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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on plans to dredge the Hudson River off the shores of Beacon Island, where the Port of Albany is building an offshore wind turbine tower manufacturing plant. The EPA was one of two federal agencies that had expressed concerns with a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging… Read More
Finding success in any career can be challenging. Finding success in one of the most competitive careers in the United States can be even more burdensome, if not downright arduous. Claudinette Purifoy-Fears not only found success as an engineer but was recognized for her contributions to the field. Purifoy-Fears is the most recent recipient of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Memphis District (CEMVM) released a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Draft Environmental Assessment (DIFR-EA) for the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration Study to the general public, Feb. 10, 2023. The general public, interested parties, and stakeholders are invited to comment on the DIFR-EA. The study seeks to examine… Read More
Nearly 90,000 tons of rock is scheduled to be placed on the face of Tuttle Creek Dam, near Manhattan, Kansas, within the next couple years to repair damages from the 2019 high-water event. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, received funding from both the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, or DRSAA, and… Read More
Kelsey Ciarrocca really believes in working smarter, not harder. You could argue that her philosophy put the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District on the map. The Real Estate Division cartographer was recently named USACE’s “Innovator of the Year” for her pioneering work with real-time data and Smartsheet—a cloud-based program. You could also… Read More
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works is issuing this notice to update the public on the status of the implementation guidance for the 196 provisions in the Water Resources Development Act of 2022. The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, a subset (Division H) of the James M…. Read More
In September of 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, unveiled its latest vision of how to protect Rockaway and other nearby coastal communities, a $52 billion proposal to build 12 movable sea barriers, which would include Jamacia Bay and the Rockaway Inlet, to protect residents from future storm surge. The… Read More
Sandwich Town Manager George H. (Bud) Dunham gave the board of selectmen some bad news about sand on Thursday night. For several years, the town has been asking the US Army Corps of Engineers to dump the sand from the Corps’ periodic dredging of the Cape Cod Canal onto Sandwich’s eroding beach. The town also… Read More
The Dredge Potter crew finished up an unprecedented 2022-23 season on February 1, 2023, that required tremendous teamwork to maintain the congressionally mandated nine-foot-deep, 300-foot-wide navigation channel and overcome the challenges from the widespread drought, and prolonged extreme low water that affected the Mississippi River basin. Dredging operations moved nine million cubic yards of material,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comments on a proposed dredging operation for Galloway Sand and Gravel Company in Batesville. The proposed project will encompass five miles of the White River from mile 300.2 to 307.9, just upstream of the Highway 167 Bridge to immediately downstream of Lock and Dam No. 2, near… Read More
The updated 2023 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continues to be below average. January runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City was 1.1 million acre-feet, 134% of average. Runoff was above average due to warmer-than-normal temperatures in the upper basin resulting in some snowmelt runoff…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District entered into a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the City of Jackson, Mississippi, February 6, 2023, as part of the Environmental Infrastructure (EI) Program (Section 219) as authorized by the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1992. For the city of Jackson, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba… Read More
It’s a sign that spring is near, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will start its annual Lake Pepin ice measurements Feb. 15. Lake Pepin is a naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River on the border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Corps takes ice measurements on Lake Pepin annually to… Read More
The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., closed to marine traffic January 16, marking the end of the Great Lakes shipping season. They will reopen March 25 and between now and then vessels in the Great Lake fleet will be undergoing their annual winter works maintenance — and so, too, will the Soo Locks…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District requests public comment on the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed Kissimmee River Restoration Project (KRRP) Increment 1 Temporary Deviation, Osceola and Polk counties, Florida. The project non-Federal sponsor is the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). Comments are… Read More