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Out on the east coast of Staten Island, one of New York City’s first major responses to the existential threat of climate change may soon break ground. This March, the last bit of bureaucratic red tape was cleared away for the construction of an enormous 5.3-mile long barrier that will stretch from Fort Wadsworth to… Read More
All equipment should be off the beach by May 15 BREVARD COUNTY • PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – A recent aerial photo of the shoreline near Cocoa Beach Pier shows how much wider the beach has become as the federally funded Canaveral Harbor Sand Bypass Project has made its way south from Jetty Park to just… Read More
A project to restore about three miles of beach that was hit hard by recent storms in St. Johns County is moving in the right direction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and St. Johns County signed an agreement Tuesday for the construction. Hurricanes Matthew and Irma damaged a lot of the coastline from Vilano… Read More
WASHINGTON — Louisiana will get nearly $95 million for coastal protection and restoration efforts in the latest round of payments from the federal government’s Gulf energy royalties. State officials quickly hailed the announcement of the latest round of Gulf of Mexico Energy and Security Act funding as a win for the state’s conservation and hurricane… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District is seeking public comment on the Federal Navigation Channel Operations and Maintenance Dredging and Dredged Material Placement draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for Skamokawa Creek, Westport Slough, Old Mouth Cowlitz River and Upstream Entrance to Oregon Slough. The Corps is proposing to perform operations and maintenance dredging and… Read More
Cottrell Contracting began dredging Jekyll Creek in Georgia on April 15 under a $12,740,080 contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District. The contract, awarded January 23, includes both a beneficial use pilot project in Jekyll Creek and the regular maintenance dredging of other sites along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). Cottrell, based… Read More
DENHAM SPRINGS – The Army Corps of Engineers is taking steps to prevent flooding caused by Amite River backwater. But it’ll be years before homeowners see any relief. During an open house in Denham Springs, the federal agency announced Congress has set $3 million aside to re-study the Amite River basin. A similar study was… Read More
The work, which took years, made the shoreline more storm-resilient and repaired the massive damage that Hurricane Sandy caused. On Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the official completion of construction on the Long Beach Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Project. The $130 million project was performed in two phases over three years that… Read More
(ABC 6 News)– It’s long been a favorite spot for boaters, anglers and swimmers. And in a matter of days, work will resume on a make-over for one of the area’s premier lakes. “The biggest concern the district has always had is clean water,” Andy Henschel said. It’s a project designed to improve the health… Read More
Some resident members of the South Ponte Vedra and Vilano Beach Preservation Association have been actively working on beach restoration solutions for the north barrier island for 14 years. The County Commission on March 19 addressed three separate agenda items for solving and funding beach restoration and preservation. After four hours, the commission added a… Read More
Sen. Karen Tallian secured the necessary funding in the state’s biennial budget toward a study to solve the erosion plaguing Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk. Tallian, D-Portage, said $400,000 would be placed into the state’s beach nourishment fund each of the next two years, the result of several years of effort on her part and that… Read More
When Miami Beach borrowed $162 million from Wall Street this week, it wanted investors to know rising seas and extreme weather are a real risk to the city and that it’s doing something about it. An increasing number of states and local governments are including climate change in their list of risks investors should consider… Read More
A new coastal studies center is in the works for Nicholls State University’s campus, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced this afternoon. The new center will be the fruit of a newly announced partnership between the Nicholls, the state and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. Edwards, CPRA head Chip Kline and Nicholls President Jay Clune… Read More
Maryland Environmental Service is using a Volvo EC300E amphibious excavator to restore Poplar Island, a once diminishing remote island habitat in the Chesapeake Bay, North America. However, some of the Bay’s habitats, such as wetlands, remote islands, shorelines and submerged aquatic vegetation, are in dire need of restoration. Islands are particularly at risk; once many… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is revising its Upper Mississippi River Master Plan and is seeking the public’s input. The master plan is a guiding document that governs how the Corps’ federal lands are managed for recreation and environmental stewardship. The strategic land use and recreation management document will guide the… Read More