![]() Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for dredging harbors, from small ports like Newport, Oregon and Moriches, New York, to large ones, such as San Diego and Baltimore harbors. Most harbors are not naturally deep and need consistent dredging to keep them open for shipping, fishing, and recreational use. Coast Guard rescue boats frequently can't cross the bars in stormy weather, just when they might be needed most. When the resulting "bar" or shallow area doesn't have enough depth, boats frequently can't get through, and often the bar causes much rougher water, making it dangerous to cross. Many ports are situated on a river, and during the change of tides and higher river water flows, sediment builds up as the downstream river water meets ocean waves. ![]() Boats sometimes can't get in or out safely, or even at all. To bring the metaphor home, that's what many ports and harbors across the country experience when entrances become too shallow. ![]() Worse, imagine if emergency services couldn't get onto the highway because of that too-narrow access. And all the trucks that move industry into and out of your town could no longer squeak by on the exit ramp. Imagine you left your neighborhood to get onto the local highway only to find out the entrance ramp had become too narrow for your car. ![]()
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