It's on us. Share your news here.
It's on us. Share your news here.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will be receiving dozens of proposals to improve the Delaware regional watershed this week from environmental groups, non-profit citizen organizations, even churches with environmental stewardship teams. The Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund is a $9.7 million conservation program to restore and protect Delaware’s bay and shorelines. With the new funds… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has allocated an additional $223.9 million to Hampton Roads projects. The new funds come from last year’s infrastructure act, and are in addition to $402 million previously appropriated under the act and this year’s omnibus federal spending bill, according to the region’s Congressional delegation. The additional allocation includes $72.4 million… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on Tuesday that $350 million in funding will be allocated to Denver’s Urban Waterways project, officially referred to as the South Platte River and Tributaries Project. The USACE Omaha District, in partnership with the city of Denver, will work together to restore the ecosystem of a… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will conduct a hybrid in-person and virtual public hearing for the PolyMet/NorthMet Mine project, May 3-5. The public hearing is in response to an objection from Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to the Corps of Engineers’ Section 404 Clean… Read More
GRAND HAVEN — Lakeshore harbors have received funding for their harbors. More than $3.4 million has been awarded to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for projects to be done in Grand Haven’s harbor. A total of $6.6 billion was awarded to the Corps of Engineers’ civil works program, with a total of $117.2 million… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District released the South Central Coast Louisiana, Supplemental Draft Integrated Feasibility Study with Environmental Impact Statement today for a 45-day public review period. The Corps is seeking public comments on the documents which outlines minor changes related to dry floodproofing at industrial sites included in the South… Read More
CORALVILLE, Iowa — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is now managing Coralville Lake under operational parameters outlined in a recently approved updated Water Control Plan. This plan was the result of a feasibility study initiated to update the Iowa River Basin Master Reservoir Regulation Manual. The Water Control Plan consists of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will slightly decrease Lake Okeechobee releases to the Caloosahatchee beginning Saturday, April 2 to support the ecology of the estuary. The adjusted releases to the Caloosahatchee Estuary will target a pulse release at a 7-day average of 1,800 cubic feet per second (cfs) from the W.P…. Read More
Virginia Beach Public Works has announced that the US Army Corps of Engineers’ will commence dredging operations on Saturday April 2, 2022, as a part of the Rudee Inlet maintenance dredging program. Norfolk Dredging Company has been contracted by the US Army Corps of Engineers to perform this work, with the dredge Charleston. Dredging operations… Read More
Requests for pre-proposals for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s National Coastal Resilience Fund are due by April 21, at the start of an annual coastal funding project that will invest $140 million in grants to protect valuable coastal ecosystems. The NFWF grant program provides funds to restore, increase and strengthen the nation’s natural infrastructure,… Read More
Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has awarded a contract to Maersk Supply Service for charter of its newbuild wind installation vessel (WIV), according to the company’s release. This vessel, together with US constructed barges and tugs built and operated by Kirby Offshore Wind, will be used for the installation of… Read More
WALLA WALLA, Wash. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District (USACE) operations staff will begin diverting water from Mill Creek to Bennington Lake early next week in preparation for the upcoming recreation season. Water Management officials have been analyzing the basin and have determined the flood risk is now minimal based on the… Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $19,628,500 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging the Humboldt Bay Bar, the mouth of the Columbia River and the Lower Columbia River. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Portland, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of March 15, 2023. Fiscal 2022… Read More
The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The President’s Budget details his vision to expand on the historic progress our country has made over the last year and deliver the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address—to build a better America, reduce the… Read More
The Corps’ budget, which includes funding to complete the ship channel project, was unveiled on Monday as part of the $5.8-trillion spending plan for FY2023 by the Biden Administration. Funding to complete the Port of Corpus Christi’s year-long ship channel improvement project could be coming. A 2023 fiscal year budget proposed by the Army Corps of… Read More