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Amos P. Catlin came to Mormon Island in 1849 where he mined and practiced law. William L. Goggin, agent for the Department of the Post Office on the west coast, asked Catlin for a name for the new post office being set up on Mormon Island. Catlin offered the name Natoma which was a Maidu… Read More
This winter, the Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC) will kill two birds with one stone. While dredging Massey’s Ditch, engineers will pump the displaced sand onto the beach north of the Indian River Inlet. Officials with DNREC’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section explained the scope of the maintenance dredging project at an… Read More
The once rough and tumble area in the Town of Urbanna known years ago by locals as “Little Pearl Harbor” is located on Howard and Knapp streets and along the shoreline of Perkins Creek. Even though the town had code sections against raising hogs and chickens inside town limits the critters roamed those streets into… Read More
Thanks to the efforts of Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association and the municipality of Central Manitoulin, salmon are now able to spawn in the Mindemoya River. “A lot of salmon have made it into the river since the dredging took place,” stated Seija Deschenes, project coordinator of Manitoulin Streams, on Monday. This comes after last week’s… Read More
British Marine Aggregate Producers Association and The Crown Estate publish 20th annual report THE British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have published their 20th annual ‘Area Involved’ report, which details changes in the extent of the seabed area licensed and dredged for marine aggregates during 2017. The ‘Area Involved’ initiative commenced… Read More
Six months into the U.S. tariffs on imported aluminum and steel, Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) is finding that one of the best ways it can protect profits is a cost cutting strategy that is more than two years old, Reuters reports. Even though demand has picked up since 2016, its Clayton plant still runs a single shift… Read More
If you’re planning to visit San Luis Obispo’s Laguna Lake anytime soon, beware of harmful toxins in the water. City officials have posted signs around the lake near Madonna Road warning that recent blue-green algae growths pose health risks to people and pets. The warnings are: ? Don’t drink the water or use it for… Read More
It will be a few weeks before the size of Louisiana’s budget surplus from the fiscal year that ended June 30 gets verified, but state leaders are already contemplating how the money might be used. “We are hopeful that the surplus will be around $300 million,” said Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, who builds the… Read More
It’s no secret the Indian River Lagoon is in a state of ecological collapse. The efforts of those involved in planning and executing IRL restoration deserve our gratitude. Nonetheless, we believe that some of the priorities of the Brevard County restoration plan funded by a half-cent sales tax are misaligned. This is the order of… Read More
Public money is needed to save two struggling ports on the West Coast, regional leaders say. The Government’s $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) has bankrolled a feasibility study into upgrading Westport and Greymouth ports. Both ports are owned and managed by their respective district councils, and both are struggling financially. Westport port ended the… Read More
– This informal meeting is being convened for the purpose of providing Noteholders (i) with an update on the Group’s business climate and financial performance for the past financial year; and (ii) on the discussions with the principal bankers on possible additional working capital lines. – The informal meeting is not intended to and does… Read More
A Leland Township resident who wants people to stop trespassing on his beachfront property says signs put up this year by township officials are just making things more confusing. Alexander Janko, whose family’s home is on Lake Michigan in Leland, is frustrated by people who continue to encroach on his privacy and by what he… Read More
Blessings are hard to come by in American journalist Vince Beiser’s impassioned and alarming report on sand. Sand’s predominant commercial use is as a constituent of concrete, and so much construction is going on worldwide as rural people migrate to cities en masse that sand is coveted by builders and made off with by pirates,… Read More
China—the world’s fastest-growing economy with the largest population—leads the world in cement production, the critical ingredient that has built China’s mammoth cities, sprawling roads, and other infrastructure. China pours 60 percent of the world’s cement; the country’s production in 2011-2013 surpassed U.S. production for the entire 20th century. While it paved the way for Chinese… Read More
At DSC, Dreducation® describes our commitment to furthering education and training about dredges and dredging—not only for dredge owners and their crews, but also for the general advancement of the industry. Fact: Every dredging application is different, and every dredge operator works under unique conditions. It’s these variables that create your dredge’s own unique story…. Read More