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Efforts to add sand to the beach in San Clemente have been paused, with the contractor leaving the site following “ongoing sand quality issues” with the $14 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers replenishment project, according to city and federal officials. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to allow the contractor, Manson Construction,… Read More
Friday morning marks this year’s first meeting of The Brevard County Save Our Indian River Lagoon Citizen Oversight Committee, which county commissioners established in 2016, following voters’ approval of a half-cent sales tax to fund restoration projects for the lagoon. The Brevard County Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL) Citizen Oversight Committee voted unanimously Friday to advance proposed… Read More
As part of an Interlocal Agreement between Davidson and Rowan Counties for High Rock Lake Dredging Feasibility Study County Commissioners approved a resolution in support of a feasibility study for dredging of High Rock Lake in early January. According to the National Ocean Service and Atmospheric Service, “dredging “ “is the removal of sediments and… Read More
It is an extraordinary detour: Hundreds of ships are avoiding the Suez Canal and sailing an extra 4,000 miles around Africa, burning fuel, inflating costs and adding 10 days of travel or more in each direction. They are avoiding one of the world’s most important shipping routes, the Red Sea, where for months the Iranian-backed… Read More
Disruptions to shipping from the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea already are more damaging to the supply chain than the early COVID-19 pandemic, maritime advisory firm Sea-Intelligence said this week in an analysis of vessel delays. Supply chain data known in the industry as “vessel capacity” shows the second largest drop in recent years,… Read More
From August until this month, the Army Corps of Engineers and contractor MCM Marine have been clearing sediment in Ludington Harbor, along the Lake Michigan shorelineas part of a dredging operation. During that time period, thousands of feet of pipe moved sediment from the upstream limit of the dredging, which is near the Badger’s dock… Read More
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCIV) — The Berkeley County Government is giving an update on the dredging project underway at Bushy Park Landing near the Naval Weapons Station in Goose Creek. Sharing new pictures of the work on Facebook, the county said the project is in full swing and dredging is expected to be completed in two… Read More
SOLANA BEACH — Over the next 60 days, residents will see the Solana Beach shoreline grow substantially in size as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges and places 700,000 cubic yards of sand on the beach. The long-awaited USACE Coastal Storm Damage Reduction and Beach Replenishment Project kicked off Tuesday with the arrival of… Read More
“Now is the hard moment,” East Hampton Town’s planning director told the town board on Tuesday during an assessment of a ravaged coastline after three storms in the past month. “Now is the moment where we have to begin to behave differently,” Jeremy Samuelson told the board. “We can no longer simply continue to behave… Read More
Behind barbed wire and tangled between highways and railroads on Chicago’s South Side, the dockside at Iroquois Landing is often a hive of activity. In late fall, forklifts and dump trucks rushed to get pallets of lumber and mountains of iron ore off ships before Great Lakes locks and canals froze to a halt on… Read More
With beach replenishment expected to be needed more often and rising costs of providing it, DNREC is developing recommendations for local governments to help pay for it. Right now the cost is paid by the state and federal government. “Nothing we’re doing with this study is going to affect current projects or future planned projects,”… Read More
Salt marshes lace much of the South Coast shoreline, but not in New Bedford. Development of the harbor displaced nearly all traces of them more than a century ago. Now, with climate resilience in mind, the city and a nonprofit partner are building a salt marsh, from scratch, in one of New Bedford’s most densely… Read More
When one thinks of Georgia in the United States, images of Stone Mountain Park, the towns below the Blue Ridge Mountains, epic, long-distance hiking trails, cool swimming holes, and the natural awe of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park often come to mind. But it doesn’t stop there. Georgia offers even more than that. It’s a haven for some of the… Read More
TAMPA, Fla. — As climatologists predict more frequent and stronger storms, Florida coastlines face the risk of erosion. But now, there is a bill in the state legislature that aims to help our shores by expanding protections against mangroves. Mangroves are so important to coastline protection that there are laws protecting them. SB 32 calls for the expansion… Read More
The Jersey Shore is no stranger to beach erosion. Fierce waves during strong storms batter the coastline, eating away at the sand and dunes, leaving towns to figure out how to restore them in time for summer. Source