Los Angeles Times15d
New trash interceptor will protect Upper Newport Bay, the ‘jewel of the city’
After several years rolling through the city’s project pipeline, a $5.5-million trash wheel intended to help protect the sensitive habitat in Upper Newport Bay has been completed, an achievement ...
What's Up Newp15d
Newport, Jamestown, and Portsmouth secure funding for shoreline protection and habitat preservation projects
Newport County is receiving a significant boost in climate resilience funding, with three communities set to benefit from over $399,000 in grants through the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and ...
WKRG15d
44 acres in East Bay River Nature Preserve in Navarre set for prescribed burn
According to a news release from Santa Rosa County, the county’s Soil Conservation Department is working with Gulf Coastal Plains Ecosystem Partnership to conduct the 44 acre burn. (Map courtesy ...
ABC716d
Newport Bay trash interceptor to reduce debris, trash going into the ocean by 80%
It's the Newport Bay trash interceptor, just upstream from the Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve. The finishing touches were underway Monday. Jon Lowery is a foreman with Jilk Construction ...
Orange County Register17d
West Coast’s first water wheel is scooping up trash from Upper Newport Bay
In just its first few weeks in operation, a low-tech water wheel has already scooped up enough trash and debris from the Upper Newport Bay to fill ... protected nature preserve, as well as the ...
NBC Bay Area18d
San Francisco's Upper Great Highway closing to cars for good on Friday
Sunday, the Upper Great Highway stretch was packed with ... Everyone who spoke with NBC Bay Area near the Great Highway on Sunday said they support this change. "We like to get out here because ...