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Poorly devised, randomly executed or under-engineered dredging, deepening or widening of streams has proven to be ineffective in preventing subsequent flooding. By Vicki Terwilliger, Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. | September 19, 2018 (TNS) – As communities wrangle with flooding across Schuylkill County, Pa.,some ask why dredging waterways is not considered a solution to long-term… Read More
The Ogden Dunes and Portage beaches are disappearing. A short-term solution has been identified, but the way to pay for it hasn’t. State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Ogden Dunes, considers this an emergency worthy of state assistance. She’s asking for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, which does for Indiana what the Federal Emergency Management Agency… Read More
Bids for dredging at the state Port of Morehead City came in under the federal government’s estimate, and work should begin early next year, Carteret County Shore Protection Office Manager Greg Rudolph said Wednesday. According to Mr. Rudolph, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened two bids earlier this week, one from Great Lakes Dredge… Read More
Rep. Scott Taylor announced during a visit to the Eastern Shore of Virginia that Tangier will finally be getting a jetty that has been in the works since 2012. “I am happy to say today that the end of the federal approval process has happened. I’m proud to say they are going to start that… Read More
It’s tough sledding these days in the global ship repair market. Next year should be better. Even as the ship repair industry tracks the wider shipping upswing, the market remains depressed and hasn’t yet recovered from the crash a decade ago. Ship managers continue to squeeze every penny, and they’re getting expert help. A growing… Read More
At least 40 heavily armed men in military uniforms torched a dredger barge, Friday night, on the bank of Agusan River in Purok 1-B, Barangay Lingayao, Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte province, police reported Monday. Sketchy report reaching the regional headquarters of Northeastern Mindanao Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) based in Camp Col. Rafael… Read More
The entrance of the Oceanside harbor, which missed its annual spring cleaning this year, will get a special dredging in October to keep the channel safe for navigation, federal officials announced Friday. Ocean waves and currents constantly push sand into the harbor, which requires periodic maintenance to stay open. A recent city survey showed the… Read More
Three events during the next two weeks will focus on Louisiana’s efforts to rebuild marshes, enhance wetlands and maintain and improve conditions in the Vermilion-Teche watershed. The first comes up Tuesday: Coastal Connections — 6-8 p.m. at the LSU Center of River Studies, 100 Terrace Ave. in Baton Rouge — is a chance to see… Read More
Louisiana has a plan to shore up its disappearing coastline. The loss of coastal land threatens areas further inland, all the way to New Orleans, as the lands have historically served as buffers against storm surges — not to mention being an essential asset to the regional economy. Since 1932, according to the United States… Read More
Sustain Our Great Lakes Partnership Announces $6.6 Million in Conservation Grants for Great Lakes Restoration WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sustain Our Great Lakes partners today announced $6.6 million in grant funding for 25 ecological restoration projects in the Great Lakes basin. Approximately $8.2 million in additional project support will be leveraged… Read More