St. Lucie County has been working for a year to remove derelict boats from the Indian River Lagoon and other waterways.

The sailboat had seen better days. Sitting in the water at Hilton Head’s Cross Island Boat Landing, it’s brown with rust and mud. The boat’s mast pokes above the water as cars rushed across the the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced on Friday announced the successful sinking of a 227-foot ...

From small fishing boats littered across state ports to a massive 384-foot ship rusting in the Columbia River, Oregon’s waterways continue to be dotted with abandoned and derelict vessels. Now, a ...

S.C. Department of Natural Resources officer Lt. Andrew Godowns discusses on Sept. 10, 2025, how South Carolina's new abandoned boats law helps them get boats out of navigable waterways before they ...

An abandoned boat discovered at Lake Mead during drought conditions three years ago has been removed. The clean up was part of 20,000 pounds hauled away from the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Abandoned boats in South Carolina waters are creating environmental and safety hazards, prompting a national nonprofit to lead a removal project at Limehouse Landing. Wounded ...

For years, abandoned boats in St. Tammany Parish's waterways have created obstacles for other boaters and leaked hazardous material into wetland habitats. Now, the parish is embarking on a $1 million ...

Removing shipwrecked, abandoned or deserted boats from Bluffton waterways will now be a coordinated effort between the town, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and nearby jurisdictions ...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH (WGNO) — A $1 million project will remove abandoned boats from St. Tammany waterways, according to St. Tammany Parish President Mike Cooper. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2026, 16 sunken ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Law enforcement and local groups are removing one of three abandoned boats in the Ashley River. Efforts to remove three sunken boats from the Safe Harbor Charleston City ...