AgWeb

How Dredging the Mississippi River Could Uncover $461 Million

A complex series of railways, roads, bridges and waterways connects U.S. farmers to the rest of the word, but this system is deteriorating and threatens U.S. agriculture’s leading global position.
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 ...
BusinessMirror

Marikina City’s river dredging operations boosted by new DPWH amphibious dredger

Marikina City has long been conducting dredging operations along the Marikina River as part of its flood mitigation and disaster preparedness efforts, with the initiative receiving a boost after the ...
WHYY

The Schuylkill River dredging project — in need of a new contractor — is at a standstill

Docks along boathouse row were removed to allow dredging to deepen the Schuylkill River. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Long-planned dredging to deepen the Schuylkill River from Strawberry Mansion Bridge to ...
pcij.org

River dredging has replaced sand mining but Chinese firms are still involved and coastal communities are still hurting

Local fishing communities across the country’s western seaboard—from the far north in Cagayan to the Ilocos provinces to Zambales and the Mindoro provinces have been rising up in protest against 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.