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Yesterday, Connecticut Senators Murphy and Blumenthal announced that $2.8 million in funding for the dredging of the Saugatuck River has been secured in the Fiscal Year 2022 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. While Westport is in a strong position to receive these funds, the Bill needs to be passed on the Senate floor and then… Read More
Oceanside City Council Workshop Weds at 2:00 p.m to consider the Beach Sand Feasibility Study Report. Will groins save Oceanside’s sand? OCEANSIDE, CA — After years of increased shoreline erosion and investigating numerous methods to resolve the loss of sand, the Oceanside City Council will meet tomorrow to consider approving the Beach Sand Feasibility Study… Read More
Assessing Resilience: Case Studies and a Path Forward for the Marine and Inland Waterborne Transportation System August 26th, 9:00—10:30 EST (1:00—2:30 UTC) Presented by PIANC’s Permanent Task Group on Climate Change As new challenges unfold it is becoming even more important that those who manage, own, and operate our global marine and inland waterborne transportation system incorporates… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District’s Lake O’ the Pines staff reached a milestone with the Friends of Lake O’ the Pines Association August 5, 2021, with the signing of the long-awaited Cooperating Association Agreement. Getting its start as early as Fall 2018, This agreement between the lake staff and the association sets… Read More
There are people who like their jobs. There are even people who love their jobs. Then there are people who got out of their way—and out of their own pockets—to learn a new skill and make their jobs easier for their colleagues. Kelsey Ciarrocca, a cartographer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss.— The U.S. Army recently announced that Donna R. Williams, a computer scientist at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), would be inducted into the U.S. Army ROTC Hall of Fame. Honoring graduates who have distinguished themselves in both military and civilian pursuits, the ROTC Hall of Fame recognizes alumni who… Read More
Lake Okeechobee may be kept at higher levels for longer periods of time under a new management plan the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is refining now that a $1.8 billion upgrade of the Herbert Hoover Dike is nearly completed. The Corps picked a preferred alternative, called “CC,” out of six choices and will now… Read More
DETROIT- Even with a return to wetter conditions in late June and July, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers officials expect Great Lakes water levels to remain below 2019 and 2020 levels – when many record highs were set across the lakes. Late spring and summer are typically when the lakes reach seasonal peaks before beginning… Read More
COVINGTON, Va. – Gathright Dam operators are scheduled to conduct the year’s second water-pulse release from Lake Moomaw on Wednesday, August 11. The pulse, conducted by Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in coordination with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, will occur about 6 a.m. to 1:30… Read More
A multimillion-dollar construction project to build a cyber center at the Air Force Academy begins later this summer and will last through 2023. Lieutenant Gen. Richard Clark, the Academy’s superintendent, hosted a ground-breaking ceremony for the Madera Cyber Innovation Center Aug. 6 featuring the center’s namesake, Paul Madera. Madera, a 1978 Academy graduate, and his… Read More
DNREC’s Shoreline and Waterway Management section plans to dredge White Creek between November and March 2023, pleasing many boaters who have been calling for opening a channel back into the creek for safe navigation. Following a July 28 DNREC informational meeting, on the Zoom platform and attended by about 125 people, Michael Globetti, who handles… Read More
The Army Corp of Engineers (ACoE) is accepting public input on a 10-year plan for water releases from Lake Okeechobee. Repeatedly, the ACoE tells us that water quality is Florida’s responsibility; their mission is to “move it,” clean or toxic, and it has chosen preferred “Plan CC” for releases. They continually speak about “balance” for… Read More
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of a $9.1 million contract to expedite an emergency bluff stabilization project at the Natchez National Cemetery. The Mississippi lawmakers worked with the Veterans Affairs Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and city officials to secure the contract, which was expedited… Read More
Work can begin late summer on preserving the 50-year-old South Banks Channel Bridge in Wrightsville Beach. North Carolina Department of Transportation awarded a contract of $3.7 million Coastal Gunite Construction Co. in Maryland to preserve the bridge. The bridge on Causeway Drive over the Banks Channel was built in 1972. Work to preserve it can… Read More