Coastal Engineering

Lake Okeechobee's rollercoaster levels explained (Miami Herald)

7 Sep 2008

A quick refresher on Lake Okeechobee's annual water levels in recent years, starting in 2000: Too high. Way too low. Just right. Just right. Too high. Way too high. Too low. Way too low.

Palm Beach Town Council to weigh lawsuit over beach erosion (Palm Beach Daily News)

7 Sep 2008

At a two-day meeting Monday and Tuesday, the Town Council is expected to consider suing the federal government over erosion to the shoreline.

Louisiana losing ground in fight against storms (Chicago Tribune)

6 Sep 2008

Loss of protective buffer of marshland muck—eaten away by the dredging of waterways and cutting of canals—leaves parishes vulnerable to devastation As engineers work furiously to strengthen New Orleans' levees, the region's best hurricane protection—coastal wetlands—is disappearing. The Tribune's Howard Witt reports.