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Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed sand replenishment efforts in Rehoboth Beach. Contractor Weeks Marine finished dredging sand from offshore and piping it onto Rehoboth shores May 18. Work began in Dewey Beach that evening, according to Corps of Engineers spokesman Stephen Rochette. Dewey is likely… Read More
U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) are leading West Coast members of Congress in applauding the Biden Administration and Department of Labor for closely monitoring the process of contract negotiations for International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) workers, consistently encouraging good faith bargaining, and respecting the effectiveness of and right to collectively… Read More
Sand to renourish Wrightsville Beach’s ocean shoreline later this year will be pumped from within the same inlet it has for decades. Making what it calls an emergency exception, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District has determined the beach will get sand from Masonboro Inlet, sparing the town what was forecast to be… Read More
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Norfolk Dredging Company for $14 million to conduct periodic nourishment of the Brigantine dune and berm Coastal Storm Risk Management project. The project is a joint effort between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and… Read More
Another “flood fight” season has come and gone for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District – the Corps ceased inspections on April 24, 2023, nearly 47 days after the Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, La., reached its trigger, and dropped back below the 11-foot mark. Flood fight for… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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