The tidal marsh and barrier beach restoration project at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge is the recipient of a 2019 Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources. The Prime Hook project is acknowledged for its “exemplary leadership in reducing climate-related
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Flushing Bay no longer smells like its name. More than 89,000-cubic-yards of sediment packed with decaying organic material have been dredged from the Queens waterway as part of a $200 million cleanup project to restore wetlands to its shore, and
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott pledged millions of dollars to Corpus Christi flood victims that were displaced by Hurricane Harvey. He’s is prepared to invest millions of dollars in dredging projects that are designed to prevent future floods from happening. Dredging
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How Does Coastal Flooding Impact The Gulf Coast Region? As coastal regions impacted by climate change rise the risk of coastal flooding along the U.S. Gulf coast increases dramatically. However, scientist discovered that oyster reefs and coastal marsh restoration projects
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Texas CMP tol Use $1.74 Million to Fund and Restore 21 Coastal Community Projects Land Commissioner, George P. Bush, announced the selection of 21 projects to be funded through the Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP) Cycle 23. In addition, the
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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and U.S. Representative Garret Graves say that the federal government allocated an additional $1.213 billion in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for hazard mitigation projects in parishes that were impacted by the 2016 flood.
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Restoring the Tilghman Island Waterways On top of blue waters in Knapps Narrows near Tilghman Island, noisy yellow and red machines were busy dredging. However further down at the Tilghman Island Marina, it was anything but, save for business owner,
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Coastal Engineering Consultants, of Naples, FL just released some amazing aerial photos of the Whiskey Island Restoration Project. Whiskey Island is located near the South Central Louisiana coastline. Coastal Engineering specializes in coastal engineering, planning, survey and mapping, and coastal
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Results are back from validation testing on the first dredged section of the Kopeopeo Canal. Results show that sediment quality is now below the remediation target, according to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council informs. How Will the Contaminated Sediment
Read more →MELBOURNE — A dark gray muck slurry gurgled out of a black pipe as Amy Herrell and a few dozen others gathered near Sarno landfill to cheer a dredge’s first spoils pumped up from a half-century of muck buildup in
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