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Put Sand Dunes on Plum Island’s New Beach

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on May 8, 2023 by AndyMay 8, 2023

By Bill Sargent I drove to Plum Island in early May to see how the Corps of Engineers’ new beach had fared in the April 30th storm. It has turned out that the beach replenishment has not turned out well. … Continue reading →

Posted in Erosion, Reservation Terrace | 1 Reply

As I See It: ‘All Models Are wrong; Some Are Useful’, Bill Sargent Mar 20, 2023

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on May 5, 2023 by AndyMay 5, 2023

In 1976, the British statistician George Box wrote, “All models are wrong; some are useful.” The father of today’s generation of coastal geologists, Orrin Pilkey, did him one better, saying historical data is always more useful than a model when … Continue reading →

Posted in Erosion, North Reservation Terrace, Reservation Terrace, Resiliency, Uncategorized | Leave a reply

Using Sargassum Beach/Dune Protection

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on April 23, 2023 by AndyApril 23, 2023

Bill Sargent Since March 23rd, Plum Island residents have watched contractors pump in five-football fields worth of sand several yards deep in front of Reservation Terrace. It is hoped that waves and wind will shape the beach into nascent dunes … Continue reading →

Posted in Erosion, Reservation Terrace, Resiliency, Sargassum, Uncategorized | Leave a reply

Mayor: Stone Structure Helped Protect P.I. Homes

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on March 21, 2023 by AndyMarch 21, 2023

  While this week’s winter storm lashed Greater Newburyport for more than 24 hours, starting late Monday and through Tuesday, Plum Island’s fragile coastline appears to have suffered no lasting effects. Mayor Sean Reardon said the area between 73rd and … Continue reading →

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High Tide Threatens Plum Island Water System

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on September 10, 2021 by AndySeptember 10, 2021

BY DAVE ROGERS  “NEWBURYPORT — Water to three homes on Plum Island was shut off about noon Thursday as an afternoon high tide threatened to damage the area’s already vulnerable water system.” “City Department of Public Services Director Anthony Furnari … Continue reading →

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Mayor Seeks Protection For Reservation Terrace

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on September 7, 2020 by AndySeptember 7, 2020

BY JACK SHEA, The Daily News of Newburyport, Edition September 7, 2020 “NEWBURYPORT — The mayor is hoping to protect Plum Island’s Reservation Terrace neighborhood ahead of the looming fall and winter storm seasons by installing sand-filled “super sacs” along … Continue reading →

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The Riddle In the Sand

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on January 11, 2019 by AndyJanuary 11, 2019

As I See It Bill Sargent, The Daily News of Newburyport, Edition January 11, 2019 On Nov. 4 I, drove to Plum Island’s North Point to investigate more clues in the case of the riddle in the sand. A late October storm … Continue reading →

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Win Damon of WJOP Interview of Bill Sargent, 11/27/2018

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on November 29, 2018 by AndyNovember 29, 2018

How to Sex a Flounder Win Damon again interviewed Bill Sargent on WJOP, November 27, 2018.  Bill talks about his new book, “Coastal Discoveries”, his thoughts of the Army Core of Engineers, green vs. grey solutions to erosion, etc.

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City Resumes Work to Build Up Plum Island Dunes

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on May 2, 2018 by AndyMay 2, 2018

      NEWBURYPORT — After the project was put on hold last month, the Department of Public Services is back on track building a protective berm on Northern Reservation Terrace. The winter’s series of nor’easters brought high surf and … Continue reading →

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Book on Plum Island Offers Hope for Retreat

Plum Island Outdoors Posted on September 8, 2017 by AndySeptember 8, 2017

By Dyke Hendrickson Staff Writer, Newburyport Daily News, September 5, 2017 NEWBURYPORT — Plum Island is a subject frequently in the news, yet locals don’t seem to get bored by reading about it. Local author William Sargent recently published his fourth … Continue reading →

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