Pages Tagged With: "beach nourishment"
Following the September 2026 nor’easter, DNREC continues to monitor coastal conditions and shoreline erosion in Kitts Hummock. Ahead of the larger, federally-supported Bay Beach Nourishment Project, currently expected to begin in the Fall of 2027, DNREC is planning an interim, State-led beach nourishment effort at Kitts Hummock. This area has experienced some
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), is advancing the Delaware River Dredged Material Utilization (DMU) Project, also known as the Bay Beach Nourishment Project. DNREC has begun an interim, State-led beach nourishment effort at Kitts Hummock. This interim
The Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass System is ready to start pumping sand again, after an upgrade from diesel power to electric. prep work requires periodic closures and access restrictions on both the North and South sides of the inlet and within Delaware Seashore State Park. A view east from the Indian
Construction of the Broadkill Beach Dune Realignment Project is now complete. The project was a targeted effort to reduce ongoing dune losses and improve the effectiveness of storm protection along approximately one mile of shoreline. Work by DNREC contractor Connor Management began in January 2026 and was completed in early March. The
Starting in the summer of 2027, Delaware communities along Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay shorelines will need approved shoreline public access plans before beginning beach nourishment, maintenance or improvement projects using public funds. To help them meet that requirement, DNREC’s Shoreline and Waterway Management Section (SWMS) has developed guidelines for developing shoreline public access plans.
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.
