coastal restoration Articles
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Podcast Episode 1: The Business of Restoration with Coastal Restoration
Welcome to The Business of Restoration by Next Gear Solutions, a podcast exploring technology and best practices in the restoration industry. Today’s episode features Next Gear Solution CEO, Garret Gray and Chris Corder, the President of Coastal Restoration and Gearhart, Oregon. We hope you enjoy listening in as Garret and Chris discuss what life is like inside the restoration industry and ...
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Wetlands
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Units: Delta 3312 and Concertainer 4315 Project: University of New Orleans Coastal Restoration Project HESCO Bastion Environmental's innovative shoreline restoration products are a proven success. Our newest product, the HESCO Delta unit, offers unique advantages in low, medium and high energy coastal environments, enabling effective and economical shoreline ...
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All the Roads Lead to Wilco
For over twenty-seven years, Wilco Marsh Buggies has been perfecting the craft of soft terrain-amphibious vehicles. Wilco Marsh Buggies builds soft terrain vehicles from the ground up, with a keen eye for design and with a high standard of craftsmanship that is unparalleled in the industry. Wilco Marsh Buggies has the largest inventory of amphibious excavators in the world. We will custom design ...
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What’s the Difference Between an Excavator and an Amphibious Excavator?
If you need to lift heavy amounts of soil, you will need an excavator. Generally speaking, excavators are earth-moving vehicles that feature a bucket, arm, rotating cab, and movable tracks. They come in different forms and sizes. Here is a look at the difference between an excavator and an amphibious excavator: Excavators As mentioned above, excavators are heavyweight construction equipment. ...
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Benefits of Amphibious Vehicles During Flooding Events
Recent storms, including Hurricane Sally and Tropical Storm Beta, have brought a lot of flooding to the Gulf Coast. According to experts, the flooding was not only a result from the at times torrential rains, but also from storm surges. In Louisiana, areas outside the levee protection system were hit especially hard. Sally brought serious flooding to Pensacola where the surge heights reached 5.6 ...
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Sea-level rise and sinking land make deltas extremely vulnerable
In July 2014 we published a photo essay that highlighted the ecological and economic importance of the world’s deltas, pointing out that they are home to nearly half a billion people and provide critical habitat for innumerable plant and animal species. That photo essay also pointed out the danger deltas face: Sea-level rise and human alterations to river systems are threatening to turn the ...
By Ensia
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What are the Different Types of Dredges?
A dredge is a technical piece of equipment used to remove sediments or debris from from the bottom of shipping channels, rivers, harbors, and other bodies of water. Basically, dredging is a form of excavation that is performed either underwater or partially underwater. Dredging is used to improve existing water features. A dredge can also be used to construct dams, dikes, and other controls for ...
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Wamego shoreline restoration, Wamego, Kansas - Case Study
Years of sediment buildup from shoreline erosion, however, had caused the once beautiful focal point to become an eyesore of muddy, stagnant water. The town was challenged with having to restore the pond to its original state while including measures to protect against recurring erosion and sediment problems. City Park Supervisor Morris Crisler points out that warm winters had attracted several ...
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Chicago botanic garden restoration, Chicago, Illinois - Case Study
One of the most significant features of the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG) is its con-structed 24 ha (59 acre) lake system cre-ated in 1967. Since its construction, active bank erosion has resulted in a shoreline that lacks visual appeal and is devoid of aquatic habitat. In fact, the 10.3 km (6.5 mi) of eroded shoreline has lead to the loss of over 0.8 ha (2 acres) of land in the past 30 years. ...
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Threats and human influence on coastal ecosystem of Southern India
Populations of the majority of fish species showed drastic reduction over the past five decades in west coast of India. We conducted an intensive study of Aghanashini estuary for water quality and fish diversity in west coast of India. Coastal ecosystems are impacted by many stressors and are continually subjected to threats from multiple stresses imposed mostly by human activities predominantly ...
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A Tale of Two Heroes
Often conservation work starts with individual initiatives. The stories of Haji Madsahi and Babah Akong emphasize the value of local knowledge and initiative for the restoration of coastal ecosystems. They have both received awards for their work and Wetlands International now works with them, so that their efforts can be further scaled up. Haji Madsahi Since the 1970s Haji Madsahi was a Forest ...
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How portable cofferdams can be used for shoreline restoration
We have a large number of lakes and waterways in the United States, plus a lengthy coastline as well. That means a large expanse of shorelines, which in turn means a hefty need for construction in and around shoreline areas. If you commonly work in areas involving shoreline restoration, then you will want to choose the best methods of getting the job done successfully. Portable Cofferdams Can ...
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The Oxnard advanced water purification facility: combining indirect potable reuse with reverse osmosis concentrate beneficial use to ensure a California community's water sustainability and provide coastal wetlands restoration
The City of Oxnard in California is implementing a strategic water resources program known as the Groundwater Recovery Enhancement and Treatment (GREAT) program, which includes an Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) that will use a major portion of the secondary effluent from the City's existing Water Pollution Control Facility to produce high-quality treated water to be used for ...
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Geotube Marine Technology Provides Expanded Benefits with Versatile Polyurea Coatings - Case Study
Geotube marine technology has protected shorelines, rebuilt beaches, and reclaimed land from oceans for more than 45 years. Geotube containment technology is a proven, cost-effective method for a variety of shoreline protection and marine construction applications. TenCate, manufacturer of Geotube materials, develops and produces materials that function to increase performance, reduce cost, and ...
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Partnering in watershed management and community engagement case study
Challenge: A Fortune 100 company requested our ecological expertise and support for its watershed management program and its pledge to replenish water used in production of its products back to nature and communities in the U.S. and Canada. Antea Group's assistance includes source water protection, community watershed partnerships, and technical support for other water resource initiatives to ...
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Sea Level Rise: Risk and Resilience in Coastal Cities
Introduction One of the most dire impacts of anthropogenic climate change is a rise in the global sea level caused by the melting of glaciers and land-based ice caps, as well as a smaller increase from expansion due to the higher temperature of the water itself. Unlike some other predicted effects of climate change, this impact has already been observed for some time. Indeed, not only is there ...
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OTT Field Trip: The Wetlands of Louisiana
Today, we are joined by Territory Manager Jeremy Thompson as he treks deep into the swamps of Louisiana to observe how water is being monitored in this critically important ecosystem. Thank you for joining us! ...
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Finite element modelling of a heavily exploited coastal aquifer for assessing the response of groundwater level to the changes in pumping and rainfall variation due to climate change
Coastal aquifers are always under threat of seawater intrusion due to over-extraction of groundwater. The objective here is to assess aquifer response to variation in pumping and rainfall recharge due to projected climate change by groundwater modelling in a heavily exploited aquifer. Finite element groundwater flow modelling was carried out from March 1988 to December 2030 using FEFLOW ...
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Keep it Fresh or Salty - An introductory guide to financing wetland carbon programs and projects
Wetlands have been the focus of conservation and restoration efforts for over a century. A diverse portfolio of financing sources has been used for supporting such activities including philanthropy, multi- and bilateral aid, in-country governmental funding, tourismrelated and other usage fees, as well as fees and levies associated with wetlands-centric extractive industries (e.g. peat ...
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Green infrastructure and territorial cohesion
The point of departure for this analysis is to support the European process towards territorial cohesion and green infrastructure development, in particular the development of a strategy for green infrastructure. This report explores the concept of green infrastructure, with illustrative examples of green infrastructure initiatives on the ground and further analyses of the integration of green ...
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