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Santa Barbara’s city leaders are looking toward the future and embarking on a decades-long plan to combat the inevitable encroachment of the ocean on the waterfront due to climate change, with three projects funded by over $2 million in grants from the California Coastal Commission Planner Melissa Hetrick presented the “Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Plan” at… Read More
The recent Lido Beach renourishment is not eroding the Siesta Key shoreline says the US Army Corps of Engineers following analysis of the shoreline, erosion and wave activity. In its first report since its contractor completed the Lido Key Beach renourishment last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the effect on Siesta Key… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will celebrate the reopening of its newly renovated visitor center at its Lake Ashtabula Dam and Recreation Area, as well as the site’s 70th anniversary, with a ribbon cutting ceremony May 18, at 11 a.m. The public is invited to attend or watch it live on Facebook… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, St. Paul and St. Louis districts recently completed a seven-year effort to develop an updated, standardized hydraulic model for the Upper Mississippi River System, including the Illinois Waterway. The model can be used to evaluate and communicate the effects of floodplain modifications to provide better predictability and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for a proposed end cell project at Lock and Dam 4, near Alma, Wisconsin, today, May 9, and is seeking public comments. Comments should be submitted no later than Jun 9. The purpose of the project is to construct… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District will begin construction this summer to connect the McNary Dam wastewater sewer system to the City of Umatilla sewer system. During the construction effort there will be temporary closures and detours affecting 3rd Street, West Park, Spillway Park, and the Visitor Center/Juvenile Fish Facility. Look for additional… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, announced the approval of the Updated Water Control Manuals for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin on May 9, 2022. The manuals, contain water control plans, that include guidelines for managing water storage and the release of water from reservoirs. These manuals guide water management operations and need to be… Read More
DredgeWire Exclusive Further to DredgeWire’s report earlier this week about a new $12 million contract award to Ahtna for Kings Bay, GA, Anthony Cavo of Aetna provided additional background and update to DredgeWire. Ahtna Marine & Construction Company (AMCC) is a certified 8(a) company based out of South Florida who plans to expand its footprint from the… Read More
On Apr. 26, 2022, the Dredge Hurley and crew (currently 37 people total) departed its home port, Ensley Engineer Yard, for the 2022 dredging season. Their mission: To maintain navigable shipping lanes along the western rivers and inland waterways. “We dredge to maintain these waterways and keep it open for commerce,” Dredge Hurley First Mate… Read More
It’s the only protective infrastructure standing between Bakersfield and what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calls the “probable maximum flood.” The possibly of such a cataclysmic event — a torrent of water overwhelming Isabella Dam with the potential to inundate much of Bakersfield and surrounding roads, industry and farmland — is considered exceedingly small,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District will temporarily close Lindy C. Boggs, Lock and Dam (L&D) to navigation on the Red River during two separate periods, Aug. 15 – Sept. 15 to dewater the upper gate and Oct. 1 – 30 to dewater the lower gate. The lock will temporarily reopen on… Read More
Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $15,141,033 contract for a 70-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO 188). The contract includes a base period and four options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to… Read More
Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/44141 Report Number: ERDC/CHL CHETN-IX-60 Title: AIS Data Case Study: Dredge Material Placement Site Evaluation in Frederick Sound near Petersburg, Alaska By: Matthew W. Ferguson and Marin M. Kress Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. May 2022 5 pages / 1.6 MB Source: ERDC
Col. Kenneth N. Reed took command of the Southwestern Division, May 5, in a ceremony officiated by Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Reed assumed command from Brig. Gen. Christopher G. Beck, who has served as the commander since 2020. Beck will move… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of updating its 1972 Master Plan for Buckhorn Lake located in Buckhorn, Kentucky. A Master Plan is the document that conceptually establishes and guides the orderly development, administration, maintenance, preservation, enhancement, and management of all natural, cultural, and recreational resources of a Corps water resource… Read More