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The Department of Environmental Protection announced the launch of an online mapping tool that will help the public, stakeholders and government officials advance work that is needed to bolster the resilience of New Jersey’s coastal areas to climate change. The Coastal Ecological Restoration and Adaptation Planning Tool (CERAP Tool), provides the locations of at-risk areas,… Read More
In response to written questions from N.C. Environmental Management Commission (EMC) Chair Robin Smith, a state Department of Justice attorney confirmed Thursday that the state no longer has any jurisdiction over isolated wetlands. The EMC met in the Wayne West Building on the Carteret Community College campus off Arendell Street. Smith formed her questions after… Read More
The Tigertail Lagoon/Sand Dollar Island Ecosystem Restoration Project was completed in May and during Hurricane Idalia on August 29, 2023, Sand Dollar Island remained largely intact and held its position protecting the lagoon and upland. However, in a limited area on the southern part of Sand Dollar Island storm surge and waves did over-wash the… Read More
Emergency erosion control measures are underway in Pinellas County this week to help nourish beaches hardest hit by storm surge from Hurricane Idalia. The county said property owners in some areas may be contacted to sign temporary easements for the project. Meanwhile, the issue of easements remains at the center of the standoff between the county and the Army… Read More
Idalia stole some sand. Manatee County commissioners Sept. 12 authorized asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for federal aid to rehab Anna Maria Island’s coastline in the wake of Hurricane Idalia. The storm, passing about 100 miles west in the Gulf of Mexico Aug. 29-30, brought wind, rain and storm surge to the barrier… Read More
A Miami-Dade County committee is seeking a report from the mayor on dredging at PortMiami before it meets again next month in the wake of new reports of massive damage to coral reefs incurred in dredging there in 2014 and 2015. The call for more information by Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, who chairs the commission’s… Read More
New data from the newly launched platform Marine Sand Watch suggest that the dredging industry is extracting about 6 billion tons of sand from the marine environment annually. Experts say the extraction of sand can have numerous impacts on the marine environment, such as harming biodiversity, polluting water and making coastlines more vulnerable to sea… Read More
Leaders in a small beach town have decided to not offer certain access permits for the 2023-2024 season due to a renourishment project set to begin in mid-November. Town officials said they will forfeit roughly $20,000 in revenue from the decision, which was made in the best interest of the public’s safety. A company from… Read More
A stretch of Sunset Beach is set to close starting Wednesday for what city officials are calling the “emergency” restoration of beach dunes. Hurricane Idalia’s storm surge hit Treasure Island particularly hard when it brushed the Gulf coastline before making landfall in late August. Visitors were asked not to visit Sunset Beach after the storm to allow… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced today the receipt of several dredging awards totaling $177 million. The awarded work includes: Orange Beach, Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores Engineered Beach Renourishment Project (Coastal Protection, Alabama, $32.8 million) Fire Island Inlet to… Read More
This year is already the worst year on record for billion-dollar climate disasters in the U.S., a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said, as experts warn that extreme events are likely to become more frequent and intense unless drastic action is taken to curb human-driven climate change. KEY FACTS There have been 23… Read More
Due to climate change, glaciers are melting rapidly due to the warming global temperature, which is causing the sea levels to rise further, leading to the severity and frequency of coastal flooding. Irrespective of the moderate carbon emission scenario, 100-year floods will occur globally in coastal regions. These types of floods can hit the same areas numerous… Read More
WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced that more than $50.6 million in funding has been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, providing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners the ability to help conserve, restore or enhance more than 106,600 acres of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds… Read More
San Diego County’s seashores want pricey, sustained replenishment efforts to stay the extensive, sandy vacationer points of interest they’ve been for thus lengthy, a brand new regional examine exhibits. Shorelines in south Oceanside, south Carlsbad, Leucadia and Coronado are shrinking quick, in line with the 2023 “State of the Coast” report launched Thursday by the San… Read More
Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on the Biden Administration to commit to never using a recently finalized waiver on shipyard grants and to help ensure American companies and workers are benefitting from taxpayer-funded shipbuilding. The waiver could undercut Baldwin’s Buy America policies that are currently in place and allow the government to buy foreign companies’… Read More