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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Albuquerque District announced today that it has scheduled a block release of water from Santa Rosa Lake to start Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at 8:00 am. The Bureau of Reclamation, acting on the behalf of Carlsbad Irrigation District, requested the 14,500 acre-feet release. Carlsbad Irrigation District owns the… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District’s Lake Shelbyville and Mark Twain Lake were recently awarded the National Fish Habitat Partnership Bass Pro Shops U.S. Open Grant to improve fish habitats at the respective project sites. The projects funded through this opportunity are high-priority focus areas of the Reservoir Fish Habitat Partnership. The grants… Read More
Happy 247th Birthday to the US Army Corps of Engineers! Our nation established the Continental Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 247 years ago, beginning a rich heritage of engineering solutions to this nation’s toughest challenges. This week we set aside time to celebrate the continued courage, honor and loyalty of our soldiers… Read More
Col. Robert A. Hilliard transferred command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District to Col. Christopher D. Klein in a formal change of command ceremony at district headquarters in Vicksburg, Mississippi, today. Klein comes to the district from Springfield, Virginia, where he graduated from the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource… Read More
Lt. Col. Colby K. Krug, a Buffalo, NY native and a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District from Lt. Col. Eli S. Adams on June 17. Krug will lead the district’s nearly 300 team members, responsible for projects in 16 commercial… Read More
Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, Commanding General, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and 55th Chief of Engineers, recently signed the New York & New Jersey Harbor Deepening and Channel Improvements (NY&NJHDCI) Chief’s Report. The Port of New York and New Jersey is the busiest container port on the East and Gulf Coasts and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District (USACE) announces a 45-day public comment period for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project Third Revised Draft Project Implementation Report and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (PIR/SEIS). Comments are due Monday, August 1, 2022. The report, along with information about the project and instructions on how to provide comments,… Read More
The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will open to marine traffic June 19, 2022, after completing a critical repair that took longer than expected. The MacArthur lock was set to reopen in late April but replacing the almost 79-year-old tainter valve machinery, original to the lock built in 1943, caused the closure’s 59-day extension. “The tainter… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is providing an additional 15 days for the public to comment on the Clean Water Act Section 401(a)(2) action related to the PolyMet/NorthMet mining project. Public comments may be submitted until June 30. PolyMet Mining, Inc., submitted a permit application to the Corps on July 16,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is hosting a virtual public meeting to kick off the Shenango River Lake master plan revision. The corps is seeking public input about environmental and recreational topics to consider while revising the master plan, which will guide the use of the lake’s natural resources for the next… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, awarded a $7 million contract June 10, 2022, to implement engineering solutions to protect key water infrastructure in the Gallinas Watershed, near Las Vegas, New Mexico, in response to the recent damage caused by the local wildfires. The contract was awarded to North Wind Site Services, LLC,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $4.75 million contract to Michigan-based Dean Marine Excavating on June 2, for repairs to the Oswego Harbor west arrowhead breakwater and the foundation of the Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse in Oswego. “The repairs to the breakwater and lighthouse foundations are essential to ensuring safe… Read More
Boaters in Great Kills Harbor will have a safer time navigating seas in the area thanks to funding for a new dredging program announced Monday. The $6.75 million investment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge a nearby federal navigation channel comes from funds in the bipartisan infratructure act that President Joseph Biden… Read More
Dive Brief: Texas does everything big, and this applies to climate change adaptation as well. The state, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has proposed a $31 billion coastal barrier — the country’s largest civil engineering project ever — to protect Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast from storms and sea level rise…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Miami Beach Renourishment project will begin sand placement at the southern end of the Indian Beach Park section of the project (beginning at approximately 43rd Street) starting the week of June 13, 2022. “The Corps is working closely with its contractor and City of Miami Beach partners to minimize… Read More