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ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is preparing for major repairs at six of its Mississippi River locks this winter to ensure they continue working as designed. Maintenance is scheduled at Lock and Dam 4, Alma, Wisconsin; Lock and Dam 5A, near Fountain City, Wisconsin; Lock and Dam… Read More
The pending study required congressional approval. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it has completed a summer’s worth of work to temporarily bolster part of Park Point’s eroding shoreline. But the potentially bigger news is that the Corps has authorized a congressionally approved federal study to examine the cause of the ongoing land… Read More
‘It’s going to be a vast improvement over how we’re operating today.’ Col. James Booth of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said he expects the new Lake Okeechobee regulation plan to be an improvement, despite fielding several complaints over the plan in previous weeks and months. Booth spoke Wednesday in front of the South… Read More
NEAR WINONA, Minn. (KTTC) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the Mississippi River for the last few months and this week they’ve started to move thousands of cubic yards of sand near Winona. The corps dredges the river every year from April-November. Removing sand and increasing the river’s depth so barges… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The Army Corps of Engineers is pushing hard for the City of Charleston to move forward with the $1.1 billion sea wall project deemed vital by the Corps to address coastal flooding. On Tuesday, Brigadier General Jason Kelly addressed the city council personally to engage city council members directly. “This city,… Read More
A combined virtual /face-to-face tabletop exercise was held at the Ross County, Ohio Emergency Management Agency Office to discuss emergency response to a flood scenario associated with Paint Creek Dam. The exercise combined a realistic scenario with a stress-free environment that fostered a creative and positive dialogue between USACE and stakeholders that will aid in… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District continues to monitor river levels near Thatcher Lock and Dam (L&D), where pool elevation has fallen below normal pool level due to a leak in the seal of the hinge crest gate. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to draw down the pool to make… Read More
SAINT LOUIS — U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resource Specialist Park Ranger Timothy Bischoff will receive the service’s Hiram H. Chittenden Award for Interpretive Excellence Wednesday via a virtual celebration starting at 2 p.m. where the 55th Chief of Engineers Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon, will preside over a service-wide ceremony that will… Read More
The Corps will move 50,000 cubic feet of dredge material 5 miles up Winona County Road 15 by Christmas. WINONA — Residents along Winona County Road 15 will need to be ready for trucks rumbling from a 56,000-cubic-yard pile near Homer to a storage site 5 miles up the road. The U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
There was a time when travelers in leisure boats might have flipped a coin before deciding whether to risk running aground in Georgia’s stretch of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) or bypassing the state via the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for maintaining a channel depth of at least 12 feet… Read More
nts and recommendations from the public concerning the proposed draft compensatory mitigation plan. The applicant, Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC), seeks authorization from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the authorities of Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33… Read More
DULUTH, Minn., – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along with the City of Duluth provide information on the completion of 2021 Minnesota Point beach nourishment, maintenance dredging, beach cleanup and the congressionally funded Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) Section 111 study. The Corps of Engineers awarded the 2021 maintenance dredging contract July 14, 2021 to… Read More
LANCASTER, Tenn. (Nov. 5, 2021) – The National Inventory of Dams is being updated at the end of the year and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to feature Center Hill Dam in a video as part of its rollout with the public. Katie Noland, strategic communication specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a mission on Wednesday to clear debris from the Hulah Lake Dam, improving the operations of its gates. The project began Oct. 18 when an Army dive team based in Virginia arrived after doing similar work on Canton Lake and the Great Salt Plain Lake. The team of… Read More
The applicant, Ørsted Wind Power North America, LLC, proposes to rehabilitate a former marina facility in the Delta Basin located near Absecon Inlet in Atlantic City, NJ. The applicant’s stated purpose is to create a port facility that can service potential wind turbine farms that would be located off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic region… Read More