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October 6, 2020

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October 6, 2020

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October 1, 2020

This paper reviews strategies used for dewatering, specific challenges addressed, and costs associated with the Shark River Channel and Spur dredging project in New Jersey, and how it could be replicated for other projects in densely developed areas where traditional management methods are not viable. This article was first published in the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Journal of Dredging, October 2020 edition and is reprinted here in an adapted version with permission.

August 26, 2020

Building a successful Environmental Management System (EMS) is a lot like loading a cargo ship. There are several moving parts that need to be accounted for and organized in a way that is both trackable and reportable. The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) approached our firm for assistance with staffing…

August 26, 2020

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was signed into law on January 1, 1970 to ensure that federal agencies consider the environmental impact of their decisions when approving a public or private project. Later that year the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was enacted to ensure…

August 26, 2020

Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes a report on job growth. According to the November 2019 report, nonfarm employment rose by 266,000 nationwide, and in October 2019, the unemployment rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley area of Alabama was at just 2.2%, compared to a nationwide…

August 26, 2020

Seagrass is an integral part of our oceans and not only provides shelter and food to an incredibly diverse community of marine life, but also improves water quality, reduces erosion, and buffers coastlines against storms.

August 26, 2020

Following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy in the northeast in 2012, funding for disaster resilience became available through the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013. A portion of that funding went through the Department of Interior's National Park Service to further the protection of…

August 26, 2020

Tionesta Township lies in Forest County, Pennsylvania, a rural area set along the western edge of the Allegheny National Forest. The Allegheny River, part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, traverses southward through the township. As a protected resource, the river offers a rich and…

August 26, 2020

The car-buying experience hasn't changed much in the last few decades. Typically, a buyer could spend a day driving from dealership to dealership looking for a new vehicle. This seems normal, but what about factoring in rain, or the time spent covering that much ground? These are inconveniences…

August 26, 2020

In 2017, the western U.S. experienced more than 50,000 wildfires, with extensive damage in Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington state and record-setting destruction in California in particular. Fire burned more than 1.3 million acres across the Golden State, resulting in unprecedented loss of life…

August 26, 2020

By the early 2000s, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and New Jersey legislature realized that the state's 20,000+ contaminated site cases were not getting remediated quickly enough. With NJDEP case managers, who were responsible for overseeing remediation, burdened by…