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Bay County tourism officials say they’re keeping a close eye on this weather system. They say erosion is common during the winter storm season, but it’s not as much of a concern as some might think. TDC leaders began the most recent Panama City Beach renourishment in September 2021. They spent about $30 million to… Read More
The massive project to deepen the Sabine-Neches Waterway is moving along with the recent awarding of a contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation. Great Lakes was awarded the $62.8 million Sabine-Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project-Phase 1 contract late last year. The company was established in Chicago in the late 1800s and has corporate… Read More
With big storms, large swells and tons of sand comes a concern about the Santa Barbara harbor entrance, and work is underway to keep it open. Waterfront Director Mike Wiltshire said work should begin by the middle of the month. The breakwater entrance to the harbor and the northwest section will be the focus of… Read More
Bathtub Beach is located at 1585 SE MacArthur Boulevard in Stuart. Martin County Ocean Rescue is on duty at Bathtub Beach daily from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. To listen to daily pre-recorded information such as beach closure notices, tides, surf and weather forecasts and the number of lifeguard towers open for the day, call Martin… Read More
Sailors on the Great Lakes are hoping $17 billion of federal investment in maritime infrastructure can help revitalize their waterways. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: Most of the goods we buy get to where they need to go on the back of a truck or a train. But about 5% of cargo in the United States is… Read More
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams today wrapped a two-day trip to New Hampshire to highlight how investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the America the Beautiful initiative are restoring our lands and waters and cultivating core salt marsh areas. Secretary Haaland and… Read More
By Heiko Osterchrist-Associate Publisher IMS Dredges, a division of Ellicott Dredge Technologies,llc, GeoPool® division had a banner 2023 end of year sales of over 20 truck loads of GeoPool®. IMS GeoPool® is an innovative dewatering solution that is cost effective, reusable, scalable, and easy to operate, ideal for dredge dewatering. The system consists of a… Read More
Island County awarded the City of Oak Harbor $1 million in grant funds that will help fund the dredging of the entire marina. During a meeting on Jan. 2, the council authorized Mayor Ronnie Wright to sign the Rural County Economic Development Interlocal Agreement, accepting the funds and committing to providing 10% matching funds, or… Read More
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is set to commence a dredging project along the Indian River near Millsboro. The project, funded through DNREC appropriations, aims to address sedimentation and shoaling issues in the navigational channel while simultaneously restoring 15 acres of tidal wetlands on Town of Millsboro property. Source
By Thane Grauel WESTPORT — A $205,249 request for a comprehensive beach resiliency planning study sparked a discussion Wednesday about pursuing grants rather than just writing checks. Parks and Recreation Director Jennifer Fava told the Board of Finance the study is needed to give the town an idea what could be done to make its… Read More
Southold Town is embarking this coming year on a Coastal Resiliency Preparedness Action Plan, after former Town Supervisor Scott Russell included $100,000 to start work on the plan in his 2024 budget adopted this fall. The town, at the far easternmost reach of the North Fork, has a lot of coastline to be concerned about…. Read More
Two projects to restore Centre County watersheds were awarded nearly $320,000 in state grants on Friday. The Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited received $211,341 to aid streambank restoration along Slab Cabin Run at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center in College Township and $108,365 for a similar project along Bald Eagle Creek in Taylor Township. They… Read More
Rates for the Barnstable County dredge program will rise this year, but county officials are undecided on exactly how much and how the increase will be structured over the next several years. The county is currently soliciting feedback from town managers across the Cape on three proposed rate structures to get the subsidized dredge program… Read More
There’s a bend on the Klamath River just upstream of the small community of Happy Camp, where the river slows and sprawls just past a slope of fire-killed trees. There’s no cell phone service, and you’re far enough from Highway 96 that you can’t hear the few vehicles that pass by. It’s mid-December — not… Read More
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Environmental Protection Agency has given Louisiana power to approve carbon capture well projects, and the state says it can handle the responsibility, and the oil and gas industry says it will create more jobs. But some environmentalists say Louisiana cannot be trusted with such oversight. Industrial corridors are peppered around… Read More