Cavache Dredging is midway through removing a thick layer of muck from Lake Trafford in South Florida. The project is the third and final phase of a decades-long effort to rid the 1600-acre recreational lake of a layer of composted vegetation eight feet thick in places that caused a massive fish kill in 1996. Read More
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On May 4 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31 2010. Read More
The federal budget request for FY2011 released by President Obama Feb. 1 is a “discouraging step backward for one of the nation’s most critical waterways” according to the Atlantic… Read More
On May 21 Ken Holder public affairs chief at the New Orleans District Corps of Engineers issued this statement regarding the dredging permits to create protective berms along the Louisiana… Read More
Governor Jindal and Coastal Officials View Oil Impact at Grand Isle Thunder Bayou and Fourchon Beach
May 21 2010 Grand Isle: Governor Jindal along with coastal parish officials viewed the impact of the oil along the coast in Grand Isle Thunder Bayou and Fourchon Beach. Read More
On May 21 Ken Holder public affairs chief at the New Orleans District Corps of Engineers issued this statement regarding the dredging permits to create protective berms along the Louisiana… Read More
Governor Jindal and Coastal Officials View Oil Impact at Grand Isle Thunder Bayou and Fourchon Beach
May 21 2010 Grand Isle: Governor Jindal along with coastal parish officials viewed the impact of the oil along the coast in Grand Isle Thunder Bayou and Fourchon Beach. Read More
On May 10 the Corps of Engineers New Orleans District announced that emergency dredging permits could be issued under NOD-20 – General Permit Emergency Operations with the New Orleans District… Read More
Venice Louisiana: On May 20 Governor Bobby Jindal joined Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser and other local officials for a meeting and boat tour off the coast of Plaquemines Parish in the Pass a Loutre area where he observed firsthand substantial oil impact on Louisiana's wetlands. The Governor and local officials rode through and inspected thick dark oil that has made its way into the state's fragile wetlands. The Governor held a press conference in Venice following the tour where he renewed his plea to the Army Corps of Engineers to issue an emergency permit so the dredging plan can begin quickly. Read More
