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Over the past five years, NOAA and co-trustees have secured over $86 million from twelve pollution settlements addressing eight oil spills and four hazardous waste sites in the Southeast region. These funds contribute to the $9 billion recovered for restoration in the region since 1991. These recovered funds are used for restoration projects that benefit… Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH — A sand replenishment project in Croatan Beach was put on hold to allow loggerhead turtle eggs to hatch. It has been rescheduled to after turtle nesting and hatching season ends in November, said Mark Haviland, spokesperson for the Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the project. The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response… Read More
For thousands of years, before climate change started accelerating, New Jersey’s coastal marshes slowly regenerated through a harmonious process that deposited sediment from adjoining waters and kept the marshes elevated. But now, these natural areas are vanishing. Rapidly rising sea levels and erosion are causing marshes to drown, with open water replacing once lush stretches of… Read More
FAIRHOPE, Ala. — A customer is waiting as Patrick Gormandy steers his deep-water trawler — the Captain Sam B — back to the dock after a day of shrimping on Mobile Bay. Gormandy shovels plump shrimp from the boat’s holding tank into plastic tubs that look like old-fashioned laundry baskets. “If only there were more of them,”… Read More
The Bogue Sound is over 23 miles of beach, stretching from Emerald Isle all the way to Fort Macon, and officials say they are caught in a never-ending battle of beach restoration. Ryan Davenport is the shore protection manager for Carteret County, he walked News 12 through the constant battle they face with the stretches… Read More
Dredging crews returned to Grand Traverse Harbor this summer in a renewed push to protect Buffalo Reef, critical spawning habitat for lake trout and lake whitefish, from migrating stamp sand mining waste that threatens to wipe out up to 33% of these fish populations in Lake Superior. Buffalo Reef, a 2,200-acre natural cobble feature beneath… Read More
The City of Meadow Lake has postponed a planned sewage lagoon dredging project after a survey revealed the amount of sludge and contamination in the lagoon was much larger than originally thought. The survey found that sludge occupies about 56 per cent of the volume in some treatment cells. The sludge contains high amounts of… Read More
The South Florida Water Management District (District) has teamed up with Ducks Unlimited, a non-profit conservation organization to restore more than 6,500 acres of wetlands in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes watershed in Osceola County. A partnership between the District, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Ducks Unlimited is helping to restore interior sections… Read More
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. — Since 1952 the town’s 200-foot-long breachway has split the barrier beaches protecting Ninigret Pond in two, providing access into Block Island Sound and improving the water quality in the state’s largest saltwater lagoon. Now, state and local officials are homing in on a plan for the next 70 years. “The goal is… Read More
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE)– The New Bedford Port Authority announced the completion of Phase V of the New Bedford Harbor Dredging Project on Monday morning. The project as a whole has been ongoing since 2019. In Phase V, the port authority said, approximately 380,000 cubic yards of sediment were removed from the water. Elected officials… Read More
Smithtown Senior Harbormaster Scott Roberts says dredging the river could help reduce the speed of the current by giving the water more room to flow. After a series of recent rescues and a fatal drowning earlier this year, Smithtown officials are working to improve safety at a treacherous section of water where the Nissequogue River… Read More
MARIA – Three months after awarding a $25.7 million contract to Bélugas Construction of Boisbriand, beach replenishment work to protect Maria from erosion and coastal flooding is progressing well. Trains and trucks are working in coordinated fashion to carry out this vast project, which covers Route 132 between the municipal beach and the post office,… Read More
Governor Ron DeSantis announced the completion of the Crane Creek/M-1 Canal Flow Restoration Project in Brevard County, a major step toward improving water quality in the Indian River Lagoon and restoring natural water flow to the St. Johns River Basin. “We have completed the Crane Creek/M-1 Canal Flow Restoration Project-a prime example of how strategic… Read More
WASHINGTON — As part of the One Big Beautiful Bill, the Department of the Interior today announced the annual revenue-sharing cap for Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf energy revenues will rise from $500 million to $650 million beginning in fiscal year 2025 and continuing through 2034. The funds, generated from offshore oil and gas production, support coastal… Read More
State Rep. Margie Wilcox (R-Mobile) is weighing in on the dumping of dredge materials into Mobile Bay. The Mobile Baykeeper has sounded the alarm over what it calls harmful dumping into the Bay due to a project to deepen and widen the Mobile Port. The Army Corps of Engineers has permitted dumping into the Bay… Read More