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During a career day held recently at Boonsboro High School, students were able to get first-hand information from rangers with Antietam National Battlefield and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
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Congressional Record publishes “Senate Committee Meetings” in the Daily Digest section on Nov. 16

The Congressional Record published “Senate Committee Meetings” in the Daily Digest section on Nov. 16.
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Indian Affairs to accept land into trust for Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced today the approval of a land into trust acquisition for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $109 Million to Create Good-Paying Union Jobs, Catalyze Economic Revitalization

The Biden-Harris administration today announced $109.48 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AML) in Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and New Mexico.
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BOEM-Sponsored Saildrone Surveyor Expedition Returning Home After Exploring Aleutian Islands

Since departing Dutch Harbor on August 11, the uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) Saildrone Surveyor has been collecting seafloor mapping and surface oceanographic data in priority areas of the relatively unexplored Aleutian Islands.
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How One Tribe is Restoring the Fire-dependent Longleaf Pine

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has a deep cultural connection to the distinctive longleaf pine tree.
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Outlet work at Canyon Lake impacts low flow releases

Canyon Dam flood gate replacement work by the Tennessee Valley Authority is scheduled for December 5, 2022 through April 15, 2023 impacting low flow releases.
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USACE announces two Public NEPA Scoping Meetings on Nov. 28 and extends public comment on New C&SF Flood Resiliency Study to Dec. 7

The Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) along with the non-Federal Sponsor, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) are preparing a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document for a proposed flood risk management study initiated under the authority of Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 within the Central and Southern Florida (C&SF) Project.
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USACE Begins Lake Okeechobee Releases to Caloosahatchee

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will resume releases from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee Estuary from the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam (S-79) at a fourteen-day average pulse release of 1,200 cubic feet per second beginning Saturday, Nov. 19. No lake releases are planned for the St. Lucie Estuary.
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ASA(CW) joins two Pueblos to sign first of its kind design agreement to restore habitat in the Española Valley

he Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Connor joined the governors of two tribal nations in signing a design agreement Nov. 9, 2022.
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New Lock at the Soo Phase 3 contractor mobilizes

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers kicks off Phase 3 construction for the New Lock at the Soo as the contractor mobilizes to the Soo Locks.
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USACE Vicksburg District’s Arkabutla Lake accepting applications for youth squirrel hunt

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District at Arkabutla Lake will hold a youth squirrel hunt on Jan. 14-15 and January 21-22, 2023 in the management area near Arkabutla Lake Dam.
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USACE to provide update on Rough River Dam Safety Modification at public meeting Dec. 7

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, will host an informational public meeting Dec. 7, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. CST on the Rough River Dam Safety Modification project, as well as the status of the dam.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Signs Partnership Agreement with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society signed a partnership agreement today that provides Native American students with formal access to Army Science, Technology, Engineering and Math job and educational opportunities.
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Notice of Intent to discharge stormwater from construction activities related to the construction of the Logistics Readiness Complex at Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District is planning to submit a Notice of Intent on Nov. 28, 2022, to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management of our intent to comply with the requirements of a Construction Stormwater General Permit to discharge stormwater from construction activities.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosting open house tonight to discuss preliminary results from Jana Elementary, no new areas of concern identified

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District will host an open house this evening from 5-8 p.m., to discuss preliminary results from sampling efforts for radioactive material at Jana Elementary School in Florissant, Missouri, under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP).
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LRD Hosts Industry Day 2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division is hosting the annual Industry Day event both virtually and in-person at the Marriott River Center in Covington, KY on December 1, 2022 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST.
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USACE held event for BIL funded Missouri River repairs in Atchison, Kansas

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, held a launch event to celebrate the start of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funded Base Stabilization Navigation Project (BSNP) repair contracts along the Missouri River on Nov. 15, 2022, in Atchison, Kansas.
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Corps of Engineers awards $6.9 million McGregor Lake Stage 2 option

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is awarding the second part of the McGregor Lake Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project today, to Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Company doing business as Newt Marine Service, of Dubuque, Iowa
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Cost share agreement signed for feasibility study in Holt County, Missouri

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, and the State of Missouri partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area of river miles 515 to 450, across the river from Holt County on Nov. 15, 2022, in Mound City Missouri.
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