Report: Dredging is good but has limits
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Contaminated sediments in rivers and bays from coast to coast pose an environmental hazard, and while dredging reduces the sediment it doesn't always solve the problem, the National Research Council reported Tuesday.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--It's not often that a pipeline project spawns an archaeological dig.
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By Thomas Ryll, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 4--A year-old development moratorium in the traffic-stuffed Salmon Creek area may be extended for another 12 months and could have to stretch three years beyond that.
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By IAN JOHNSTON ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT  SCOTLAND should look to taking control of its seas up to 200 miles offshore, according to a report.
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Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are losing vast amounts of water because of erosion from a decades-old dredging project, according to a new study.
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It's not the size of your offshore rigs, it's how you use them.
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By Jack Dorsey, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 20--NORFOLK -- Concerned its deep draft ships are almost dragging bottom along the Elizabeth River en route to area shipyards, the Navy announced Tuesday it wants to dredge part of the river to make the passage safer.
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Recreational anglers may be responsible for landing nearly 25 percent of over-fished salt water species caught off US coasts, a study released on Thursday suggests.
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Because of tight regulations enacted by the European Union in 1994, proper waste disposal  has become prohibitively expensive. Enter the black-market trash brokers, who have taken to "port hopping" - moving toxic rubbish along the line of least resistance to underregulated areas in Africa or Asia.
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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 The Miami Herald  Sep. 12--Miami-Dade County commissioners deferred a vote today on issuing a dredging permit to Flagstone Island Gardens that would have cleared the way to build a mega-yacht facility on Watson Island.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 21--It's easy to sympathize with fishermen on Hatteras Island and elsewhere along the North Carolina coast who lament a pending rule that would limit catches of snowy grouper, a lucrative fish, and a few other species.
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I read the March 4 story "Water woes" about Rhode Island's problems with fresh water with great interest. My view on this issue may be oversimplified, but there was no mention of harnessing the state's greatest resource, our proximity to the ocean.
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By SCOTT HARPER  BY SCOTT HARPER  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  RICHMOND - The State Water Control Board rejected two major development proposals Wednesday - one on the Peninsula, the other on the Eastern Shore - in decisions cheered by environmentalists and watermen.
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Some resort developers have found a niche that has not been fully mined: luxe marinas with boat slips that can serve giant yachts.
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By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 21--What started out as a simple dredging proposal to improve navigation at the base of Budd Inlet has turned into a costly need to clean up chemical contamination in the inlet.
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BRIESKOW-FINKENHEERD, Germany  - Fisherman Peter Schneider knows the floods come each year and says they are good for business -- but few other people see any benefit as experts warn of more high water to come.