Yahoo

Narrow River needs dredging, Narragansett needs sand – can each solve the other’s problem?

NARRAGANSETT – On a mild afternoon recently, a small crew boarded a pontoon boat at the Mettatuxet Yacht Club and set off to survey the Pettaquamscutt River, locally known as the Narrow River. It didn ...
Yahoo

Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year, but moving mountains of sand creates its own problems

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.
Times Union

Commentary: PCB dredging has not helped the Hudson River. Here's why.

The choice of dredging method removed only a fraction of the contaminants, and the EPA's monitoring of progress has been insufficient. Dredgers at work in the Hudson River near Fort Edward on July 26, ...
WREG

Dredging underway at the Mississippi River

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — To help maintain the ...
Star Tribune

Dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year but creates its own problems

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.