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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District is receiving an additional $168.5 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that will be used for the district’s civil works program during fiscal year 2023. The proposed funding will improve the reliability and resilience of the district’s multi-purpose reservoirs, inland… Read More
ASHDOWN, Ark. — Ashdown, Ark. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reopening the public comment period on the draft Millwood Lake Master Plan, Shoreline Management Plan and associated Environmental Assessments between April 12 and May 11, 2022. During the MP, SMP and EA planning process an incorrect email address was included on the… Read More
Snohomish County’s Meadowdale Beach Park will be closed again to the public starting Monday, April 11 to allow for continued estuary restoration work. The project will restore a historic 1.3-acre estuary to provide essential rearing habitat for chinook, chum and coho salmon as well as cutthroat trout. Puget Sound chinook salmon are listed as a… Read More
President Joe Biden’s 2023 budget request includes $407 million for Everglades restoration projects, including the Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir designed to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon. If Congress approves the request, a “substantial amount” of the proposed Everglades money will go toward building the EAA reservoir, according to… Read More
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