PENTWATER — Legislation recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives includes $1.666 million to support dredging at Pentwater Harbor, a federally authorized navigation channel maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District. The funding is designated for the Pentwater Harbor Dredging Project, which is intended to remove sediment buildup from the harbor… Read More
LAGOS, Nigeria — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of Africa’s largest city and driving away fish and livelihoods for some of its poorest people. Not far from the bridge, wooden boats are loaded with sand…. Read More
Meet Swampy, the purpose-built amphibious excavator that has begun dredging the pop-up garden patch growing out of the Taylor River in central Blenheim. The Marlborough District Council’s rivers and drainage engineering manager, Andy White, said watching the digger make its way down to the river and through the weeds on Monday was “quite a sight”…. Read More
Town of Duck The Town of Duck is proud to share the completion of a major shoreline stabilization project at Duck Town Park. In this video, Sandy Cross, Planning and Permits Manager for the Town of Duck, walks viewers through the journey behind this project, from its earliest concepts in 2017 to the final permitted… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), announced $40 million in FY26 Energy and Water Development funding for a new shallow-draft dredging vessel for East Coast navigation channels. The funding addresses sediment buildup that has limited vessel access in Maryland and other heavily used East Coast waterways. The FY26 appropriations bill includes language authored… Read More
