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The new coastal restoration projects include revitalization of the Hancock County Fairgrounds, improvements to the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, a scenic trail along the Pascagoula River, an artificial reef project and a coastal education program for Mississippi high schools.

Calling it a blame game might be an understatement.

This municipal fiscal impact assessment of sea-level rise in Florida should be a wake-up call for Pinellas beach towns.

Lee County officials have approved $4.4 million in bed tax funds for beach and shoreline projects.

The years long back-and-forth involving North Wildwood, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, millions of cubic yards of sand and an ever-eroding beach may one day come to a close. But that day is not today.

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Coos County's Board of Commissioners has voted to gather community feedback before passing a proclamation against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) wind energy efforts off Coos Bay.

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD)- Erosion on the Isle of Palms continues to be a big concern for IOP city leaders and property owners.

Supporters of public beach access on Norton Point urge the state to rescind the 150-foot buffer zone.

NORTH WILDWOOD, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Pieces of steel are going into the ground at 15th Avenue in North Wildwood, creating a wall around the building that houses the beach patrol.

A new survey shows that coastal Oregon’s recreational industry joins more conventional, store-front businesses in believing the state’s Marine Reserves do not negatively impact their bottom lines, continuing a vast shift in what businesses feared just before the first reserves were established more than a decade ago.

Jenkinson's Beach reopened access points to the public on Saturday. Point Pleasant Mayor Paul Kanitra made the announcement on his Facebook page.

Despite the last-ditch efforts of environmental groups and local governments, the North Carolina General Assembly approved a long-awaited state budget that includes provisions that strip counties and municipalities of certain governing powers.

For our special one-year anniversary coverage of Hurricane Ian, The News-Press and Naples Daily News reporters have connected with local leaders about important lessons learned and what's next for their communities.

Low flow in Mississippi River is allowing salt to threaten drinking water supplies up the river.

As the Mississippi River drops to one of its lowest levels in recent history, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico could threaten drinking water as far north as New Orleans’ French Quarter if no action is taken.

City officials say they working with a specific list of properties, where the county requires a signed temporary construction easement to construct the project.

The effects of Hurricane Lee, downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone Saturday, were less severe than feared in Seacoast New Hampshire and southern Maine.

An initiative calling for stoping the industrialization of the Morro Bay waterfront will appear on the November ballot in the San Luis Obispo County city.

Tigertail lagoon and Sand Dollar Island had extensive damage and were changed during hurricanes Irma in 2017 and Ian in 2022