CHANNEL MAINTENANCE DREDGING USACE Dredge Potter Upper Mississippi River mile 0 – 300 1. Commencing on 9 July 2021 and continuing until further notice, the US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge Potter will perform channel maintenance dredging at various locations on the Upper Mississippi River from mile 0 to 300.0. 2. The Dredge Potter’s has… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced that he has secured $1.5 million in the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies subcommittee bill for deepening the Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel. This funding will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete environmental compliance and update the overall cost and dredge material… Read More
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has marked up the US. Army Corps of Engineer Funding for FY 22 at $ 8.66 billion. Included in that is money for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program or NESP at $22.5 million. Waterways Council’s Director of Government Relations Dustin Davidson says the funding in NESP will help with… Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 20, 2021) – Ryan Johnson, lockmaster at Guntersville Lock in Grant, Alabama, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for May 2021. He is recognized primarily for his leadership at Guntersville Lock and as team leader during a repair action at Wilson Lock in Florence, Alabama…. Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, urges boaters to go slow and use caution in lower-than-normal lakes right now. Warm weather and a lack of precipitation has resulted in low water levels. The Corps is closely monitoring lake levels and will adjust outflows as necessary. Although hazards exist… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application to conduct work and place fill in waters of the United States from the Vermont Agency of Transportation for proposed work at various locations along an existing 93-mile-long railbed, formally known as Lamoille Valley Railroad. The proposed work involves… 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 Edge Cable Holdings USA, LLC for proposed work in Nahant Bay (Atlantic Ocean) in the waters of Lynn, Rockport, Gloucester, Manchester By-the-Sea, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead and Swampscott, Massachusetts. The… Read More
COVINGTON, Va. – Gathright Dam operators are scheduled to conduct the year’s first water-pulse release from Lake Moomaw on Wednesday, July 21. The pulse release, conducted by Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in coordination with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, will occur about 6 a.m. to… Read More
In early June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a report showing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere had reached levels not seen in more than 4 million years. The report has brought more weight to the emphasis President Biden’s administration has placed on a “climate crisis that threatens our people and communities,… Read More
WESTERLY — An eelgrass restoration project that is expected to result in removal of 70,800 cubic yards of sand from the bottom of Winnapaug Pond is facing a funding gap the Town Council will take up Monday. For the second year in a row, bids for the project have exceeded a cost estimate being used… Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. — Humans. What other sentient being designs a tool requiring hands and feet and expects animals without limbs to use it? Alas, the answer is humans. Humans created a ladder for fish, which is quite effective in certain situations – but isn’t a blanket solution to every fish passage problem. And while most… Read More
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and partners are conducting monitoring in multiple locations along the marshes and in the waterways behind Seven Mile Island in Cape May County. The monitoring is being conducted as part of the Seven Mile Island Innovation Lab, an initiative designed to advance and improve dredging and marsh… Read More
Col. Estee S. Pinchasin became the 69th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, during a change of command ceremony at the Washington Aqueduct in Washington D.C., July 16, 2021. Pinchasin, the first female leader of the Baltimore District, assumed command from Col. John T. Litz, who had served in the… Read More
Aye, aye, captain. You don’t have to be a pirate to know that safety lock and dam operators have the pleasure of monitoring the nation’s most precious treasure; delicate blue waterways. The communications team got an inside look into the day-to-day operations from W.P. Franklin lock operator Glenn Hutson. Originally from Canada, Hutson has been… Read More
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama –The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Resource Management Directorate’s Business Practices Division team was recently recognized with the 2021 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Innovation of the Year Award. The team developed data management solutions and data visualization tools for project management at the Huntsville Center. Col. Marvin Griffin, Huntsville Center… Read More