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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is rescheduling a public meeting on Mississippi River dredged material in Winona, Minnesota. The meeting will be held February 21, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Winona County History Center, 160 Johnson St., Winona, Minnesota. The meeting was originally scheduled for January 31, but… Read More
Dredging operations are running full-bore on Bald Head Island, as contractors move sand from Jaybird Shoals ashore to protect the rock groin and add material to South Beach. The Marinex Construction Co. dredge started pulling sand about three weeks ago and is roughly one-third done with the job, officials estimated. They work during the winter… Read More
LA VALLE — The Lake Redstone Protection District Board is preparing to request $6 million from Sauk County to help fund its estimated $7 million dredging project. At the Jan. 31 special board meeting at the La Valle Town Hall, the Lake Redstone Protection District Board approved assembling an updated presentation for the Feb. 14… Read More
SARASOTA (WWSB) – Two pumps still sit out in New Pass, dredging sand and pumping it around two miles to Lido Beach. The emergency renourishment project, which began in November, is about three-quarters of the way done. Bob Harrigan was on the water Wednesday morning explaining the progress and getting a first-hand look. The project… Read More
View of Moriches Bay on Long Island. Intelligentlove / Wikimedia Commons The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed more than $15 million in dredging projects along the South Shore of Long Island, after last winter’s storms dumped excessive amounts of sand in Moriches Bay and Inlet. A $3 million project dredged sand from the… Read More
ANNAPOLIS — Senate Bill 145, (SB145) legislation that would prevent the Maryland Department of Natural Resources from dredging oyster shells near the Man-O-War shoal, was met with support and opposition at the Maryland General Assembly Tuesday, Feb. 5. Sen. Kathrine Klausmeier, who sponsored the bill, said prevention of dredging would protect a treasure of the… Read More
Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to declare that the 7-year, $1.7 billion cleanup satisfies a 2002 agreement between EPA and GE. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin Albany – New York’s two U.S. senators are joining the state’s call that General Electric must be made to continue the PCB cleanup… Read More
The global harbor deepening market was valued at US$ 4.1 billion in 2017. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 3% over the forecast period, 2018-2028. Harbor deepening is a service required for digging activities, particularly in ports and harbors for various purposes. Harbor deepening finds its applications in capital deepening, trade… Read More
Marine debris removal is all but complete in Islamorada and Marathon, but continues in unincorporated Monroe County. MONROE COUNTY/ContributedA government project that’s under budget and scheduled to be completed a month or more ahead of time? Yes. Monroe County’s project to clean up canals clogged with Hurricane Irma debris is projected to come in under… Read More
Sal Troia, near his family’s property on the Yahara Chain. Troia, the new president of the Yahara Lakes Association, prioritizes flood control as he begins his term. With the region emerging from a polar vortex and the burying of the Yahara Lakes beneath feet of snow and ice, summertime flooding might feel like a lifetime… 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
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