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The President’s Budget request for Fiscal Year 2025 includes $500 million for construction of a downstream fish passage facility at Howard A. Hanson Dam on the Green River. This U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District project will restore the biological connection to more than 100 miles of high-quality salmon spawning habitat upriver from the… Read More
The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2025 released yesterday includes more than $7.2 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with just over $155 million set aside for Buffalo District projects. Of great significance for the region is $101.35 million in funding for projects within the… Read More
Another sign of spring along the Lakeshore is the annual dredging of Lake Michigan harbors. This is the first full week of the 2024 Detroit District season to clear commercial pathways onto the big lake, with Holland-based King Company once again handling the chores for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Crews began last Friday… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $42.2 million contract to R.J. Zavoral & Sons, Inc. of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, yesterday, March 11, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-2B portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, which is also known as the FM… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District recently named Vilonia native Gabriel Knight, as the 2024 Engineer of the Year. The Engineer of the Year Award is the district’s top award given to a Department of the Army Civilian to recognize their excellence and outstanding engineering contributions to the organization’s missions. Knight’s multiple… Read More
A collaboration between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Folly Beach with hopes of repairing beaches in the area after storms created erosion is beginning within the month. The Folly Beach renourishment project was announced back in January with the price tag of $18 million to protect future coastal storm damage, dredge the Folly River… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District recently awarded a $4.4 million contract to address seepage remediation for a portion of the levee in Iberville Parish, La., as part of the overall Mississippi River Levees (MRL) construction project. The contract, awarded to Circle LLC, consists of installing sheet pile cutoff wall on the east bank of the… Read More
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sand replenishment project has finished in Solana Beach and is gearing up to start widening the shoreline in Encinitas. Equipment is being assembled at Moonlight Beach, and sand distribution there will begin this weekend, said Daniel Heyenbruch, a civil engineer with the agency. Completion will take four to six… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District began dredging today, March 8, in Muskegon Harbor to remove about 133,000 cubic yards of sediment from the federal navigation channel. The project marks the start of the 2024 Detroit District dredging season on the Western Michigan shoreline of Lake Michigan to maintain Great Lakes navigation for… Read More
SACRAMENTO, California – Before leadership in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gives the go-ahead on any of the Sacramento District’s multimillion-dollar projects, they ensure that the district has taken proper steps to minimize the environmental impact of operations. “Environmental mitigation is a requirement of both federal and California law,” said Dave Fluetsch, senior environmental… Read More
Col. Cullen Jones, commander, New Orleans District, is joined Michael Stack, Operations Division chief and Mac Wade, executive director, Port of Morgan City, to discuss dredging progress to maintain deep draft access to the port. Source
St. Louis, MO – The U.S. Army Corps f Engineers, St. Louis District’s, Carlyle Lake was recently recognized as the 2024 USACE National Water Safety Team of the Year for their exceptional efforts in promoting water safety throughout the 2023 recreation season. Despite facing numerous challenges, the Carlyle Lake Water Safety Team demonstrated exceptional leadership and… Read More
This month, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, along with representatives from Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources (IDNR) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), observed the transplant of a mesic dolomite prairie by Heidelberg Material Service (HMS) from a proposed mining location. The transplant is part of a larger compensatory mitigation project… Read More
USACE’s Jeff King, left, and CCCR director Mike Beck recently announced a partnership for work on nature-based solutions. Coastal communities face escalating risks from climate change, natural disasters, and the loss of coastal habitats, such as salt marshes, mangroves, and coral reefs, and the outlook is particularly dire for many of our most vulnerable communities…. Read More
Jacksonville District Awards Contract for Duval Beach Restoration USACE Jacksonville awarded a $32.4 million contract Dec. 18, 2023, to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, of Houston, Texas, for re-nourishment of approximately 10 miles of the Duval Co. Atlantic shoreline. The Shore Protection Project, Beach Renourishment 2024, Duval Co., Florida, the restoration will reinforce… Read More