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Have you ever made your way through a marsh? Tromped through a swamp? Waded in a wetland? I have. It was soooo icky! And wet! Ewwww! I mean, I’ve seen some real prize-winners for swampiness. No wonder Manatee County wants to get rid of their marshes, bogs, and swamps. Sure, sure, sure, Florida’s wetlands filter… Read More
Climate changes over the last 20 to 30 years have impacts ranging from increased global temperatures to more severe and frequent storms. The St. Thomas harbor has not been immune to these changes as increased silt from storm runoffs have resulted in a narrowing of our entrance channel and a reduction in the depth of… Read More
The Arkansas River dredging has started to make more room for bigger barges. Officials say the project can take an estimated 10 years to complete. Source
One of the primary concerns when planning for dam removal is the impact of sediment transport on water quality, river health, and the communities that depend on healthy rivers. Sediment forms when rocks and soil weather and erode. We think of rivers as something that moves water, but just as important is its ability to… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard’s “highest investment priority,” the $17.6 billion Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, faces additional delay. After blowing through a contractual delivery date of June 2023, governmental auditors are already suggesting that the new delivery estimate of late 2024, coming as Panama City-based OPC shipbuilder Eastern Shipbuilding Group inks an array of new commercial and… Read More
The restoration of Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club, a Jack Nicklaus design that plays along a tidal marsh, continues to progress smoothly, and the layout’s plans for an October reopening are on schedule. Founders Group International, Pawleys’ parent company, closed the course on May 22 for a comprehensive greens, bunkers, and clubhouse renovation project. The on-course work… Read More
An intensifying hurricane season — that typically hits hardest during the early fall months of September and October — has recently prompted the City of Isle of Palms to modify its easement requirements in order to facilitate a dune replenishment project between 114 and 304 Ocean Blvd. At the Aug. 22 City Council meeting, Administrator Désirée Fragoso updated IOP… Read More
In the merciless August heat, associate professor of engineering Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos scaled an incline of honeycomb-shaped concrete tubes hugging the seawall. With a team of divers, he checked to make sure that all the 18-foot units were properly stacked and stable before donning his snorkel mask to make sure they were interlocking underwater, too. The… Read More
Fishermen are being asked to watch out for two robotic sailboats that will be cruising in the Gulf of Maine starting next week. The wind and solar-powered boats, called Saildrone Voyagers, will operate at low speeds between a series of predetermined survey lines. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the 33-foot unmanned… Read More
Cover photo: New barriers, called stone sills, rise from the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Barren Island restoration project in Dorchester County, MD. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) It’s hard to imagine that Barren Island was once inhabited by more than a dozen farmsteads, a church, a schoolhouse and a handful of stores. Now… Read More
We have used this space several times in recent months to address climate change and how this rapidly unfolding process has already affected the North Fork. In the coming months, we will continue to write about this issue on this page, as the shorelines of eastern Long Island — and, in particular, the narrow finger… Read More
Federal officials’ announcement of two draft wind energy areas off the Oregon coast poses danger to fisheries, jobs and the state’s coastal environment, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians say. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s proposal “was premature and threatens fisheries, local fishing jobs, and some of Oregon pristine… Read More
Outside the Timpanogos Special Service District’s wastewater treatment plant, a series of experiments are being conducted near the shoreline. One looks at invasive carp and their influence on the lake, while another looks at clams that used to be native to the lake as a way of cleaning the water. There are experiments reintroducing native… Read More
For more than 30 years, shrimpers who trawled the local waters at dawn ended their day by dropping off their catch at the Port Royal shrimp docks on Battery Creek. The sea bounties were processed in a small on-shore facility and sold to area restaurants. But in recent years, the old dock and the trawlers… Read More
South Carolina’s coast is one of the most beautiful in the world. It drives our economy, our cuisine and our lifestyle. But all of those things are under threat from extreme heat, flooding and damaging storms that have been on the rise and are projected to worsen. Luckily, we have the opportunity to invest in… Read More