Dredging Creates Ill Will: Coast Guard, Neighbors at Odds
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By Jerry Allegood, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 6--WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH -- The Coast Guard's illegal use of boat propellers to scour sand from its harbor at Wrightsville Beach has renewed a feud with neighbors who say their shoreline has been damaged by the dredging.
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A proposal to position a $300 million mixed-use development on a stretch of gritty, industrial waterfront in Providence, R.I., is meeting with strong opposition from local business owners.
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By Beth Jones, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 24--Steven Solomon doesn't want to move a mountain.   Just a submerged houseboat.   But the chore may prove to be more difficult than he'd previously thought.
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By Sally Connell, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 17--Even as the project to ship water from Nacimiento Lake to homes and businesses in the North County and San Luis Obispo is nearing construction, some property owners are resisting plans to lay the pipeline across their land.
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By CATHERINE KOZAK  By catherine kozak  the virginian-pilot  Talk about sticker shock.   The abandoned Coast Guard housing units in Buxton may not be transferred for free to Dare County, after all. The federal government, in fact, wants $12 million for them.
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A plan to create fish refuges off the South Carolina coast sparked a clash between fishermen and conservationists.
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By Catherine Kozak, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 5--It was during what some locals called "the summer of the piping plover." Two vehicles were parked on the beach on the south end of Hatteras Island. Nearby, on a pole shoved crookedly in the sand, was a sign: AREA CLOSED.
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By Drew Dixon  With builders honing in on the Beaches' few pieces of open land, some government officials and residents have deduced that working with, not blocking, developers could be the best option.
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By Richard Quinn, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 21--VIRGINIA BEACH -- If this story were a scratch 'n' sniff, it would reek of rotten eggs.
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By Kevin Wadlow, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Mar. 3--An ongoing legal dispute between the Marine Mammal Conservancy and the owner of its Key Largo site could get dirty.
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Coast Guard divers prowl the depths of the St. Johns River and inspect the hulls of cruise ships here. Federal helicopters fitted with crowd-surveillance cameras soar overhead. Hundreds of manholes have been locked down, and thousands of security forces are poised to hit the streets.
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CHICAGO -- U.S. Coast Guard vessels staging machine-gun target practice in the peaceable Great Lakes? George Heartwell does not like the idea, not one little bit. He questions the need, the risk and the appearance.
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By Jon W. Glass, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 24--NORFOLK -- Marine Hydraulics International Inc. plans more dredging to expand operations at its Lamberts Point shipyard.
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Dredging is useful for removing contaminated material from sediment, but can't eliminate the problem, a report says.
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By Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 25--T   he Army Corps of Engineers, the country's construction branch, is better known for dredging and dam projects that serve political needs rather than public safety or environmental needs.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 20--A coastal community can never have too many qualified lifesavers on the beach.
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By John Gillie, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 9--Forget the dream of buying a condominium on the east side of Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway.