Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society (MHRS) has started its annual dredging and sandspit stabilisation programme, continuing more than three decades of work to safeguard the harbour’s health. The Spirit of Mangawhai II dredge was deployed mid-March, with operations scheduled through to July 31. Work is timed for autumn and winter to avoid disturbing the breeding season… Read More
Mariners are advised that dredging operations will commence at the Port of Cape Preston West for the dredging of the transhipment channel to the BCI Minerals Mardie Salt and Potash jetty. The dredged materials will be dumped at the offshore disposal location DMPA4, located 15nm North of the Mardie jetty. The following equipment will be… Read More
By Renata Schmidt BIDDEFORD, Maine — Students from the University of New England teamed up with the Biddeford Pool Conservation Trust in March to plant dune grass along the beach in Biddeford, Maine. Dunes help protect the communities and habitats behind them and also provide a habitat for animals. Biddeford was hit hard during the back-to-back… Read More
By Greg Pallone BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A project is underway to help restore the health of the struggling Indian River Lagoon and remove decades of old pollution from the waterways. In a spot near the Eau Gallie Causeway, work is ramping up to remove a big issue plaguing the lagoon for decades. Muck, organic-rich… Read More
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCSC) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, officially finished two dredging and sand placement projects on the Isle of Palms on Sunday. The Breach Inlet Beneficial Use Projects moved about 700,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand from the Corps’ routine maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway to nourish… Read More
