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Partnership will Restore Islands off Dorchester County Using Dredged Material BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are marking a milestone of environmental stewardship this month on the landmark restoration of Poplar Island near Talbot County. Simultaneously, the agencies are advancing… Read More
The U.S. Department of the Interior is stepping up efforts to reach the goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030. Yesterday, it announced three more initiatives, saying it will: propose a lease sale for wind energy development in the Carolina Long Bay area offshore the Carolinas; initiate an environmental review… Read More
Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ – On October 25 the Interim Township Administrator/CMFO Rodney R Haines announced that the Little Egg Harbor Committee approved contracts for both the Mystic Island West Maintenance Dredging Phase 1 and the Atlantis Maintenance Dredging Projects. The contracts were approved at the October 14 2021 meting and were awarded by… Read More
Federal funds are back on tap for sand nourishment projects in Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, but back-and-forth interpretations of a law designed to discourage development in storm-prone coastal areas leaves Wrightsville Beach cut out, for now. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently announced it had shifted construction funds to projects for two of… Read More
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The mayor of Holden Beach has provided an update on an upcoming sand dredging project. Alan Holden says two ocean-certified dredges will pump sand along the high tide line. This sand project will cost approximately $27 million to Weeks Marine, but the property owners of Holden Beach will not be… Read More
SEATTLE ― Like Betty Farwell and Winnie W. Cox, Victoria “Vickie” Shepard was a trailblazer. Not only did Shepard work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as Farwell and Cox did, but she also blazed an advancement trail for future USACE women. Shephard, of West Seattle, Washington, began her career at the Lake Washington… Read More
WINCHESTER, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division displayed its innovative spirit during the 2021 USACE Innovation Summit, a virtual event with national visibility that showcased Army Corps of Engineers innovations both from research and design and applied practices as well as innovations in human capital and business practices. The Summit’s theme,… Read More
Construction crews work to complete final foundation preparations while concrete placement activities are on-going on the $757 million Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project that will have capacity for nine jumbo barges — nine times the capacity of the existing Chickamauga Navigation Lock. The new lock under construction will replace an existing lock built in 1940. At… Read More
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 27, 2021)— Antioch Middle School teacher Thomas Yan toured Old Hickory Lock and Dam and Hydropower Plant to learn what STEM job opportunities USACE has to offer future graduates during the Middle Tennessee Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Innovation Network Externship with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Oct. 21-22…. Read More
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (KMTV) — The Missouri River and water levels were all part of a discussion in Nebraska City on Wednesday night. The Northwest Division of the Army Corps of Engineers, which manages water flow along the Missouri River, is hearing from citizens in the area about concerns they have with the the “mighty… Read More
The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, has published a long-awaited Hatteras Ferry Channel Realignment Draft Environmental Assessment. A public comment period is open until Nov. 18, 2021. The Environmental Assessment acknowledges that shoaling in Hatteras Inlet has made it impossible to maintain the historic route, which was straight across a much smaller… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, plans to drawdown or lower levels of two North Dakota reservoirs, Lake Ashtabula behind Baldhill Dam, near Valley City, and Homme Lake behind Homme Reservoir, near Park River, starting in November. Both drawdowns normally occur annually in the fall and winter to allow… Read More
Jacksonville, Fla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces that Lt. Gen Scott Spellmon signed the Pinellas County, Florida Coastal Storm Risk Management Study Chiefs Report, recommending the project to Congress for approval. The project could be included in the next Water Resources Development Act. If approved, separate appropriations legislation would have to be… Read More
Jefferson County has taken the next step toward pursuit of the largest coastal restoration project in the United States. This month, the commissioner’s court approved the second part of a twenty-year effort to restore the county’s beach and dunes, in part funded by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill that has brought more than $1… Read More
Dallas City Council will consider a $25 million construction contract this week, for the dredging of Bachman Lake in Northwest Dallas. Why it matters: The dam and spillway of the 205-acre lake, on the north side of Love Field, are long overdue for repair. Advocates of the project want the marshy, murky Bachman to become… Read More