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On Monday, U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, state Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, and state Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City, urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to eliminate regulatory discharges from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie River as part of the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM). “The Army Corps has determined that discharges from… Read More
PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tetra Tech, a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services, announced today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District awarded the Company a $49 million, multiple-award, architecture and engineering services contract to support facilities throughout the United States. Under this five-year contract, Tetra Tech will provide environmental services for the… Read More
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is extending the alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke through April 12 due to continued shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. The schedule through April 12, weather permitting, is as follows: Ocracoke to Cedar Island:… Read More
BALD HEAD ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — A dredging project that has been happening since January on Bald Head Island is nearing completion. The Village of Bald Head Island says the Wilmington Harbor Inner Ocean Bar Project is expected to be finished on Friday, April 2. The project was to dredge the federal navigation channel reaches… Read More
The Charleston District has had many influential projects over the last 150 years that continue to have an impact today. At the same time, the District is currently working on hundreds of different projects throughout Charleston, the state of South Carolina and the entire southeast. While all these projects will have a great impact on… Read More
WILCOX, Pa. — After seven years of construction at the dam of East Branch Clarion River Lake, and more than a decade of lowered water levels, the reservoir and dam will reopen in late May with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an open house event. The dam repairs addressed a “bus-sized” hole in the dam that… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $2.2 million contract to Tunheim Construction LLC of Fargo, North Dakota, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-1 portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project. The Southern Embankment Reach SE-1 portion is to be located in Cass County,… Read More
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Duluth’s mayor is pressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to investigate whether the agency is responsible for erosion along a six-mile stretch of Lake Superior beach. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Mayor Emily Larson sent a letter March 12 to the corps to investigate whether its maintenance work on… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $2.2 million contract to Tunheim Construction LLC of Fargo, North Dakota, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-1 portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project. The Southern Embankment Reach SE-1 portion is to be located… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will reduce Lake Okeechobee releases to coastal estuaries beginning Saturday in an effort to slow the lake’s recession rate.. Releases to the Caloosahatchee will be reduced to 1,200 cubic feet per second (cfs) as measured at the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam (S-79)… Read More
DredgeWire exclusive The Port of Baltimore reported a productive session yesterday with officials visiting from the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Knauss Marine Policy Fellow with the US House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee visiting the Port. Officials visited the marine terminals and the dredge containment management facilities at Masonville and Cox Creek. Inflow… Read More
PITTSBURGH — Rivers rise and rivers flow, but when a flood happens, somebody has to deal with the debris left behind. This is especially true at the U.S. Army corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District locks and dams, which are vital to the region. “Without locks and dams, Pittsburgh doesn’t have electricity. You can’t turn on… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District announces the selection of Sabrina Dalton as chief of public affairs. In this position, Dalton is responsible for communication activities involving the USACE Vicksburg District, providing strategic communication counsel to district leadership and technical staff. She will also manage media relations, working with local, regional, national, and… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – Dr. Todd Bridges, senior research scientist for environmental science for the U.S. Army and national lead for the Engineering With Nature program, kicks off Season 2 of the EWN Podcast by announcing that U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District is joining EWN as its fourth proving ground. Bridges and guests ―… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Charleston District and the City of Charleston will hold a virtual public scoping meeting on the Charleston Peninsula Coastal Flood Risk Management Study on March 30 from 5-7:30 p.m. to encourage public input as the study transitions from an Environmental Assessment (EA) to Environmental Impact… Read More