of the planned temporary deviation is to limit Lake Kissimmee releases to no more than 900 cubic feet per second (cfs) in… Read More
The Brown Pelicans are returning to their newly restored home on Queen Bess Island! Check out this video shot by Fenstermaker of the birds selecting their nests for the season.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues to lower water elevations within its six Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs in anticipation of spring snow melt. All elevations given using National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. The Corps has completed the winter drawdown of Gull Lake, located near Brainerd, Minnesota;… Read More
When a proposal to build a giant sea wall to protect the region from the next Superstorm Sandy was unveiled in 2018, it was met with strong opposition by environmentalists and some local officials, who said it would destroy the ecology of North Jersey’s tidal rivers and redirect a potentially devastating storm surge to the… Read More
Commitment Demonstrates New Jersey’s Leadership on Offshore Wind TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today announced the offshore wind solicitation schedule to meet the 7,500 megawatt (MW) offshore wind goal by 2035 and called upon the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to take all necessary actions to implement the schedule. These projects will deliver the… Read More
FONTANA – With the Abbey Marina filling quickly with sand and requiring costly annual dredging, the harbor is seeking long-term solutions with the village to address the rapid sedimentation. Along with heavy rainfalls that have affected Fontana in recent years, a storm water system constructed near the Big Foot Country Club by the village about… Read More
Dredging at the Popponesset approach channel began earlier this week after high winds and rough waters delayed the annual project, which was supposed to begin February 10. Kenneth H. Bates, chairman of the Mashpee Waterways Commission, said the Barnstable County dredge was in place and pumping sand onto the beach on Tuesday and Wednesday. High… Read More