Pages Tagged With: "beach nourishment"
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has released a study that investigates the economic benefits of beach nourishment and begins to explore a more equitable policy to share the cost of these projects with the people who benefit from them.
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An update to DNREC Notice No. CCE20240324 (9/11/24) regarding a dredging and beneficial use project at Indian River Inlet.
The DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship proposes to use a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers permit to dredge material from three potential borrow sites and use it to restore parts of the North Beach berm and dune system near the Indian River Inlet.
The DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship proposes to conduct beach nourishment at Lewes Beach as an extension of a federal project that would use a hydraulic dredge to pump sand onto the beach from an offshore ebb shoal.
