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The dredging of Merrimack River sand on the Salisbury side of the river should begin once again soon after a Christmas week storm knocked the project off track. Once completed, the beach along Reservation Terrace area will have received at least 226,000 cubic yards of sand dredged from the Salisbury and Newburyport sides of the… Read More
After being hit by hurricanes Ian and Nicole in 2022, beaches in Indian River County are in need of repairs. Starting Monday, Tracking Station, Golden Sands and Ambersands will be closed as crews begin emergency refurbishment. The county has limited time to complete the repairs, as they must be finished by the end of February… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is adding additional features to the Mississippi River Upper Pool 4 habitat restoration project near Red Wing, Minnesota. The project is being completed in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the project sponsor, and the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance. Corps officials added two options… Read More
Good news for a new year! In 2022, NOAA helped to recover over $114 million from polluters to restore six waterways following oil spill and industrial pollution incidents. NOAA and partners worked to assess the impacts of these incidents and reach legal settlements with those responsible to fund restoration. In the past 30 years, NOAA… Read More
Engineering might be boring to over half the country, but this government agency got creative in imagining the purr-fect way to engage everyone. The new 2023 calendar highlighting the achievements of the US Army Corps of Engineers features giant cats superimposed in photos of their engineering successes. The Portland District of the Corps needed an… Read More
Congress and President Joe Biden signed off on major bills last month giving the go-ahead to two big projects for salmon that swim and spawn in the Green / Duwamish River. The major of the two is the 2022 Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA), part of the $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which… Read More
A federal omnibus bill signed by President Joe Biden on Dec. 29 allocated funding to the Army Corps of Engineers, according to Lisa Ashley, director of media relations at the Port of Houston. Now, the port will seek consideration for $80 million in funding from the Corps for the expansion and operation of the Houston… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, IL for $28.8 million to conduct periodic nourishment of the Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet (Avalon & Stone Harbor) dune and beachfill project. The project is a joint effort between the U.S…. Read More
Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp,has awarded a contract to DEME Offshore US for the transportation and installation of inter-array cables for the Empire Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms. Representing a substantial contract (1), DEME Offshore US will be responsible for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables, which have… Read More
A contractor for the city of Paducah is making preparations to dredge the 8-acre deposit of sediment in the Ohio River downstream of the Paducah Transient Boat Dock. Dredge America, Inc. will store equipment and supplies at the boat launch on Burnett Street until the first week of March when the dredging will begin on the… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that seven projects received Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $280,077. The grants, which are aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Erie Coastal Zone, will be used toward projects that will benefit this critical habitat and ecosystem. Coastal zones are the area where land meets the coast… Read More
The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a public scoping meeting at 4 p.m., January 19, at Comanche County Courthouse – Comanche County Courtroom, 101 W. Central Ave., Comanche, Texas 76442 to provide information and receive public input on the Proctor Lake Draft Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan revisions and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s DeGray Lake and hydropower plant will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a welcome ceremony and open house Jan. 18 from 9-11:30 a.m. at DeGray Lake Visitor Center in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The event is free and open to the public. The visitor center is located at… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District received new and increased authorizations to support water infrastructure and civil works projects within its 26,000 square-mile region with the approval of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, signed into law by President Joe Biden. “Through WRDA, Congress provides our district with the opportunity to… Read More
For the 2022 calendar year, Missouri River basin runoff above Sioux City, Iowa totaled 19.3 million acre-feet, 75% of average. This was the 30th lowest annual runoff for the Missouri River Basin in 125 years of record-keeping. The ongoing drought shows little relief in sight and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts runoff into the… Read More