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USACE will conduct a public comment period for this acquisition starting May 11 through June 10, 2021. During this time, comments, concerns, and questions can be e-mailed to the following address: CESWL-BeaverLakeAcquisitionPublicComment@usace.army.mil. There is also an online fillable comment card available here: https://go.usa.gov/xsQyt . Comments may also be sent by mail to the Army Corps of… Read More
WINCHESTER, Va. – U.S. Army Col. Stephen H. Bales, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division deputy commander, was honored with a retirement ceremony at the Division’s headquarters in Winchester, Virginia, April 30, 2021. Bales, who first joined the Transatlantic Division team in 2012, retired from the U.S. Army after 34 years of service to… Read More
The May 2021 edition of The Corps Environment is now available! Read the latest issue: https://media-cdn.dvidshub.net/pubs/pdf_57997.pdf. This edition highlights protecting and preserving the environment, in support of Environmental Operating Principle #4. Content includes commentary from Col. Alicia Masson, Commander of U.S. Army Environmental Command, and highlights initiatives across the Army environmental community. Content includes: U.S. Army announces… Read More
Excerpts from “Reflections on Earth Day 2021: Preparing for Future Needs,” a third in a series of messages from the US Army Corps of Engineers commemorating Earth Day and USACE’s enduring environmental mission. – Written by Mr. Eric Bush, Acting Planning and Policy Division Chief, USACE Headquarters. On behalf of the USACE Planning and Policy… Read More
As we move safely from April shower time, and look toward the recreation season, and of course May flowers, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Southwestern Division still has its eye on the aftereffects of the February 2021 North American Winter Storm. The extreme weather event caused by the southern migration of a polar vortex,… Read More
The Buffalo District is proud of its role in supporting commercial navigation for Ohio’s harbors. Operation and maintenance and dredging of Ohio harbors by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is critical to the economy of Ohio, the Great Lakes region, and the United States. Over 35 million tons of commodities such as iron ore,… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Warmer weather is almost here and that means millions of Americans will be planning visits to our nation’s lakes and rivers. As the steward of many of these public waters, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reminds visitors of the importance of practicing safe, sensible, and thoughtful activities in and around the… Read More
Washington, D.C. – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District (Corps) and the state of Maryland Department of Natural Resources have entered into an agreement allowing the Corps to use sand from the Outer Continental Shelf for scheduled beach nourishment as part of its Atlantic Coast of… Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After completing the design phase three years earlier than planned, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District, has awarded the fourth and final construction contract to improve the Kansas City Levees System to the Lane Construction Company of Cheshire, Connecticut. The $257.7M construction contract, including $38.8M of future… Read More
WELLFLEET – The town’s Dredging Task Force is hoping a lobbyist will help open the doors for the dredging of the mooring field in Wellfleet Harbor next year. Last month, the Select Board approved a $25,000, one-year contract with the lobbying firm FBB Federal Relations, which will represent the town in discussions with the U.S. Army… Read More
A conservation group filed suit asking a judge to stop a federal agency from dredging a Georgia harbor during the nesting season for rare sea turtles that began over the weekend. The group One Hundred Miles filed suit Friday in U.S. District Court against the Army Corps of Engineers, which plans to end a policy that… Read More
Section 7001 of WRRDA 2014, as amended, requires that the Secretary of the Army annually submit to the Congress a report that identifies, for potential congressional authorization, completed feasibility reports, proposed feasibility studies submitted by non-Federal interests, proposed modifications to authorized water resources development projects or feasibility studies, and proposed modifications to environmental infrastructure program authorities that… Read More
AIWA has worked to secure signatures for a (see letter here) bipartisan delegation letter for funding in the House of Representatives version of the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill for FY2022 under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Account.
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Levee Safety Center was recently recognized by USACE Headquarters (HQ USACE) for exceptional contributions to dam and levee safety. Social scientist Katie Noland was selected as the 2021 Levee Safety Professional of the Year for her excellence in levee safety contributions. Award nominations… Read More
St. Joseph Harbor was just dredged last year, but in order to keep large freighters moving through the busy waterway it will be dredged again soon. Congressman Fred Upton told WSJM that an emergency allocation of 500 thousand dollars from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fight back against lower lake levels and a… Read More