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CHATHAM — Marinas need access to the water to survive. As a relatively new county dredge continues to experience mechanical problems, Outermost Harbor Marine CEO Farrell Kahn decided it was time for his company to take matters into its own hands. Outermost Harbor’s access channel was down to depths of 2½ feet in some spots,… Read More
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross lauded Nassau County’s economic development Friday while at the Port of Fernandina, highlighting the emergence of Wildlight, the growth of Rayonier Inc. (NYSE: RYN) and capital projects planned for the port. The port plans to deepen its shipping channel to 40 feet, add 100,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space and… Read More
The total cost of the partnership with Charlotte County is estimated at $35.3 million, with a projected $7.7 coming from Sarasota SARASOTA COUNTY — Property owners whose homes are exposed to Gulf of Mexico waters because of critical erosion on Manasota Key could soon see some relief if the Sarasota County Commission approves a joint… Read More
More than a week after a local emergency was declared for Porpoise Point, the area near Vilano Beach was hammered by a nor’easter on Wednesday, highlighting the need for a long-term fix. It’s something that’s in the works, but that isn’t helping the situation right now. Currently, both St. Johns County Public Works staff and… Read More
A marine educational nonprofit in Redwood City that had been struggling for years for permission to restore a beach so people can get to the water has received the final necessary permit – and more than 600 tons of sand. The Marine Science Institute, which gives kids a chance to learn about the local bay… Read More
‘If we want to fix this problem, we need to work together’ Major ongoing shoaling problems in Humboldt Bay left the Humboldt Bay Harbor Working Group casting about for solutions at the citizen group’s meeting today at the Samoa Cookhouse. Parts of the bay are experiencing high levels of shoaling — sediment buildup that shallows… Read More
The long-awaited restoration project to revitalize threatened and endangered wildlife and reduce flooding in Pescadero took a major step forward earlier this month. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution on March 12 allocating $1 million toward a dredging effort at Butano Creek. Spearheaded by the San Mateo Resource Conservation District, with… Read More
Repairs to the Union Dike resumed Monday after a one-day suspension due to rain. The broken levee had previously offered a measure of flood protection to Valley, Nebraska, and surrounding areas. Lt. Col. James T. Startzell, deputy commander of the Omaha district of the corps, said repairs to the levee is expected to be completed… Read More
Sen. Rick Scott visited the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Naples Monday to highlight his Fighting for Florida budget agenda, which includes a more than $200 million investment to protect Lake Okeechobee and the Florida Everglades. Scott said he will work with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to secure a $200 million investment to… Read More
STONE HARBOR – Federal hydraulic beach replenishment projects on Seven Mile Island have always encompassed the neighboring boroughs of Avalon and Stone Harbor. Not so in 2019. Stone Harbor Borough Administrator Jill Gougher told the governing body March 19 that the borough had been dropped from the planned Army Corps of Engineers’ project. The replenishment… Read More
State Sen. Eddie Lambert, R-Prairieville, is calling for the advancement of a roughly $877 million sediment diversion effort—as well as more diversion projects in general—between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. In a speech today to the Press Club of Baton Rouge, Lambert advocated for what he called a “common-sense approach” to coastal restoration and flood… Read More
FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WPMI) — The battle over who will pay for dredging at the Fly Creek Boat Channel in Fairhope is over. Fairhope tax payers will now be footing half of the $500,000 project. This after the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers said no to the dredging after having done it for decades. It all… Read More
EMERALD ISLE – Weather and sea conditions last week forced work to pause, but the Post-Florence Renourishment Project for Bogue Banks is well underway, the Carteret County Shore Protection Office announced Monday. Phase 1 of the project, which includes part of Emerald Isle, Indian Beach and Salter Path, is expected to use 945,446 cubic yards… Read More
CHATHAM – Mariners in Chatham are seeking answers from town officials about increasingly difficult navigation conditions in Chatham Harbor. Coastal Resources Manager Ted Keon said the harbor channel opposite Lighthouse Beach is not navigable for larger vessels and that while the North Inlet provides enough water to access Pleasant Bay, the channel south into the… Read More
WEST POINT, MS – The closure of the through-traffic north and south of Aberdeen on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is costing Tronox in Hamilton an estimated $6 million in lost revenues and $630,000 in additional logistics and trucking costs. And that’s just one of dozens of examples up and down the Waterway, the head of Mississippi… Read More