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Most functions of the Army Corps of Engineers, including oversight of hurricane and river levees, coastal wetland permitting and river navigation in Louisiana, would be transferred to the departments of Interior and Transportation under a Trump administration plan announced Thursday to completely restructure the federal government. The corps now handles what are called “civil works”… Read More
The entrance of the Oceanside harbor, which missed its spring cleaning this year, is slowly filling with sand and businesses are starting to feel the pinch. One charter boat company has had to cancel trips for three days so far this month because of the growing underwater sandbar, which makes navigation hazardous in low tides… Read More
An attraction at West Lake Park is muddying the waters. On the boathouse dock at Lake of the Hills, just west of Interstate 280 in Davenport, children enjoy feeding giant grass carp with fish food from a vending machine. It costs 25 cents a handful. “They’re trained,” Scott County Conservation Board Deputy Director Marc Miller… Read More
Little Egg Harbor Township has advertised for contractors to bid on maintenance dredging of the lagoons on Osborn Island. The long-awaited project was announced during the June 14 municipal meeting. According to the June 19 published bid notice in the Asbury Park Press, the scope of the work includes removing and disposing of 16,362 cubic… Read More
After a “false start” last year, in which scheduled public comment meetings had to be canceled due to lack of funding, the St. Paul Engineer District is once again seeking public input that will become part of a “disposition study” to determine the fate of the uppermost three locks on the Upper Mississippi River. The… Read More
Carolina Dybeck Happe will assume responsibility as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, effective no later than 1 January 2019. She comes from a position as CFO of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions. “Carolina Dybeck Happe brings significant experience from a company with a strong organic and… Read More
The city of Dardanelle and the Yell County Wildlife Federation (YCWF) have about three weeks to determine if they will appeal a federal judge’s recent decision to dismiss a lawsuit that has blocked construction of a proposed intermodal facility. U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. ruled June 8 in Little Rock that a lawsuit… Read More
A federal judge recently ruled in favor of Georgia and 10 other states that sought to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating the pollution of wetlands and tributaries. Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the U.S. District Court in Brunswick determined that a 2015 Waters of the United States rule infringed on states’ rights to… Read More
The Board of the Pacific Chapter of WEDA invites submission of abstracts for a technical presentation or poster at their Fall 2018 conference in Honolulu, HI. New to the 2018 conference is an additional half day of conference proceedings to provide attendees more presentation time slots. There will also be a poster session and additional marketing opportunities… Read More
Livingston Parish officials have sued Ascension Parish to stop work on a levee project proposed by their neighboring parish until it can be determined how seriously the project would worsen flooding in their parish. In a new lawsuit, officials with Livingston Parish government and a southern Livingston drainage district contend the proposed extension of the… Read More