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ARCADIS Wins Two Environmental Restoration Contracts in Louisiana
ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the leading pure play global engineering and consultancy firm, has been awarded two contracts to help restore Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. For both projects, ARCADIS US will focus on diverting valuable sediments and nutrients from the Mississippi River to start rebuilding the thousands of acres of land now being lost every year. The two projects together ...
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Water projects authorized by House
On Tuesday, the House passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, which authorizes 34 water projects across the country. The Senate is expected to consider the bill later this week. A list of each of the projects, and the federal funds authorized for each: Navigation projects: Sabine Neches Waterway, Texas and Louisiana, more than $748 million Jacksonville Harbor- milepoint, ...
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Nisqually estuary restoration receives national award for outstanding coastal protection
The Nisqually Estuary Restoration Team received national accolades for outstanding efforts to restore and protect the coastal environment as a recipient of the Coastal America Partnership Award. This is the only award of its kind presented by the Obama Administration for on-the-ground environmental restoration partnership projects. Federal, regional, tribal, and non-profit officials met at the ...
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Weston wins award for 48-acre superfind site remediation and ecosystem restoration
Weston Solutions, Inc. (WESTON) was named a winner of the prestigious 2008 AON Build America Award in the Environmental – New Construction category at the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America 89th Annual National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 13, 2008. WESTON’s winning project for Phase II and Phase III Remedial Action work at the Atlas Tack Corporation Superfund Site in ...
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New Orleans Restoration Project Will Create New Jobs, Group Says
The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish received praise today for breaking ground on the $10 million Central Wetlands Assimilation Project as a vital first step to restore the Central Wetlands Unit, improve storm surge protection and create new jobs. "The Central Wetlands Assimilation Project is a vital first step to showing that environmental restoration equals ...
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River restoration for flood management in the Iberian Peninsula
Experts from Spain and Portugal discussed how to restore rivers and manage landscapes to reduce flooding risks and impacts. At the same event prizes were awarded to the best short stories, poems and pictures about rivers. The workshop River Restoration for Flood Management: Debate about new social and environmental approaches in river restoration and good and bad practices in flood management, ...
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EPA awards $91,000 to Malama Learning Center to improve environmental literacy by restoring Nanakuli Wetlands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded an environmental education grant of $91,000 to the Malama Learning Center located in Kapolei, Hawaii, to improve environmental literacy by restoring the Nanakuli Wetlands–commonly known in the community as “stink-pond.” The Malama Learning Center’s project will reach at least 700 teachers, students, and community ...
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Tampa Bay Estuary Program and Restore America’s Estuaries to Receive Third Place Gulf Guardian Award in the Partnerships Category
Today the Gulf of Mexico Program announced that Tampa Bay Estuary Program & Restore America’s Estuaries will receive a Third Place 2015 Gulf Guardian Award in the Partnerships Category. The award will be given tonight at an awards ceremony at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, Texas. Diane Altsman, Chief of Staff of the Gulf of Mexico Program said, “This is the 13th year ...
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Bill would spend $300M on Great Lakes restoration
A spending bill crafted by congressional leaders would allocate $300 million to a Great Lakes cleanup that had been threatened with a massive cut during last year's budget fight, supporters said Tuesday. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is a program dealing with some of the lakes' most serious environmental problems such as invasive species, loss of wetlands and other wildlife habitat, ...
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Living Shorelines and Freshwater Wetlands take Center Stage of Tampa Bay Restoration Efforts in 2020
Managed jointly by the Tampa Bay Estuary Program and Restore America’s Estuaries, the Tampa Bay Environmental Restoration Fund is a competitive grants program to address the protection and restoration goals identified in Charting the Course, a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for Tampa Bay. Seven proposals were awarded funding in 2020. The projects, including several ...
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EPA awards $50,000 to Chattahoochee Riverkeeper to expand Atlanta neighborhood water watch; other grants awarded in Tenn., Ky. and N.C.
At a ceremony today in Grove Park, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $50,000 grant to Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) to expand the environmental group’s Neighborhood Water Watch program in Atlanta’s urban core. The organization is one of just five recipients chosen in the Southeast and 46 nationally to receive grants totaling $2.7 million to help restore urban ...
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The Alliance for Water Stewardship and Restore the Earth Foundation partner to align a robust standard with relevant metrics to track progress towards sustainability goals
Corporations seeking to achieve AWS Standard certification and quantify the results of their water stewardship performance will now have the option to integrate EcoMetrics as a third-party verified, assured and transparent way to quantify and report on the environmental, social and economic impacts to the watershed, landscape, local communities and economies. The overall goal for both parties is ...
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Senator Booker (NJ) Introduces Climate Change Bill Focused on Investing in Farm Conservation Programs, Reforestation, and Wetlands Restoration
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today released a climate change bill focused on using nature-based approaches to remove atmospheric carbon through voluntary farm and ranch conservation practices, massive reforestation, and coastal wetlands restoration. The Climate Stewardship Act of 2019, inspired by measures implemented in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, would support voluntary ...
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EPA designates center of excellence for watershed management at University of Florida
The University of Florida’s Water Institute has been designated a Center of Excellence for Watershed Management, becoming the second such institution in the state. Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the University of Florida signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help communities identify ...
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Water Clears in Southeast`s Largest Lake
Without hurricanes to disturb it, water quality in the largest freshwater lake in the southeastern United States has improved substantially over the past two years, according to the South Florida Water Management District's most recent water quality data. Lake Okeechobee, covering 730 square miles with more than 100,000 acres of wetland habitats, is located in the center of the Everglades ...
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Grants worth $1.2m propel Elizabeth River restoration
Funding to remove contaminated sediment from a river at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and help reduce toxics and nutrients in stormwater runoff was presented to the Elizabeth River Project Thursday after the group was chosen in two separate grant competitions. EPA Regional Administrator Donald Welsh Thursday presented two grants totaling nearly $1.2 million to the Elizabeth River Project to ...
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AquaBlok is selected for New, Large-Scale Demonstration of In-Situ Treatment of Contaminated Sediments in Active DoD Harbors
AquaBlok, Ltd., a leading manufacturer of composite particle materials for environmental remediation, has developed a new product for in-situ treatment and remediation of contaminated sediments. The new technology represents an improvement over costly remediation methods like dredging and conventional capping that can damage existing ecosystems. The company has developed a new in-situ reactive ...
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Everglades restoration continues despite water scarcity
South Florida experienced a severe water shortage during Water Year 2007, more than a foot below historic averages for the region. From May 1, 2006 to April 31, 2007, low rainfall reduced flows across the entire region, according the annual report released Tuesday by Florida state agencies. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and South Florida Water Management District report ...
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Federal Agencies Announce 5-Year Great Lakes Restoration Action Plan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy today released a new Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action Plan that lays out steps that federal agencies will take during the next five years to protect water quality, control invasive species and restore habitat in the largest surface fresh water system in the world. McCarthy, who chairs the federal Great Lakes ...
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Up to $2 Million in Competitive Grants Available to Restore Clean Water and Resilient Coasts in Southeast New England
Southeast New England is defined by our relationship to water –ocean waves breaking along Cape Cod’s expansive beaches; rivers that powered the textile mills of Pawtucket and Fall River; harbors that created historic maritime cities like Providence, New Bedford, and Newport. From a simple day at the beach, to the operations of our multi-billion-dollar fishing and tourism industries, ...
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