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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, reports that the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget includes $163.6 million in federal funding for the district’s civil works program. This is part of the $6.6 billion in discretionary funding for the Army Corps’ civil works program worldwide. The proposed funding will… Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 24, 2022) – Ever wonder what federal agency provides regulatory oversight of commercial and private development affecting wetlands and waterways? The answer is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which facilitates environmental stewardship through its Regulatory Program. Corps of Engineers districts across the United States are charged with this responsibility in their… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — 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 in Vineyard Sound at Menauhant Road in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The proposed work involves the placement 22,500 cubic yards of sand for beach… Read More
Women’s history month is a reminder of the strength the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has and will gain through a high-quality and diverse team. We’re highlighting one of the women on our workforce – Megan Murphy – who joined the USACE Buffalo District as an Engineering Intern during her third year studying at Cleveland… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $737,000 contract to Toledo, Ohio-based Geo. Gradel Company on March 2 to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Ashtabula Harbor. Material dredged from the harbor will be placed in USACE’s beneficial use project in Ashtabula’s outer harbor, leading to the creation of… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Motor Vessel W. Red Harris is breaking its way through the ice of Lake Pepin today to become the first boat to kick off the unofficial start of the 2022 navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River. The W. Red Harris has passed the Motor Vessel Aubrey B. Harwell. The… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a new dredged material management plan and Environmental Assessment released today, March 22, for the Mississippi River’s Lower Pool 4. The draft plan describes what the Corps proposes to do with the dredged material, or river sand,… Read More
WABASHA — After nearly five years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has a new plan for dealing with sand and silt near Wabasha. In May 2017, the Corps sent out for review a dredge material management plan that was met with near universal opposition from the people and communities in the… Read More
The state has apparently won a battle with the Army Corps of Engineers over how to offset environmental damage that is being caused by the construction of the $1.2 billion West Shore Lake Pontchartrain hurricane risk reduction levee in the River Parishes, according to a Corps report released Friday. At issue is whether the state can… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding for four projects through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Section 340 environmental infrastructure program, totaling $5,000,000. This funding is made… Read More
Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Patrickson Toussaint, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Command Sergeant Major recently visited the Huntington District. During his visit he focused his time on speaking directly with the workforce of Bluestone Dam, Winfield Locks and Dam and Marietta Repair Station. He spoke about issues that are important to the workforce and… Read More
Major General William Crane, WV National Guard, visit Bluestone Dam on March 16 to tour the dam and visit with the project staff. The WV National Guard assisted in helping USACE Command Sergeant Major Patrickson Toussaint travel to multiple projects during the CSM’s short visit to the Huntington District. Source
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 16, 2022) – Aric Payne, a biologist in the East Branch of the Regulatory Division, is named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2022. He is recognized primarily for his efforts as the 2021 Tennessee Nationwide Permits (NWP) Supplemental Documents Project Manager. Lt. Col. Joseph… Read More
GOLD BEACH, Ore. – The US Army Corps of Engineers has announced that dredging will begin on the Rogue River at Gold Beach this year. The Corps said dredging is an important part of keeping the Rogue River harbor open for recreational vessels. Dredging at this location usually happens annually, but it hasn’t taken place… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $115 million contract late yesterday to Ames Construction, Inc., of Burnsville, Minnesota, to construct the Red River Control Structure portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, or FM Area Diversion. The contract for the… Read More