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White blankets of sand, bright blue water and palm trees swaying with the breeze – it’s the picturesque landscape that comes to mind when you think of Florida’s beaches. But this stunning scenery comes at a cost with the need to regularly artificially replenish eroding shorelines, a process also known as beach nourishment. Over the… Read More
Louisiana loses roughly a basketball court sized portion of land every five minutes — one of the largest rates of land loss on Earth. The chunks of land, mostly wetlands, are disappearing primarily because of human activity, including from a stringent levee system along the Mississippi River that has separated the river from nutrients and… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has known for decades that its continual efforts to deepen the Mississippi River for bigger ships would eventually trigger the saltwater crisis that has now gripped the New Orleans area for weeks. “This is certainly something that everybody knew was going to happen,” said Cecil Soileau, a retired Corps engineer who warned… Read More
From Fort Myers to Central Florida to Daytona Beach, Hurricane Ian cut a wide swath of destruction unlike anything most Floridians had ever experienced. One year later, the state and dozens of communities continue recovery operations with the support of federal partners, the private sector and voluntary organizations. To date, federal support totals $8.69 billion,… Read More
Erosion on the Isle of Palms continues to be a big concern for IOP city leaders and property owners. Council members, the mayor and coastal engineering experts met Tuesday afternoon to discuss short term solutions. The issue is so urgent that city leaders took action, approving more than a million dollars to fund short-term solutions… Read More
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced 27 awards totaling $44.7 million from its National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF), supported with funding through the Inflation Reduction Act. The grants announced today will leverage an additional $25.2 million from the grantees, creating a total conservation impact of nearly $70 million. These grants will support design… Read More
Additional sand nourishment and the utilization of artificial retention devices highlighted some of the solutions suggested to rescue critically vulnerable San Clemente beaches at a community meeting on Sept. 27. Residents and other stakeholders gathered in the Council Chambers at City Hall to learn about and provide feedback regarding early concepts for coastal resiliency, in… Read More
A perfectly orchestrated convoy ballet of 80,000- and 100,000-pound trucks are traversing through the narrow streets of Pass-a-Grille to haul in sand that will reconstruct dunes washed away in the wake of Hurricane Idalia. Public Works Director Mike Clarke said a county-funded program began Sept. 26 and should last through the first week in October;… Read More
After a round of community conversations for the Georgia Department of Transportation, things are getting less complicated for those who travel on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. GDOT, the Coast Guard and Prince Contracting were planning to intermittently close the waterway so they could demolish the existing Islands Expressway Drawbridge. They postponed the closures and drew… Read More
The bayside town that became the poster child for some of the most severe devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 is making progress on a $395 million federal project that’s been in the works even longer than that. “Union Beach began discussing a flood protection project back three years after the 1992 nor’easter,” said Mayor… Read More
The federal agency that will oversee a major beach replenishment project this fall or winter for Ocean City, Sea Isle City and Strathmere is considering its options after bids for the contract came in significantly higher than the government’s estimate. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to restore the storm-eroded beaches in each town… Read More
A new report commissioned by Dredging Contractors of America reveals the strength and competitiveness of the U.S. dredging industry, with a record $2.5 billion in newbuilds and capital expenditures. This competitive market has not only bolstered the industry but has also resulted in significant cost savings for taxpayers amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars in 2022… Read More
The U.S. dredging industry is highly competitive and saves the taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars every year. In 2022, according to The Mike Hooks Report, An Analysis of the FY22 U.S. Federal Dredging Market, compiled in September 2023 finds the following: Fifty-two (52) Jones Act Dredging Companies were awarded federal dredging contracts in FY2022…. Read More
In conjunction with White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities, Administration announces more than $500 million in additional investment for resilience Across the country, Americans are experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change. In just the first eight months of the year, there have been 23 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters – more than any… Read More
There will be many impacts of deep sea mining. Some will be very difficult to predict. We currently have three companies licenced to conduct deep sea mining exploration in the Cook Islands, with the expectation that they will move to a full-scale mining licence in just a few more years. This deep sea mining would… Read More