Local and state officials celebrated the completion of the $73 million Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization Project, which promises to preserve 2.2 miles of shoreline from severe erosion, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Against the backdrop of Staten Island’s South Shore, a towering red crane stands tall on a construction barge, moving behemoth stones to the fifth of eight “Living Breakwaters” ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Hurricane Sandy hit the borough in October 2012, it took the lives of 24 Staten Islanders, demolishing homes and businesses, due largely to the storm's surge. While ...

PORT WASHINGTON (WITI) -- Signs have been posted along the breakwaters in Port Washington's harbor warning people to walk at their own risk. This, as the breakwaters have become a danger. The signs ...

Artificial structures like concrete breakwaters to protect shorelines seem to offer a quicker fix than natural reefs for corals devastated by bleaching events, say Japanese researchers studying how ...

FORT WALTON BEACH — As part of a major project slated to be completed in May, Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance members and partners on Thursday began installing the first segment of shore-protecting and ...

Imagine 10 habitat bird islands off of North Beach to the left of the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay. The islands are filled with trees and chirping native birds. Tourists and locals often take boat ...

NARRAGANSETT – On a recent overcast morning fisherman Mike Marchetti boards his vessel Mister G, a 50-foot lobster boat converted into a scalloper, and gently pulls out of the Port of Galilee’s UU ...

Jefferson Parish will build 17 rock jetties along the northern shore of Grand Isle, completing a project designed to help protect the island from storm surge and reduce coastal erosion. Using a $6.5 ...

PORT WASHINGTON (WITI) -- The City of Port Washington has been awarded a $500,000 Recreational Boating Fund Grant for repair work on the north breakwater. The grant award was approved at the Wisconsin ...

A submerged breakwater system proposed to lessen beach erosion in South Carolina won't pop up offshore anytime soon. No one is sure of their exact design or where they would have to go to be effective ...