JoAnne Castagna

Increasing the size of Union Beach as part of the Union Beach, New Jersey Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. Credit: USACE. | To the rescue: NJ community receives coastal restoration project

To the rescue: NJ community receives coastal restoration project

To the rescue: NJ community receives coastal restoration project By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. In the fall of 2012, Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast of the United States, including the…

Environmental

Feb 6

The seawall around the base of Turtle Hill, around the Montauk Point Lighthouse was expanded using more than 60,000 tons of granite boulders. Credit: USACE. | Coastal project sheds light on importance of community collaboration

Coastal project sheds light on importance of community collaboration

Montauk Point Lighthouse, New York By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. In the 1970s, if you took a helicopter ride from New York City to the Montauk Point Lighthouse, that sits on…

Environmental

Jan 5

New York District Commander, Mathew Luzzatto touring the FUSRAP Maywood
Superfund Site in New Jersey in February 2023. Credit: DeShawn Bowser, Public Affairs, New York District. | It’s no accident this environmental cleanup project’s a leader in worker safety

It’s no accident this environmental cleanup project’s a leader in worker safety

By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. It’s the 1940s in Maywood, New Jersey. A new residential community has sprouted up and the homeowners want to beautify their front lawns, so they go…