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Corps not going anywhere, but needs new plan at Ocean City inlet

MD, United States

Inlet dredging didn’t produce wanted results The Army Corps of Engineers kept pulling sand out of the Ocean City inlet, and it kept coming back. It’s no surprise that fine sand moves as time passes, but the expensive rate at which the Corps was trying to keep up was one of the chief reasons it… Read More

Maintenance dredging in Ponce Inlet begins

FL, United States

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, started maintenance dredging of sections of the Ponce de Leon Inlet and nearby sections of the Intracoastal Waterway. The USACE dredging vessel Murden is expected to remove approximately 60,000 cubic yards of shoaling material over a 40-day period. Operations will be ongoing 24 hours per day, seven days… Read More

USACE to host groundbreaking ceremony for spillway improvements at Pipestem Dam in Jamestown, North Dakota

ND, United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, in partnership with the prime contractor, Barnard Construction Company, will be hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for the Pipestem Dam Spillway project at the Pipestem Dam – near right abutment of dam crest, in Jamestown, North Dakota May 25, 2023, from 10-10:30 a.m. The ceremony is open to… Read More

Army Corps shares update on Beltzville Dam

PA, United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District shared an update on the water quality selective withdrawal system at Beltzville Dam in Carbon County, PA The selective withdrawal system requires maintenance and will be unavailable until repairs are completed. This means USACE will be unable to manipulate downstream temperatures within Pohopoco Creek. Under normal operations,… Read More

Buffalo District Regulators Host the NCNE Wetland Delineation Training

NY, United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Regulatory Branch brought together 16 partners from different federal government agencies around the country to earn their certification in Northcoast Northeast Wetland Delineation through a four-day classroom and field training course, May 1-4, 2023. The Buffalo District’s Regulatory Branch is spread out in field offices across the… Read More

Corps of Engineers to begin dredging near Winona, Minnesota

MN, United States

 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is scheduled to begin dredging the Mississippi River navigation channel near Winona, Minnesota, this week to ensure the channel remains open for commercial navigation. Corps staff anticipate removing around 27,000 cubic yards of river sand from the navigation channel between river miles 720.1 – 720.8 and… Read More

USACE Announces Completion of Five Long Island Inlet Dredging Projects by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock for $24.5mm

NY, United States

NEW YORK —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces the recent completion of dredging in five south shore inlets. The projects have all been dual-purposed, restoring safe depths for navigation, and beneficially using all dredged sands for coastal storm risk resiliency and environmental restoration. The five inlets, all dredged since last fall are East Rockaway Inlet,… Read More

After Army Corps Denies Pinellas Beach Renourishment Waiver, Anna Paulina Luna Insists the Fight is Not Over

FL, United States

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., weighed in after news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied Pinellas County’s request for a waiver to complete the Sand Key Beach renourishment project. “The Corps’ announcement today comes in response to a request for a waiver that was initiated internally by the local Army Corps Office last August, before I was elected to Congress…. Read More

Bob Burnside, RCO Chief, retires after over 52 years of service

United States

In 1987, what is now the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes (LRD) and Ohio River Division (LRD) in Cincinnati, was just the “Ohio River Division”. The Great Lakes districts wouldn’t be absorbed by the Ohio River Division until about a decade later during a series of redistricting efforts. Prior to… Read More

Are You Ready: Galveston District gets prepared with hurricane readiness townhall

TX, United States

Lance Wood, Science and Operations Officer with National Weather Service Houston/Galveston, gives a virtual brief on different categories of hurricanes to Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) employees during a hurricane season preparedness townhall at the district headquarters in Galveston, Texas, April 11, 2023. The town hall featured additional briefs from the district’s… Read More

USACE awards construction contract for the Sacramento Weir Widening Project

CA, United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $172.9 million construction contract for the Sacramento Weir Widening Project to Granite Construction Company of Watsonville, California. The Sacramento Weir Widening Project will add a new 1,500-foot-wide weir adjacent to the existing 1,950-foot-wide structure that has been in place for the last 106 years. The… Read More

Corps to begin deep drawdowns at Green Peter, Lookout Point

OR, United States

Beginning in June, the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin to gradually drawdown Lookout Point and Green Peter reservoirs to historically low levels. The goal of these reservoir “drawdowns,” which are part of an injunction ordered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, is to increase juvenile spring Chinook and… Read More

23-031 Corps to begin refilling Bennington Lake for upcoming recreation season

WA, United States

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District will begin diverting water from Mill Creek to Bennington Lake today, May 10, in preparation for the upcoming recreation season. Water Management officials have been analyzing the basin and have determined the flood risk is now low enough for the current snowpack to support Bennington Lake’s refill…. Read More

Army Corps of Engineers Jumps 30 Spots in Best Places to Work

United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recognized 71 of their subcomponent organizations for earning one of several “USACE Best Places to Work” categories during an awards ceremony today at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Awards are based on employee responses to the 2022 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) regarding overall satisfaction with their job… Read More

USACE Memphis District christens, welcomes replacement $25.5M bank grading unit

TN, United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District officially launched its new, $25.5 million Bank Grading Unit (BGU), “Grader 1”, with a christening ceremony held on the afternoon of May 2 at a boat ramp located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. Event attendees included Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, Memphis District leadership including District… Read More

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