20 Completed Dredging Projects Across Eight Counties to Increase Resiliency and Sustain Recreation Part of State’s $300 Million Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative Transition of Program Management to Counties Completes Final Phase of Program Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of New York State’s $15 million Regional Dredging Project. The dredging project is part… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will conduct a regional environmental review of the six New York Bight offshore lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey. Leases for these six areas were awarded through BOEM’s February 2022 auction that brought in over $4.3 billion, a record for any U.S. offshore renewable or conventional energy lease… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District; and the U.S. Geological Survey, in partnership with others, have released a report regarding the Ecological Status and Trends of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. The Status and Trends report is the third of its kind produced as part of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR)… Read More
The US Department of Energy has launched an $8 billion program to develop clean hydrogen hubs across America. The H2Hubs program aims to “create networks of hydrogen producers, consumers, and local connective infrastructure to accelerate the use of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier,” the DOE said. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will fund at least… Read More
Vicksburg, Miss. — Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/43920 Report Number: ERDC/TN RSM-22-1 Title: South Shore of Long Island, New York Regional Sediment Management Investigation: An Overview of Challenges and Opportunities By: Anna M. Jansson, Arun K. Heer, Suzana S. Rice, Frank Buonaiuto, Danielle M. Tommaso, Lynn M. Bocamazo, Stephen A. Couch, and Jodi M. McDonald Approved for public… Read More
A decade after the last effort, most restored areas are now just rocks A regional planning group is laying the groundwork for another large-scale sand project like the one that widened San Diego County beaches a decade ago. The previous effort, completed in 2012 at a cost of $28.5 million, required nearly a decade of… Read More
SAFE WATERWAYS: State program helped clear Oak Orchard Harbor WATERPORT — A dredging project which helped maintain two Orleans County waterways has completed its second phase. The work was part of New York state’s $15 million Regional Dredging Project — an effort which is itself part of the state’s $300 million Resiliency and Economic Development… Read More
Completion of Dredging at 20 Projects Across Eight Counties to Increase Resiliency and Sustain Recreation Phase III of Project Scheduled to Be Completed in 2022 Part of State’s $300 Million Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative (‘REDI’) Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of Phase II of New York State’s $15 million Regional Dredging Project…. Read More
The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) has approved and enacted offshore wind energy development as a policy priority and called for a collaborative, regional approach to developing the emerging industry off the Pacific Coast. The WGA added offshore wind development in its Energy in the West Policy Resolution and noted the industry’s potential to spark economic… Read More
The top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer in the southeast recently paid a visit to the City of Charleston to address the City Council about the agency’s ongoing study into coastal storm risk on the peninsula and provide city leaders with a clear path through the federal study, design and construction process. The visit… Read More