There are more than 1,700 points where sediment from dirt roads end up washing into local waterways. Officials want to craft a plan to fix them.

“Sediment,” Crooks told me, “is the thing that worries me the most about the functioning of this system.” Jeff Crooks has been studying the Tijuana Estuary since he first arrived as an ...

Re-using the sediment will create a rich, ecologically diverse shoreline habitat, which is important for fish and other aquatic life that will return to the estuary.

The project to remove polluted sediment is one part of a large-scale effort to clean up the Milwaukee River Estuary, about 12 total miles of waterway that includes the lower reaches of the ...

A group representing Thurston County will be in charge of managing funds related to the estuary project once money starts coming in. . Sediment dredging. As the Deschutes River continues to push ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given the final go-ahead for a $2.3-billion sediment diversion project in the Barataria basin in Louisiana, near the Mississippi River, where climate change ...

Local leaders and residents gathered recently for an open house event focused on a major cleanup effort targeting the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern.

Scientists discover new electric bacteria in Oregon sediment and name it after Siletz tribe descendants . By Brian ... which conducts electricity, was found in a mud flat in the Yaquina Bay estuary.

Dredged sediment is to be recycled and used to create buffers to protect communities from flooding and create wildlife habitats. Sand and gravel will be collected during routine dredging at ...

There are more than 1,700 points where sediment from dirt roads end up washing into ... The Pensacola and Perdido Bay Estuary Program will use NOAA grant funds to locate the many sources of ...