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Louisiana added 10 miles of hurricane levee protection and created or improved more than 10 square miles of coastal marsh in 2023, Bren Haase, chairman of the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, said during a review of the agency’s accomplishments at its December meeting. State officials do not track land loss along the coast… Read More
Boaters and visitors in Marina del Rey should get used to seeing the “Sea Horse” floating in the harbor. The dredging vessel and its accompanying scow, the Robert L., will operate continuously over the next five months to remove 400,000 to 500,000 cubic yards of sediment — enough to fill 100 Olympic-size swimming pools —… Read More
A dredging project that was set to begin Friday in the Marina del Rey harbor has been delayed until Monday due to inclement weather, county officials said Thursday. The five-month-long dredging effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to remove about 400,000 to 500,000 cubic yards of sediment — enough to fill… Read More
Crews are hard at work restoring the beach at Roosevelt Inlet in Lewes. The $4.9 million project will add 104,000 cubic yards of material from the inlet to an area between Iowa and Missouri avenues. After a summer that saw beachgoers squeezing into tight spaces, especially during high tide, the wider beach will be a… Read More
Two local nonprofit leaders are praising Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, and others in Congress for introducing a bipartisan bill that would authorize $60 million annually to protect coastal wetlands. The Resilient Coast and Estuaries Act would strengthen efforts to preserve natural habitats along the San Luis Rey River in Oceanside, the San Elijo Lagoon on… Read More
LEWES, Del.- The Army Corps of Engineers is hard at work replenishing the beaches near the Roosevelt Inlet in Lewes. The Corps is adding around one hundred thousand cubic yards of sand to the beach. “It’s important to have basically that sand profile in place to really reduce the risk of storm damage to infrastructure,” said… Read More
It’s not a surprise that the New Hampshire project that won $2 million in funding in the latest federal conservation program involves saving our salt marshes from a host of threats. “The projects are heavy on watershed restoration – riverways, coastal waterways. It’s been decades now of folks all over the country recognizing the importance… Read More
Building up wetlands that are drowning under rising oceans remains a challenge, but scientists are now one step closer to identifying solutions. Amid climate change, large dam removal projects have gained attention as a solution to the loss of coastal wetlands that reduce flooding, filter water, and provide wildlife habitat. But in a just-released paper… Read More
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – This weekend’s storm put the newly restored dunes along most of Pinellas County’s beaches to the test. Crews had almost finished an emergency shoreline restoration project due to the damage from Hurricane Idalia. The storm this weekend, though, took a beating on the new dunes. “Here we are four months after Idalia, and it took another… Read More
The city of Milton has embarked upon a mission to restore the iconic Locklin Lake, described by former mayor Wesley Meiss as “the heart of Milton,” to its former glory. City Council members voted unanimously Dec. 12 to spend $104,000 on an engineering study that will allow it to navigate through a planned three-phase restoration effort. City Manager… Read More
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, awarded a $29.1 million contract to Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. LLC, out of Quincy, Massachusetts, for Baltimore Harbor and channels maintenance dredging for Fiscal Year 2024. In coordination with the Maryland Department of Transportation, Port Administration, the project consists of dredging approximately 1.6 million… Read More
Two local nonprofit leaders are praising Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, and others in Congress for introducing a bipartisan bill that would authorize $60 million annually to protect coastal wetlands. The Resilient Coast and Estuaries Act would strengthen efforts to preserve natural habitats along the San Luis Rey River in Oceanside, the San Elijo… Read More
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (KABC) — The city of San Clemente is celebrating a landmark sand replenishment project 20 years in the making. “The project will protect critical shoreline, infrastructure, including rail lines, utilities, businesses, homes, as well as preserve access, public access, to our beaches,” said Mayor Victor Cabral. A total of 251,000 cubic yards of sand will… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District has completed annual dredging of Toledo Harbor and the Maumee River. Dredging of Toledo Harbor is the largest dredging operation on the Great Lakes, ensuring accessible depths for large vessels, the continued flow of commodities across the lakes, and the economic viability of United States waterways…. Read More
Every month, we receive questions and concerns from people in and around Charleston related to flooding, government regulations and sea-level rise. We read every single one. Now we are answering some of them in the pages of The Post and Courier. Our Rising Waters Q&A appears every other Monday. Email your questions to tcox@postandcourier.com and jchester@postandcourier.com. This month,… Read More