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.
San Diego Union-Tribune

Dredging resumes at Oceanside harbor, sand spreading south of city’s pier

OCEANSIDEOCEANSIDE — Dredging resumed this week at the Oceanside harbor and could continue for as long as two more weeks to get the expected 250,000 cubic yards of sand, enough to beef up beaches ...
AOL

Sand dredging is 'sterilising' ocean floor, UN warns

GENEVA (Reuters) - Around 6 billion tons of marine sand is being dug up each year in a growing practice that a U.N. agency said is unsustainable and can wipe out local marine life irreversibly. Sand ...
Yahoo

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge ...