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22-077 Little Goose Dam closes public dam crossing due to inoperable bridge

Officials at Little Goose Lock and Dam are closing dam crossings to the public until further notice due to electrical problems with the upstream bascule bridge.


SWG signs Lower Rio Grande Valley Watershed Assessment

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District, along with representatives of Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties, signed the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LGRV) Watershed Assessment Feasibility Cost Share Agreement, December 12.


MacArthur Lock closing for seasonal repair, maintenance

The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will close to marine traffic 7:00 a.m. Dec. 17, 2022, through 12:01 a.m. April 24, 2023, to perform critical maintenance.


Army Corps to collect Christmas trees at Woodcock Creek Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District will begin accepting live evergreen Christmas trees at Woodcock Creek Lake, which will be used for aquatic habitat improvement projects, beginning Dec. 27.


USACE issues small craft advisory for Arkansas River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issuing a small craft advisory for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Arkansas.


Summer Employment Available at Lake Shelbyville

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Shelbyville is looking for qualified candidates to fill student vacancies for the 2023 summer recreation season.


Mobile District Employees Supporting New Mexico Fire Response

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District has deployed five employees in support of the rebuild from the New Mexico wildfires that occurred during the spring of 2022.


Christmas Trees for Fish Structure at West Point Lake

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at West Point Project will accept real Christmas trees, not artificial trees, for recycling from December 26, 2022, through January 7, 2023.


U.S. Army Fort Wingate Depot Activity announces public interest survey for participation in re-activating a Restoration Advisory Board

The U.S. Army Fort Wingate Depot Activity is conducting a survey to determine if there is enough public interest to re-activate the FWDA Restoration Advisory Board.


USACE conducts boundary line maintenance on Greers Ferry Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Greers Ferry Lake that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 92-mile section of government boundary.


Community Celebrates New Building at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

The community of Ridgefield celebrated a new administration and multipurpose building at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge on Friday


New Strategy Aimed at Saving Hawaiʻi Forest Birds

The Department of the Interior today announced a multiagency strategy that seeks to prevent imminent extinction of Hawaiian forest birds imperiled by mosquito-borne avian malaria.


$5,000 Reward Offered for Information on Illegal Killing of Gray Wolf in Klamath County, Oregon

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) related to the death of a federally protected gray wolf in southwest Oregon.


Whitebark pine receives ESA protection as a Threatened species

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing a final action to list the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).


U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks public comment on Environmental Assessment for PG&E’s Potter Valley Project Bald Eagle Nest Removal Permit application

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received an eagle nest removal application from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.


Tiehm’s buckwheat listed as an endangered species; critical habitat designated in Nevada

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is publishing its final rule listing Tiehm’s buckwheat as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.


U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launches Center for Pollinator Conservation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched the Center for Pollinator Conservation to address the decline of pollinator populations across North America


Dolphin and Union Caribou Listed as Endangered

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the Dolphin and Union caribou, a distinct population segment of the barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) and endemic to Victoria Island and the Canadian mainland, warrants federal protection as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.


Recovery effort underway near The Sinks; Little River Road closed from Metcalf to Townsend Wye

Around 3:40 p.m. on Friday, December 16 Great Smoky Mountains National Park dispatch received a call that a 61-year-old man had disappeared underwater while kayaking above The Sinks and did not resurface.


Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve Seeks Comments on a Draft Fire Management Plan Update

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on the release of the Oregon Caves Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment (FMP).