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Leadership from the Ports of Longview and Kalama, Wash., and the Portland Engineer District have agreed to fund an estimated $2.1 million study of potential improvements to lower Columbia River turning basins. Currently, there are very few places on the lower Columbia to turn large, fully loaded ships. These vessels need to be turned around… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers released a report about the Missouri River for September. Once again, the Missouri River basin has experienced below average runoff due to September lack of precipitation. Soil conditions continue to be very dry and according to the Drought Mitigation Center, over 90% of the Missouri River basin is currently experiencing some form of… Read More
The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials in partnership with San Antonio River Authority signed a project partnership agreement last month establishing the path forward with the Westside Creeks Ecosystem Restoration Project. Changes in the hydraulic regime of the Westside Creeks over the last half-century are largely due to shifts in urbanization,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft feasibility report and integrated Environmental Assessment, or EA, for its proposed Reno Bottoms Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project on the Upper Mississippi River near New Albin, Iowa. The project is located in Pool 9 of the Upper Mississippi River within… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft feasibility report and integrated Environmental Assessment, or EA, for its proposed Reno Bottoms Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project on the Upper Mississippi River near New Albin, Iowa. The project is located in Pool 9 of the Upper Mississippi River within… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, in coordination with the County of Ventura, is performing maintenance dredging near the entrance of Channel Islands Harbor. Manson Construction of Seattle, the Corps’ contractor, is completing the work. Dredging began at the end of September and is expected to be completed at the end of… Read More
Officials in Fenwick Island last week voted to approve a contract that will support the town’s efforts to dredge areas of the Little Assawoman Bay. Last Friday, the Fenwick Island Town Council voted 6-0, with Councilman Paul Breger abstaining, to approve a $63,000 contract with Anchor QEA for research, surveying and engineering design related to… Read More
Unexpected changes likely caused by recent weather have shut down a southwest Michigan port. The St. Joseph harbor is closed to commercial vessels until further notice after the carrier ship Manitowoc encountered shoaling conditions last Thursday in the outer harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has since confirmed the shoaling conditions, and efforts to… Read More
During Tuesday’s Paducah City Commission meeting, leaders approved a construction contract with Dredge America Inc. for dredging downstream of the city’s transient boat dock. City Engineer Rick Murphy says the project is to remove the island building up downstream on the riverfront. The project is a temporary fix, moving 60,000 cubic yards every year for three… Read More
At Deep Creek Lake, Arrowhead Cove was identified in multiple studies as an area with relatively high sediment accumulation. It was also identified as a suitable location for a pilot dredging project. Sediment dredging removes excess accumulated sediment caused by stream inputs — primarily during high rain and snow melt events — and shoreline erosion… Read More
How much is 1.2 million cubic yards of sand? The quick answer is, a lot. To put it another way, a standard dump truck holds about 14 cubic yards of sand. So, 1.2 million cubic yards is the equivalent of about 86,000 dump trucks of sand. This is how much fresh sand will be pumped… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers awarded Pacific Dredge & Construction, LLC. (PDC) the Napa River Maintenance Dredging project. The project’s goal is to return the river to its original navigational depths, allowing boats to transit entirely throughout the river. To perform this project, Pacific Dredge & Construction, LLC. is using our smaller rig, “Horton,”… Read More
Michigan-based Luedtke Engineering began dredging Sandusky Harbor on September 18. Due to shallow water levels, they have had to extend the sediment pump-out pipeline. Boaters should go out to the navigation channel before heading out into the lake to avoid dredge operations. Please see attached map of new area. Recreational boaters who routinely use the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District has announced an upcoming construction project to repair the rock overlay on the remaining portions of the upstream side of Tuttle Creek Dam. During 2019, portions of the existing rock overlay degraded due to the extended duration of high water and wave action. The initial phase of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin maintenance dredging of the lower settling basin of Everett Harbor and Snohomish River Dec. 18, 2022. Operations will run 24/7 and are expected to be completed by Feb 14, 2023. The dredging operations will involve a clamshell dredge removing approximately 190,000 cubic yards of accumulated sediment from… Read More