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News Release: SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo represented the Department of the Interior at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt last week to showcase the Biden-Harris administration’s all-of-government approach to tackling the climate and drought crises and collaborating with global leaders on hydrologic science and drought resilience efforts.
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“SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS” was published on pages S6672-S6673 of the Congressional Record on Nov. 14.
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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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The Congressional Record published “Senate Committee Meetings” in the Daily Digest section on Nov. 16.
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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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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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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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The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has a deep cultural connection to the distinctive longleaf pine tree.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.