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To reduce such massive flooding in the future, USACE is performing several coastal flood risk management projects like the Union Beach effort, all of which are partially funded by the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriation Act of 2013, or what is referred to as the ‘Sandy Bill.’ The autumn of 2012 saw Superstorm Sandy devastate… Read More
A new report suggests Minnesota has made small strides in slowing the loss of critical wetlands, although increased precipitation could be a factor. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources uses aerial imagery to analyze how much wetland area has been gained or lost. Its most recent report looked at changes from 2006 to 2020, when Minnesota had… Read More
Sand placement activities have ceased near the San Clemente Municipal Pier, according to local officials, as the San Clemente Shoreline Project’s contractor Manson Construction has moved its operations south to Solana Beach. Concerns over the project’s hopper dredge pumping out cobble and other materials onto the beach south of the pier prompted the delay, San… Read More
For those planning trips to Alabama’s beautiful Gulf Coast for spring break or summer vacation, expect to see an abundance of change for the better, including beach re-nourishment projects at the East End of Dauphin Island and in Baldwin County from west of Little Lagoon Pass all the way to the Florida-Alabama line. “It is… Read More
Midcoast Maine has suffered extensive damage as Saturday’s storm battered ruin to towns like Harpswell, New Harbor, Georgetown, and Boothbay Harbor. Between the homes, businesses, and commercial fishery industry infrastructure damaged by Saturday’s tides, Harpswell’s Emergency Management Director Mike Drake estimated they suffered millions of dollars’ worth of damage. “The commercial fishing industry down here was just… Read More
Maintenance dredging of the Marina del Rey Harbor entrance channel is underway and is scheduled to be complete in May. The construction contract was awarded to HME Construction in late November, and work began Jan. 1. The LA District is working alongside several project partners, including the U.S. Coast Guard and LA County’s Department of… Read More
Beaches and dunes are becoming trapped between rising seas and human infrastructure development, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the proximity of human infrastructure to the world’s sandy shores and found that, on average, the nearest building or paved road is only 390 meters (0.24 mi) from the sea. While the proximity to the beach… Read More
A bipartisan trio of state legislators hope to resolve a longstanding impasse between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and property owners delaying the renourishment of critically eroded beaches. Rep. Lindsay Cross (D-St. Petersburg), Rep. Kim Berfield (R-Clearwater) and Rep. Linda Chaney (R-St. Pete Beach) recently filed the House Memorial on shore protection. It urges their… Read More
The U.S Army Corps of Engineers plans to place 205,000 cubic yards of dredge material along the eroded marsh shoreline just west of the Jekyll Island fishing pier and is giving the public until midnight Jan. 23 to comment on the plan. The dredge material would come from the nearby Cedar Hammock Range Bend widening… Read More
The City of Panama City Beach is moving forward with plans to clean up the Lullwater Lake Basin. Thursday evening city leaders voted to accept a three-million-dollar grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The funds will go toward lake restoration efforts which include removing debris from the bottom of the lake and getting… Read More
In the fall of 2012, Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast of the United States, including the State of New Jersey. Firefighter Paul Kerwin remembers he and his company rescuing his fellow Borough of Union Beach, New Jersey neighbors on that day. “Sandy was quite an experience. We worked round the clock, pulling people out… Read More
For the better part of two decades, Delaware communities along the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay have not had to pay for the regular beach replenishment projects that have taken place. That could soon change. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental control has commissioned a study to explore the economic benefits of beach… Read More
Replenishment work on part of Lewes Beach is done. The city and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said crews finished the dredging and beachfill operations Jan. 8. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District spokesman Steve Rochette said they placed 104,000 cubic yards of sand from Roosevelt Inlet to the area of Iowa and… Read More
At the prompting of two Pinellas County lawmakers, Florida could formally urge Congress to tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to change the policy positions that have delayed the nourishment of Pinellas’ severely eroded beaches. Rep. Lindsay Cross, D-St. Petersburg, and Rep. Kim Berfield, R-Clearwater, filed the House memorial on shore protection last week…. Read More
For those planning trips to Alabama’s beautiful Gulf Coast for spring break or summer vacation, expect to see an abundance of change for the better, including beach renourishment projects at the East End of Dauphin Island and in Baldwin County from west of Little Lagoon Pass all the way to the Florida-Alabama line. “It is… Read More