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U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small joined Sen. Tom Carper and environmental partners recently to announce $18.3 million in investments to protect and preserve the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Delaware River Basin. The funding will help build clean water infrastructure and create jobs that will benefit people living in rural… Read More
A $448 million contract with the United States Navy took center stage in the report of Orion Group Holdings Inc. The company announced the contract in March, the same day it reported its results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2022, along with details of its “three-point strategic plan” for increasing… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District is announcing the Black Rock Lock operations schedule for the 2023 navigation season. The Black Rock Lock is one of three lock systems operated and maintained by USACE on the U.S. side of the Great Lakes and saw more than 2,600 vessels and 60,000 metric tons of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District shared an update May 1 on the construction schedule for ongoing dune and beach nourishment work along the Delaware coast. USACE’s contractor, Weeks Marine Inc., is mobilizing a third hopper dredge to the site, which will significantly impact the schedule, they said, with construction beginning earlier than… Read More
Beach replenishment in southern Delaware will be finished much sooner than anticipated thanks to the arrival of a third dredging ship. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor Weeks Marine began operations in Rehoboth Beach in April, with plans to move south down the coast and complete work midsummer. Southern beaches, such as Fenwick Island and South Bethany,… Read More
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has awarded a $23.9 million contract to Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. LLC, out of Quincy, Massachusetts, for Baltimore Harbor and channels maintenance dredging for Fiscal Year 2023. In coordination with the Maryland Department of Transportation, Port Administration, the project consists of dredging approximately… Read More
Florida lawmakers this week put the Indian River Lagoon in line for $100 million in cleanups, marking what some are calling an historic year for funding to clean up the waterway. “It was a good year for Brevard,” Rep. Thad Altman, R-Indian Harbour Beach, said. On Monday, Florida legislative leaders tentatively agreed to a $116… Read More
On April 26th, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Energy & Water Development held a hearing on the FY24 Budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Bureau of Reclamation. The budget request included funding for every state along the waterway, and for our partners in New Jersey. The totals in the budget… Read More
During a hearing of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith asked USACE Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, about enlarging the Yazoo Backwater levee system and received a positive response. “From the beginning, the Corps has said the Yazoo Backwater levee would need to be… Read More
St. Augustine boaters should expect dredging next week in Salt Run. Dredging is scheduling to start Monday in Salt Run from the Lighthouse Park Boat Ramp to the mouth of the Salt Run Channel at St. Augustine Inlet. The monthlong project will remove about 10,000 cubic yards of material, off-loaded to a barge for transport… Read More
Robert Decker with Axiom Consultants presented the Humboldt County Conservation Board with a proposal for $3.6 million to repair the Reasoner Dam. Decker met with the board during their regular session on Wednesday, April 19, with a standing room only crowd of community members in attendance. Steve Jacobson, structural engineering consultant with Axiom and Justin… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District seeks comments from the public regarding proposed modifications to the New England District Compensatory Mitigation Standard Operating Procedures Appendix O – Thresholds for losses of aquatic resources associated with Department of the Army permits in New England. The District has periodically revised and updated its Compensatory… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Town of Falmouth for proposed work at various dredging footprints and beach nourishment sites in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound in Falmouth, Mass. The proposed work involves permitting the Comprehensive Permits… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District in the process of updating the Shoreline Management Plan for Cecil M. Harden Lake located in Rockville, Indiana, and recently held two open house events to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the new plan. To accommodate public availability, the workshops were held Saturday,… Read More
Grant funding was recently awarded to the Barnstable County Dredge Department in an amount of $975,000 from the Massachusetts Dredging Program. Barnstable County Chair Mark Forest spoke about the importance of the funds for dredge work being done in the region. “We’re thrilled that the Commonwealth has stepped up and provided us additional funds for… Read More