OPB

Oregon secures new funding to remove abandoned boats from waterways

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 ...
The State

Navy torpedo boat abandoned in SC waters. Now the owner has been arrested

These days, the only threat posed by a 120-foot-long Navy torpedo vessel is to the marsh outside of Charleston where it is has been grounded for four years. Now the owner, who bought the Navy boat in ...
PBS

Oregon’s Abandoned Boats: A Growing Crisis on Our Rivers

Beneath the peeling paint and rusted decks of derelict boats, there's a deeper human story. Oregon’s waterways face a crisis as abandoned and derelict boats pile up. Left behind by owners unable to ...
WECT

Abandoned boats are piling up in our waterways: here’s how you can help

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Rotting hulls. Leaking oil. Tangled fishing lines. Abandoned and derelict vessels pose growing problems in waterways nationwide, leading to safety risks, environmental harm, ...
abcnews4

Volunteer crews remove 11 abandoned boats from Georgetown waters

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Monday, crews with Wounded Nature- Working Veterans, and the Department of Natural Resources worked to remove 11 abandoned boats from Georgetown waters. According to ...