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Jacksonville — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2020) – Jacksonville District announced public participation log-on instructions for two virtual Tampa Harbor, Florida Study presentations scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 18. The study focuses on the deep draft navigation channel and will investigate alternatives to improve ship vessel navigation efficiency, reduce transportation costs, and maintain safety in Tampa… Read More
After 43 years, Rosemary Reilly is marking the end of an era. Reilly, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District’s Water Quality Unit lead, is closing out a landmark career that spanned more than four decades, earned numerous awards, built key partnerships, and served 18 district commanders. She began her career in 1978 as… Read More
Many people welcomed the news on November 5 when the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes $2.5 billion in waterways infrastructure funding. Edward Belk Jr., P.E. has special reasons for welcoming it. Belk is director of programs for the Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division, and he oversees a lot of… Read More
Army Corps shipping channel navigation effort could have contributed. DULUTH – The Army Corps of Engineers will undertake an expensive study of Park Point’s longtime beach erosion issues. Duluth Mayor Emily Larson asked the federal agency last March to investigate whether its shipping channel navigation work could have caused erosion of the popular 7-mile sandbar,… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues to lower water elevations within its six Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs in anticipation of winter conditions. Gull Lake, near Brainerd, Minnesota, is at 1,193.76 feet. The outflow is at 195 cubic feet per second, or cfs. The lake level is about… Read More
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 15, 2021– Black & Veatch announces that Randy Castro, president of the company’s federal business and a retired U.S. Army major general, will be awarded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) highest honor – the Gold de Fleury Medal – in recognition of his lifetime achievements and significant contributions to… Read More
Model run chosen as framework for future water control plan improves conditions for Central and South Florida communities he Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual is without doubt the most important water management effort we are working on in Central and South Florida for the next year. We’ve spent two years developing and working to meet… Read More
With the coronavirus continuing to impact how training and meetings are conducted, Seattle District flood team managers found ways to adapt, overcome and even improve on this year’s spring flood exercises. Flood teams held the standard 10 basin flood exercises on the eastern side of the Cascades, some of which were virtual and some in… Read More
EDF and nearly 100 organizations and experts send a call to action urging the Corps to usher in a new era of comprehensive, equitable and nature-based flood risk reduction (WASHINGTON, DC – Nov. 10, 2021) As a rapidly changing climate fuels stronger hurricanes, more intense rainfall and sea level rise, EDF and nearly 100 organizations… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is preparing for major repairs at six of its Mississippi River locks this winter to ensure they continue working as designed. Maintenance is scheduled at Lock and Dam 4, Alma, Wisconsin; Lock and Dam 5A, near Fountain City, Wisconsin; Lock and Dam… Read More
The pending study required congressional approval. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it has completed a summer’s worth of work to temporarily bolster part of Park Point’s eroding shoreline. But the potentially bigger news is that the Corps has authorized a congressionally approved federal study to examine the cause of the ongoing land… Read More
‘It’s going to be a vast improvement over how we’re operating today.’ Col. James Booth of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said he expects the new Lake Okeechobee regulation plan to be an improvement, despite fielding several complaints over the plan in previous weeks and months. Booth spoke Wednesday in front of the South… Read More
NEAR WINONA, Minn. (KTTC) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the Mississippi River for the last few months and this week they’ve started to move thousands of cubic yards of sand near Winona. The corps dredges the river every year from April-November. Removing sand and increasing the river’s depth so barges… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The Army Corps of Engineers is pushing hard for the City of Charleston to move forward with the $1.1 billion sea wall project deemed vital by the Corps to address coastal flooding. On Tuesday, Brigadier General Jason Kelly addressed the city council personally to engage city council members directly. “This city,… Read More
A combined virtual /face-to-face tabletop exercise was held at the Ross County, Ohio Emergency Management Agency Office to discuss emergency response to a flood scenario associated with Paint Creek Dam. The exercise combined a realistic scenario with a stress-free environment that fostered a creative and positive dialogue between USACE and stakeholders that will aid in… Read More