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FaunaGuard: Scientific Method for Deterring Marine Fauna
Regulators, funding agencies and proponents worldwide are imposing increasingly strict environmental regulations to minimize the potential impact of marine construction activities, and more specifically, the underwater sound generated by such activities. Marine fauna may be adversely affected by mar
Boating Incident: One Dead, Three Rescued
A North Jersey tugboat captain died, and three crew members needed to be rescued from the Atlantic Ocean after their vessel sank off Fire Island, N.Y. two days ago. The boat, owned by Wittich Brothers Marine, Inc, was working in Moriches on a dredging project and was traveling back to its base in Ba
Representative Works with Corps to Address Flooding
Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) has announced that the United States Coast Guard is working actively to assist in flood relief efforts in Vermillion River, the Port of Huron, and the Rocky River. This intervention is the result of collaboration between Representative Kaptur and local officials i
HHD Environmental Report Available for Review
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has released an environmental report for public review on its proposal for additional embankment repairs on Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD) surround Lake Okeechobee. The report, known as an environmental assessment and draft finding of no significan
Ashtabula River Cleanup Pays Off
Water quality in the Ashtabula River and its tributaries has significantly improved since the water body was last tested in 2002, according to a new Ohio EPA report. Biological communities in the Ashtabula River have improved since the dredging of contaminated sediments and installation of habitat e
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Order Placed for World’s Largest Cutter Suction Dredger Jan De Nul Group has placed an order for a large self-propelled cutter suction dredger JDN8069 with the Croatian shipyard Uljanik Brodogradiliste. Boskalis, Van Oord Sign Rio de Janeiro Dredging Contract Edinho Araujo, head of the Special Por
Corps to Hold Meeting on Indiana Dredging Plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) dredging contractors, Kokosing Construction Co. and O’Brien & Gere, will hold a public meeting March 18, 2015, to present the IHC 2015 dredging schedule and activities. Dredging first began in the fall of 2012 and to date the Contra
VIDEO: Panama Canal Expansion – March 2015
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks. The new locks will have three chambers, water-saving basins, lateral filling and emptyin
Ventura Dredging Completed
For the first time in several years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed dredging of the Main Channel entrance to the Ventura Harbor. During a three-week project to dredge the entrance to the Harbor, approx. 800,000 cubic yards of sand material was removed from the site. The dredging effo
USACE Develops START Program
As part of the Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, has developed the Sediment Transport Analysis and Regional Training (START) program to help stakeholders across the Great Lakes better understand the watershed they live in. The START p
New Line-Up for Hydrographic Committee
NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., has appointed six members to the Hydrographic Services Review Panel, a federal advisory committee that gives NOAA independent advice for improving a range of services and products that support navigation and coastal resilience. “Providing coastal communiti
The Corps Employee Recognized for Coastal Work
Monica Chasten, Operations Project Manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District, received a national award on Capitol Hill for her efforts to help re-establish coastal navigation and restore degraded marsh in New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Chasten was honored with