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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District announces a Project Delivery Team (PDT) Meeting for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (BBSEER) Project Study on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. “The purpose of this Project Delivery Team Meeting is to review refinements to the alternatives for Round… Read More
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U. S. Army corps of engineers, engineering and Support center, Huntsville awarded a $500 million international remediation and environmental services-generation two multiple award task order contract (ires2 matoc) april 28. A MATOC is not necessarily a contract for one task or action, but rather a collection of tasks and actions across… Read More
To view the awards ceremony, visit https://lnkd.in/e7GUK8up. Established in 1978, the Presidential Rank Award is given to members of the Senior Executive Service, Senior-Level, and Scientific and Professional corps. It is one of the most prestigious awards in the federal career civil service. This year, 230 winners from 37 federal agencies were selected by the… Read More
Huisman has announced the award of a contract from USA-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC (GLDD), for the delivery of rock installation equipment. The equipment, which is to be installed on the company’s newbuild rock installation vessel, will support the development of offshore renewable energy production in US waters. Huisman is committed to… Read More
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today announced the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) will allocate Louisiana a total of $111,822,094.65 in Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) funding. GOMESA requires Louisiana, along with Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas, to use the dollars for coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects as well as for… Read More
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A public meeting to collect feedback on proposed updates to the water control requirement manuals for Berlin Lake, Michael J. Kirwan Dam and Reservoir, and Mosquito Creek Lake within the Mahoning River Basin will take place at 7 p.m., May 3, at Stambaugh Auditorium. The 90-minute meeting is being presented by the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, reduced its water releases from Baldhill Dam, northeast of Valley City, North Dakota, by 800 cubic feet per second, or cfs, today, May 1. Corps officials adjusted the outflow at the dam to approximately 3,700 cfs. The current operation plan for Baldhill Dam is to hold… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. – Broken down, 42 years equals 15,330 days, which is 367,920 hours, or 22,075,200 minutes, or 1,324,512,000 seconds. Now add hard work, dedication, and love for the job, then you know what Karen Williams, Chief of the Project Support Section, has given to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mobile District… Read More
Jacksonville District leads the way in ecosystem restoration, adaptive management and interagency approaches to planning and analysis. A proud member of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, the district leads one of the most aggressive environmental restoration programs in the world. A major component, the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), provides a framework for… Read More
EDMOND, Okla. — Arcadia Lake is in the beginning process of a multi-million-dollar makeover.The city of Edmond has started to make plans into renovating the lake. Arcadia Lake is about to get a $2 million facelift. “Think of this as a scaled-down MAPS project of Arcadia Lake and East Edmond,” said Alex Allen, Arcadia Lake… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards met with Baton Rouge area leaders to discuss updates on the University Lakes Restoration Project Monday. Edwards announced that work to restore the six lakes around LSU campus will begin this summer and some restoration efforts will be completed in December. Edwards first spoke about the need for a restoration of… Read More
Recently, First Selectwoman Jennifer Tooker joined Representative Jim Himes and Senator Richard Blumenthal as they took a boat tour of the Saugatuck River to survey conditions and announce $2.81 million in federal funding for proposed dredging activity. Also joining the tour were Police Chief Foti Koskinas and Public Works Director Peter Ratkiewich. First Selectwoman Tooker… Read More
This morning, Congresswoman Julia Brownley presented the County of Ventura’s Harbor Director Michael Tripp with a check for $15 million for the bi-annual maintenance dredging of the Channel Islands Harbor. This critical funding will meet the dredging needs at the harbor, which is essential to keeping the harbor open for industries that drive our local… Read More
Kahlotus, Wash. – Officials at Lower Monumental Lock and Dam are closing dam crossings to the public starting today in order to perform spillway maintenance. Public crossing will be closed until May 30. Normal crossing hours are once an hour, on the half-hour, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Public dam crossings… Read More
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $8.4 million contract to Cleveland-based Great Lakes Towing on April 20 for lease of the tugboat Don Raul to serve on the Great Lakes. The boat will primarily be used on Lake Erie between Buffalo, N.Y. and Toledo, Ohio, but may… Read More