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In 2012, New York pumped 375,000 cubic yards of harbor sand onto a vanishing Jamaica Bay island; 44 acres of salt marsh returned

Jamaica Bay's salt marsh islands are being restored using dredged sand. The Yellow Bar Hassock Island project successfully rebuilt a vital natural defense. This restoration effort added significant acreage and marsh habitat to the island. Wildlife returned quickly, indicating the wetland's successful functioning. This nature-based approach serves as a model…

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By 1994, Maryland’s Poplar Island had shrunk to just four acres: Today, dredged mud from Baltimore Harbor is bringing it back to life

Poplar Island, once a thriving community, faced severe erosion and near disappearance. Engineers then rebuilt the island using dredged sediment from Baltimore Harbour. This innovative project has successfully recreated vital wetland habitats for diverse wildlife. The successful restoration of Poplar Island now serves as a model for other bay islands.…

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Built in 1948, Mud Mountain Dam gets a $112 million fish passage project to help salmon migrate

When Mud Mountain Dam was completed in 1948 along Washington State's White River, its purpose was straightforward. The earthen structure was built to reduce flooding across downstream communities, protecting homes, businesses and farmland from damaging seasonal flows. Fish passage existed from the beginning, but it reflected the engineering standards of…

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In 1980, Mount St Helens buried a river valley in volcanic sediment. Then 58 beavers helped turn the wasteland into a thriving wetland

More than 40 years after the Mount St. Helens eruption buried a Washington river valley under volcanic sediment, 58 relocated beavers have helped restore the damaged landscape. Their dams and wetlands brought back native plants, fish and wildlife. However, conservationists fear a planned government project to raise a sediment retention…

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Confused about Big Bend area border wall plans? Here’s where things stand.

Plans for a border wall in the Big Bend region of West Texas have been marked by shifting, unannounced changes and have sparked widespread opposition

The Independent UK

Shimmick Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Shimmick (NASDAQ:SHIM) reported first-quarter 2026 results that management said reflected progress in its strategy to grow core revenue, improve project margins and reduce exposure to non-core work. CEO Ural Yal said the infrastructure contractor delivered consolidated revenue of $88 million, a 12%

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New Jersey officials plot new ways to get more sand to the shore after $54 million project collapses

A yearslong battle to protect a stretch of New Jersey beaches from erosion has gone back to the drawing board, as local towns disagree over who should sacrifice their sand

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Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm

The world is looking for more clean water. Intense storms and warmer weather have worsened droughts and reduced the amount of clean water underground and in rivers and lakes on the surface.

The Conversation

New interstate highway that feeds into Myrtle Beach could soon be named after Trump

During Trump’s first term, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a federal permit approving the project

The Independent UK

Indigenous groups fight to save rediscovered settlement site on Texas coast

Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site on Corpus Christi Bay may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical facilities.

The Texas Tribune

Contracts awarded to design gates and dunes for Gulf Coast “Ike Dike” project

Supporters say the massive project would protect the Galveston Bay area from dangerous storm surge, but it remains billions of dollars short of what’s needed to build the barrier.

The Texas Tribune

Trump admin cancels more than $11 billion in mostly blue state projects

The White House is pausing funding to cities including New York, San Francisco, and Boston.

Axios

‘Military junk’ to be dug up from Florida residents’ yards amid cancer cluster scare

A pattern of Hodgkin's disease in South Patrick Shores first emerged in 1967 near the site of an old naval base

The Independent UK

US Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes

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Reason

"Necessary to Maintain Peak Lethality"

From an April 1 Justice Department press release: Today, a Federal Judge accepted a guilty plea to destruction of records… The post "Necessary to Maintain Peak Lethality" appeared first on Reason.com.

The Conversation

Environmental protection laws still apply even under Trump’s national energy emergency − here’s why

In response to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a “national energy emergency,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently listed hundreds of energy and infrastructure projects that would be eligible for fast-track permitting.

Latin Times

'This is Going to Hurt Farmers,' Water Consultant Says After Trump Releases Billions of Gallons of Water in California

Trump's release of billions of gallons of water in California sparks backlash from experts and officials who say it threatens farmers' livelihood and was done without notifying officials.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin tribe and other groups move to block pipeline reroute plans

A northern Wisconsin tribe and a coalition of groups are moving to block plans to reroute an aging pipeline around the tribe's reservation

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The Walrus

Should the Arctic Really Brace for an Invasion from China or Russia?

The people who live there would rather see more housing and maybe some dentists

The Independent UK

Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued the first round of permits allowing Enbridge to reroute an aging pipeline around a tribal reservation

The Independent UK

Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply

For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico

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Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline

A tribal leader and conservationists urged state officials to reject plans to relocate part of an aging northern Wisconsin pipeline, warning that the threat of a catastrophic spill would still exist along the new route

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ floating barrier in the Rio Grande can stay for now, appeals court says

After Texas deployed the barrier, a panel ordered it removed. The full appeals court says it can stay while a lower court hears a case on the merits.

The Independent UK

Vermont floods raise concerns about future of state's hundreds of ageing dams

This week's flooding in Vermont is adding fresh urgency to concerns about the hundreds of dams in the state

International Business Times

Cargo Ship That Destroyed Baltimore Bridge Towed To Port

The cargo ship that collided with a Baltimore bridge nearly two months ago, collapsing it and killing six highway workers, was refloated on Monday and towed back into port.

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