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The National Fish Habitat Partnership Board is welcoming nominations from organizations or individuals whose work and interests include fisheries and aquatic habitat conservation to fill vacant seats or seats with expired terms on the Board.
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Central Grasslands Assessment Map: A new tool to ensure the future of our grasslands
The Central Grasslands Roadmap (CGR) partnership is proud to introduce the Central Grasslands Assessment Map. Over the last three years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has teamed up with this diverse community of partners from Indigenous Nations, Canada, Mexico, and the United States to think strategically about how to help change the trajectory of our grasslands from degraded and fragmented to thriving, productive lands for people and wildlife.
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Surveying, monitoring, and frogs - A behind the scenes look at data collection
As a kid, do you remember catching frogs in a small stream or pond? Maybe it was in your back yard or on a camping trip.
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Cooper's Hawk
Named after an 1800's naturalist, William Cooper, the Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) can have a wingspan of up to 36", a little smaller than other common hawks.
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How Lou Perrotti became American burying beetles' Recovery Champion
Every June, Lou Perrotti packs his bags for Nantucket, a small island off the coast of Massachusetts known as a summer beach destination.
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Project earns Savannah District Military Construction Team Top-Level Award
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Military Construction team took home the Gold for the American Concrete Pavement Association’s Military Airports award category during a ceremony in Nashville, Tn., Dec. 1, 2022, for the Pope Army Airfield runway reconstruction project that was completed within 120 days at Fort Bragg, N.C.
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Corps releases West Shore Lake Pontchartrain environmental documents for review
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District released today the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to the "2014 Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Study" for a 30-day public review.
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Corps releases West Shore Lake Pontchartrain environmental documents for review
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District released today the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to the "2014 Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Study" for a 30-day public review.
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USACE Increases Lake Okeechobee releases to Caloosahatchee
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will increase releases from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee Estuary from the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam (S-79) at a seven-day average pulse release of 2,000 cubic feet per second beginning Saturday, Dec. 3. No lake releases are currently planned for the St. Lucie Estuary.
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Tybee ship wave study completed
After four months of data collection, the Engineer Research and Development Center completed the study for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, gathering enough facts to provide Tybee Island, Ga., beachgoers with six options to avoid harm from waves the large container ships produce when traveling to and from the port.
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Army Corps and Delaware sign cost-sharing agreement
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District has signed a feasibility cost sharing agreement with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to initiate a new study for the Delaware Inland Bays.
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Corps awards $18.54M contract for Travis AFB dorm renovation
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $18.54 million construction contract October 31 to Cox Construction of Vista to renovate a dormitory at Travis Air Force Base, California.
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U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to Close Application Period for the Buchanan County Section 202 Flood Risk Reduction Project and to Offer a Workshop at the Twin Valley High School in Pilgrim’s Knob, VA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting a workshop on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, between 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Twin Valley High School in Pilgrim’s Knob, Va.
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Releases from Gavins Point Dam reduced to winter rates
Flow support for the 2022 Missouri River navigation season ended Nov. 21 as releases were reduced toward winter rates at Gavins Point Dam.
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USACE is Seeking Public Input to Proposed Updates
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers values your partnership and is seeking public input on proposed updates to the federal regulation 33 CFR 203.
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South Pacific Division Becomes an Engineering With Nature “Proving Ground”
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Pacific Division (SPD) and the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), have partnered to establish the first Regional Engineering With Nature (EWN) "proving ground.”
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Corps to host Virtual Project Delivery Team Meeting and Listening Session for the Western Everglades Restoration Project on Jan. 17
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District invites partners, stakeholders, and the public to join us for to a Virtual Project Delivery Team (PDT) Meeting and Listening Session for the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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HATTERAS TO HATTERAS INLET PORTION, ROLLINSON CHANNEL NAVIGATION PROJECT CHANNEL REALIGNMENT
he US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District (USACE), has conducted an environmental analysis in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the Rollinson Channel Navigation Project.
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Corps Announces Temporary Release Increase
The Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces a temporary increase in the downstream flows at J.W. Flanagan Lake on Dec. 15, 2022 beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing for eight to 10 hours.
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