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Dredging starts at Cape Lookout National Seashore

PRE News & Ideas | By Ryan Shaffer
Published February 7, 2024 at 7:17 AM EST
Officials with Cape Lookout National Seashore say the Cape Lookout Lighthouse tower, the Keepers' Quarters museum and the summer kitchen all survived the effects of Hurricane Ian.
(image credit: NPS photo/Rich Rehm)
Officials with Cape Lookout National Seashore say the Cape Lookout Lighthouse tower, the Keepers' Quarters museum and the summer kitchen all survived the effects of Hurricane Ian.

Dredging at Cape Lookout National Seashore is set to begin this week.

Some 200,000 cubic yards of sand will be moved as part of a $7 million project to make channels to the seashore more accessible, including ferry routes to the site.

That sand will also be used for beach nourishment projects to protect the Cape Lookout Lighthouse and other historic structures from sound-side erosion.

Once underway, work is expected to be going non-stop until complete.
Ryan Shaffer
Ryan is an Arkansas native and podcast junkie. He was first introduced to public radio during an internship with his hometown NPR station, KUAF. Ryan is a graduate of Tufts University in Somerville, Mass., where he studied political science and led the Tufts Daily, the nation’s smallest independent daily college newspaper. In his spare time, Ryan likes to embroider, attend musicals, and spend time with his fiancée.
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