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Artificial reef push, shoaling concerns: task force pursues federal queries and FWC grant for Harm's Ledge
Summary
Commissioners heard a report on shoaling, dredge‑spoil disposal questions for the Army Corps and a push to apply for a $120,000 FWC artificial reef grant to rehabilitate Harm's Ledge; organizers requested letters of support and proposed a city match.
Commissioner Mark Hardesty updated the Jacksonville Waterways Commission March 13 on two related marine initiatives: a shoaling and river‑sediment inquiry and a renewed push to fund and place artificial reefs off Jacksonville, beginning with work at Harm's Ledge.
Hardesty said the St. Johns shoaling task force had met and that congressional staff from U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean's office asked the group to clarify where the Army Corps currently disposes dredge spoil. Hardesty said the Army Corps represented to the congressman's office that spoil previously going to the Palms Fish Camp…
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