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For 18 years and three months, Security and Law Enforcement Chief John Landers has been a steadfast presence at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, greeting and helping employees and visitors alike at the Oxbow Federal Center South Building 1201, located in Seattle. Now, as the calendar turns to April 30, 2025, the U.S…. Read More
NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota – Progress is underway to clean out McCook Lake after last year’s historic flooding. The project is expected to cost a little over $1 million, with North Sioux City contractor Three Oaks Inc. tackling the dredging. According to South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks, the lake clean up will begin May… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put a halt to the project’s permit, saying the state “deliberately withheld” crucial information. NEW ORLEANS — Work on the ambitious $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, a plan nearly two decades in the making, has been abruptly suspended. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put a… Read More
Victory — After lawsuit, agency revokes “Letter of Permission” shortcut, commits to proper environmental assessment of dredging and barge mooring risks Contacts Dustin Renaud, Earthjustice, drenaud@earthjustice.org Jackie Medcalf, Texas Health and Environment Alliance, jyoung@txhea.org Legal document Houston, TX — Today, Texas Health and Environment Alliance (THEA) dropped their lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for shortcutting permitting procedures… Read More
Grand Haven, MI – Grand Haven’s inner harbor will not undergo its scheduled dredging this year because of PFAS testing issued by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. The harbor generates an estimated $88.8 million in business revenue and supports 456 jobs. Mayor Bob Monetza says the outer harbor is dredged separately…. Read More
DETROIT — A construction project to improve the lakeshore near the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center in Duluth, Minnesota will start the first week of May 2025. The project will construct a shoreline protection system comprised of a concrete tee-wall armored by a stone revetment to decrease the adverse effects of… Read More
Dredging to allow for recreational boating in the St. Joseph River this summer is underway in Benton Harbor. Pier 1000 Marina’s Kathy Myers tells us Triple D Excavating of Eau Claire began pulling sand from the river near Tackle Haven this past week. Berrien County helped to secure the necessary permits for dredging to be… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry criticized former Gov. John Bel Edwards for concealing critical information from federal regulators to secure a key permit for the $2.9 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, warning that taxpayers and coastal communities were put at risk. Landry said Edwards’ administration withheld reports from the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
Cottrell Contracting Corp.,* Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $9,110,750 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Kings Bay, Georgia, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 18, 2026. Fiscal 2025 operation and maintenance, defense-wide funds in the amount of $9,110,750 were obligated at… Read More
Onslow County- NC — The town of N. Topsail is letting community members know the plans for Phase 4 beach renourishment and PTC #8 Dune restoration, per a release. N. Topsail’s Engineer partnered with a contractor and the Division of Coastal Management (for permitting), to make the current plan for the contractor to complete the Phase… Read More
Earlier this month Michigan Congressman Bill Huizenga released a statement regarding the Whitmer Administration’s “ill-defined” EGLE requirements for PFAS testing as a condition for harbor dredging. EGLE is the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. It is responsible for Michigan’s waterways among other things. Huizenga’s press release said that the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
Norfolk District Permit Application No. NAO-2025-00307 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Norfolk District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1344) and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899… Read More
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District visited two Air Force installations April 3 to meet with project partners and assess progress on key construction efforts. Col. Andrew Baker met with members of the district’s Edwards Resident Office team and toured the new Flight… Read More
The good news, if you believe in prolonging the life of Flagler County’s shoreline for at least a few decades: The county is preparing to rebuild dunes and beaches along a 5.5-mile stretch from North 7th Street in Flagler Beach to Varn Park, just south of the Hammock. Money for the $36 million project has… Read More
The fresh injection of sand will help a section of the town’s beach where some oceanfront homes are relying on sandbags to hold back the encroaching Atlantic The Army Corps of Engineers is pumping sand onto Oak Island’s western end to combat erosion near Lockwood Folly Inlet. The project, due to wrap up by the… Read More