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GENEVA — The city is asking the state Department of Environmental Conservation permission to dredge part of the north end of Seneca Lake, a move aimed at expanding the marina there. Written public comments on the city’s application for permits to dredge are due to DEC by Oct. 21. As part of a proposed project… Read More
LONG BRANCH – Lake Takanassee’s neglected western portions will get dredged in a beautification project to start next week. The city also plans to add to two more paver patio seating areas, replace existing benches and install more native landscaping at the main lake east of the railroad tracks. Lake Takanassee is the downstream portion of Whale Pond Brook… Read More
Decades ago, Shamrock Lake in Clare was a popular destination for swimming, fishing and leisurely boating. Decades ago, Shamrock Lake in Clare was a popular destination for swimming, fishing and leisurely boating. A public beach at Shamrock Park was packed with people in the summer months, with a lifeguard on duty, swimming lessons and possibly… Read More
QUINCY – An extensive dredging project at Butler’s Pond is set to start in as little as two weeks now that turtles have been safety relocated and equipment brought in from around the country. Contractors have started staging the area, setting up equipment and pulling boats and other things from the water. Julie Sullivan, Quincy’s environmental scientist,… Read More
Three years after Hurricane Michael left a path of destruction spanning hundreds of miles along the Forgotten Coast, Tonya McNabb decided to move to Alligator Point permanently. She’s rebuilt the porch that was ripped from the side of her house facing the Gulf of Mexico, replaced windows and repaired the septic and air conditioning systems. She… Read More
Aluminum boat builder continues two-decade tradition of supporting military programs Theodore, Ala. (October 7, 2021) – Aluminum workboat builder Silver Ships, Inc. was recently awarded an $8.2 million Delivery Order as a result of being awarded a Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) single award contract (N00024-21-D-2205) by the Naval Sea Systems Command for the… Read More
Waylon Humphrey has been selected to serve as the new Operations Division Chief for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, effective November 22, 2021. He will have responsibility for overall direction, staff management, and program management of the Louisville District’s Operations Division, which includes nearly 400 employees, operating and maintaining 17 multi-purpose lake… Read More
In January 1988, Bill Rochford started working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Chicago District, as a geotechnical engineer. And, back then, he said there was only one desktop computer that was shared between his office, Geotech & Coastal Branch, and the Structural Engineering Section. Today, with several job titles and work details… Read More
Plans to deepen channels at the Port of Long Beach, which would allow ships to navigate the trade hub more efficiently, took a step forward this month with the publication of the final feasibility report for the proposed project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the nearly 400-page document, which analyzed five potential paths… Read More
Great day yesterday at Poplar! Port Exec Dir @WilliamPDoyle today welcomed @USACEHQ Lt. Gen Scott Spellmon and Col. Estee Pinchasin @USACEBaltimore . Gen. Spellmon’s visit was 1st to Poplar by a Commanding Gen. Appreciate our great partnership and working on Mid-Bay! #MDOTgreen
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District Park Rangers are continuing their popular Virtual Visitor Center series with monthly programs planned through April 2022. “We created the Virtual Visitor Center in May 2020 when our facilities closed due to COVID-19 so we could continue our mission to inform, educate… Read More
Jump starting its plans to get into steel vessel construction, Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $144,623,645 fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification to previously awarded contract N00024-21-C-2209 for the detail design and construction of two towing, salvage, and rescue ships (T-ATS 11 and 12). The contract modification establishes options for up to three… Read More
Long Branch – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced today that the Army Corps of Engineers will begin beach replenishment in Deal, Allenhurst and Loch Arbour in November with an option for renourishment in Elberon. As a result of Congressman Pallone’s advocacy, the beach replenishment projects will restore more than 1.1 million cubic yards of… Read More
NEWARK, NJ — After years of industrialization ravaged the Lower Passaic River with chemicals, pesticides and heavy metals, federal environmental officials are now taking the next steps to clean up contaminated sediment in an upper nine-mile portion of the waterway which borders Newark. Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe and Acting Regional Administrator Walter… Read More
David Dietrich grew up in Orrington, along the Penobscot River, in the 1950s and ’60s. “My brother and I were drawn to that river like filings to a magnet,” he said Tuesday. “But the river was not much more than a very polluted open sewer. The Clean Water Act changed that.” Dietrich, who now lives… Read More