Texas – Rising Gulf Erosion Complicate Galveston’s Development Planning – The Gilmer Mirror
Work was scarce for architect David Mullican and many Galveston Island builders after Hurricane Ike. As damages were assessed, insurance claims disputed and homes were repaired piecemeal, Mullican was out…
Georgia – Senators seek federal dredging for Brunswick – Rome News Tribune
MARIETTA, Ga. — Federal officials are weighing a request by three members of Georgia’s congressional delegation seeking the removal of silt at the entrance to the Port of Brunswick. “We’ve…
What causes erosion? – ASBPA
Understanding its causes helps us understand how to respond effectively to it In order to fix a problem, it usually helps to know what causes it. This applies to coastal…
Texas – USACE Galveston District awards $4.4 million contract to dredge Texas City Ship Channel – DVIDS
GALVESTON, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Mike Hooks Inc., in the amount of $ 4,397,500 for maintenance dredging of the Texas…
Mississippi – Corps: dredges working Mississippi, Ouachita, Red – Sacramento Bee
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The Army Corps of Engineers says the historic flood of 2011 dumped more sediment than usual in the lower Mississippi River and rivers in Arkansas and Louisiana.…
Lousiana – Dredge coming to Louisiana’s Lake Providence Port – Delta Farm Press
Louisiana Sen. Mary L. Landrieu hasannounced that the Corps of Engineers will be relocating a cutterhead dredge to the Port of Lake Providence to make the channel navigable again. Maj.…
Louisiana – Shrimpers battling over turtle rules – Businessweek
LAFITTE, La. (AP) — Efforts to protect endangered sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico have prompted strenuous complaints from the dwindling fleet of shrimpers blamed for drowning them in…
Gulf of Mexico – Ken Feinberg: “I overpromised” to victims of Gulf oil spill – al.com
In his new book “Who Gets What,” renowned lawyer Kenneth Feinberg confesses a cardinal sin in his handling of the claims process for the 2010 Gulf oil spill. “I overpromised…
Mississippi – Use RESTORE money to dredge Pascagoula’s bayous (letter) – Mississippi Press
In 1974, before the effective date of the Wetlands Act, Bayou Yazoo in my neighborhood of Pascagoula was dredged. According to my late father, one man with a drag line…
Florida – Oil spill funds come ashore – Sarasota Herald-Tribune
It was not long ago that the Deepwater Horizon oil rig operated by BP exploded and sank off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 people and injuring 17 on April 20,…
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