. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. COASTAL TIDINGS. Oregon Inlet Jetty Project Called Off federal agencies will not proceed with the proposed Oregon Inlet navigational plan that included building giant rock jetties on both sides of the inlet. By discontinuing the project, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Interior and Commerce departments expect to resolve a 30-year controversy over the jetty project. Instead of the jetties, the Corps will improve the current 14-foot navigational chan
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. COASTAL TIDINGS. Oregon Inlet Jetty Project Called Off federal agencies will not proceed with the proposed Oregon Inlet navigational plan that included building giant rock jetties on both sides of the inlet. By discontinuing the project, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Interior and Commerce departments expect to resolve a 30-year controversy over the jetty project. Instead of the jetties, the Corps will improve the current 14-foot navigational channel. The Corps also will work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to enhance boat safety by providing more up-to-date navigational data on changing sand conditions in the channel. In 1970, Congress authorized the project that included the Corps dredging the 20-foot by 400-foot navigation channel to accommodate deep-draft fishing boats and construction of two large jetties to divert sand from the channel. Oregon Inlet is the only barrier island break in the northern part of the Outer Banks, providing access for boats between the Atlantic Ocean and the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound. The project was supported by the commercial fishing community but opposed by some environmen- tal groups and government agencies. Over the past three decades, the Corps has conducted numerous economic and environmental analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act. NOAA opposed the project because of a potentially significant impact on the area's already diminished fisheries. In addition, two Interior Department agencies — the National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service — expressed concern over potential erosion of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. — Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
Size: 1772px × 1410px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookcollectionunclibra, booksubjectoceanography
