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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District, announces the approval of a planned temporary deviation to the 1981 Lake Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress Interim Regulation Schedule. Brigadier General Daniel Hibner, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division, approved the planned deviation to raise the regulation schedule to facilitate Kissimmee… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Feb. 17, 2023) –Leaders of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and SeaPort Manatee executed an amendment Feb. 16, 2023, to the longstanding Project Cooperation Agreement governing their partnership in the Manatee Harbor Navigation Project. In a formal signing ceremony, Col. James Booth, USACE Jacksonville District Commander, and George Kruse, Chairman of the Manatee… Read More
Ducks Unlimited (DU) has received approval from the Buffalo and New York District of Army Corps of Engineers to increase the pool of wetland mitigation credits available through the New York In Lieu Fee program. In Lieu Fee (ILF) is a mitigation approach that allows small wetland impacts from many projects to be consolidated at… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District has received $1 million in federal funding to advance the Louisville Metro Flood Protection System Reconstruction Project. The funds, which were received as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program, will be used to initiate the preconstruction engineering and… Read More
The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) includes more than $7.4 billion in discretionary funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program, with just over $159 million set aside for Detroit District projects. Of great regional significance is $3 million for the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, a project that includes… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley District, recently awarded the Corps’ St. Paul District Small Boat Instructor Team its 2023 Water Safety Award for the work they have done teaming up with local emergency management services to conduct water rescue near locks and dams. The purpose of the water rescue training is to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is revising the master plans and associated environmental assessments for Nimrod Lake and Blue Mountain Lake. The master plan guides the classification and management of government-owned or leased lands around the lakes and may affect future recreational opportunities and natural resource management. Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act,… Read More
While a specific timeline for the project to begin hasn’t been formalized, details about the long-awaited dredging of the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal are beginning to come together. Beginning at Roosevelt Inlet in Lewes, the 10-mile-long canal connects the Delaware Bay to the Rehoboth Bay. Part of the Intercoastal Waterway, the canal was completed in 1918, and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it had received funding approval for the Unalaska Bay dredging project, which aims to clear a channel through an underwater shoal at the entrance to Iliuliuk Bay, just outside Dutch Harbor and the Unalaska Spit. In a meeting with Unalaska City Council, Project Manager Jathan Garrett says… Read More
The Town of Mashpee submitted a permit application to the US Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, for proposed dredging and beach nourishment work in the approach channel to Popponesset Bay and Vineyard Sound and surrounding areas. The proposed work involves hydraulically dredging approximately 45,900 cubic yards of sandy material from shoaled areas totaling… Read More
More than $1 million from the Army Corps of Engineers has been secured to ensure the St. Joseph inner harbor will be properly dredged so that shipments of materials for construction work throughout the region can be received, Congressman Bill Huizenga announced. The Army Corps of Engineers will also be providing an additional $560,000 for… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers will pump up to 200,000 cubic yards of offshore sand onto the south end of Pawleys Island next winter as part of a $14 million project to repair damage from Hurricane Ian. The agency’s announcement last week fulfilled a promise town officials made when they agreed to let the Corps… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District acquired a permit application to conduct work on an approach channel to Popponesset Bay and Vineyard Sound in Mashpee. Plans include hydraulically dredging approximately 45,000 cubic yards of sandy material totaling 7.6 acres within the Popponesset Bay Approach Channel. The plans also include a 600-foot-long by… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working in partnership with the Port of San Francisco on the San Francisco Waterfront Study. The purpose of the study is to preserve and fortify the Embarcadero Seawall, a 100-year old structure that over time has deteriorated and is subject to flood and seismic risk, and sea level… Read More
The Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration Project – commonly known as Mid-Bay – is located in Dorchester County near what remains of the separate James and Barren Islands. The project will use dredged material from the Chesapeake Bay’s Maryland navigation channels to restore remote island and wetland habitat near James and Barren Islands, which will… Read More