Yahoo

Narrow River needs dredging, Narragansett needs sand – can each solve the other’s problem?

NARRAGANSETT – On a mild afternoon recently, a small crew boarded a pontoon boat at the Mettatuxet Yacht Club and set off to survey the Pettaquamscutt River, locally known as the Narrow River. It didn ...
The Purdue Exponent

Indigenous Brazilians protest Amazon river dredging for grain exports

Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting in northern Brazil for two weeks outside the port terminal of US ...
Finance & Commerce

Wisconsin DNR plans Manitowoc River dredge project

BRILLION, Wis. — The state wildlife agency will advance a dredging project to reduce flooding near Brillion. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources last Wednesday announced it will partner with ...
Yahoo

Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year, but moving mountains of sand creates its own problems

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.
WKOW

Yahara River dredging: Historical preservation versus flood mitigation

The stretch of proposed dredging along the Yahara River is stirring debate in the Town of Dunn in Dane County. The project ...
The Daily Gazette

High water still delays Hudson River dredging

Dredging to remove PCBs from the Hudson River bottom could start early next week, but as of Friday the river was running too fast for safe dredging operations. The start of the second phase of the ...
Star Tribune

Dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year but creates its own problems

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.
The Gazette

Dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year but moving mountains of sand creates other problems

A boater on the Mississippi River near Wabasha, Minnesota docks at a sand island used by the Army Corps of Engineers on Monday, July 24, 2023. The Corps routinely dredges sand to keep the river open ...