One Great Lakes Restoration Initiative the EPA will fund is located in Brown County, off the shore of Green Bay. Aquatic biologist Victoria Harris works for the U-W Sea Grant Institute.
She says the $1.5 million dollar federal grant, added to $5 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will help restore a series of [...]
Maryville City Council Tuesday night approved on first reading a partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Greenbelt Lake.
The city’s 35 percent match to the $3.1 million project is estimated at $710,032. Some of that will be in-kind services performed by city crews.
The city has $385,000 in grant funds right now so [...]
The St. Martin Parish Council voted Tuesday to hire Sellers and Associates, of Abbeville, as the engineers on the Bayou Du Portage, locally known as drainage project near Lake Dauterive and Lake Fausse Point.
The measure passed 7-0 with councilmen Lloyd “Red” Higginbotham and James Hebert absent.
The project, which is projected to cost $5 million, is [...]
Dredging of Pomphery’s Pond will start on Sept. 15, the date promised to East River Road residents by state and local officials in July. State Department of Environmental Protection officials and Mayor John Ekdahl confirmed that the dredging will start on Sept. 15, the day that a wildlife protection period ends.
“As soon as that period [...]
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation – the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of commercial and industrial demolition services – today announced changes to its executive management effective immediately. Douglas B. Mackie, President and Chief Executive Officer, has decided with the Board of Directors to resign his [...]
A proposed dredge of the Duxbury Harbor would remove an estimated 135 thousand cubic yards of sandy and silty material from Duxbury Bay.
“The United States Army Corp. of Engineers is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of the Duxbury Harbor Federal Navigational Project in Duxbury, Mass.,” said New England District spokesman Tim Dugan.
Dugan says the proposed [...]
The Columbia Association is moving toward approving half the additional money needed to dredge Lake Kittamaqundi to the depth originally planned after heavy storms in the past four years dumped unexpectedly high levels of silt into it.
Thursday night, a CA committee of two board members — Suzanne Waller of Town Center and Kathleen Dragovich of [...]
The Lower Mon project – begun in 1992 – was scheduled for completion in 2004. But 18 years into the major reconstruction project involving three locks and dams facilities in the region, it appears the work might not be completed for another 20 years.
The source for the delays is money, or moreover the lack of [...]
The buildup of sand at the mouth of the Great Egg Harbor Bay has created tricky and potentially dangerous boating conditions this summer. Also, big swells from recent coastal storms have made navigating one of southern New Jersey’s most popular bays even trickier.
And worse: the channel markers — the stationary signs that tell boaters where [...]
The Coast Guard reopened the Mississippi River, Friday, after dredging operations were completed.
The Army Corp of Engineers completed dredging operations at approximately 10:30 a.m., Friday, between mile markers 305.0 to 307.0 on the Mississippi River.
The river is open to all commercial and recreational traffic.
(deepwaterhorizonresponse)
Source: deepwaterhorizonresponse, September 6, 2010; Image: Flickr, May 12, 2007
