News from October 2022
By Press release submission | Oct 16, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a new prize competition seeking sustainable solutions to manage aquatic vegetation in canals. Winning ideas will share in a total prize purse of $345,000.
By Press release submission | Oct 16, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation has obligated $14 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law toward the Glen Elder Dam Spillway Chute Replacement project located in north central Kansas.
By Press release submission | Oct 16, 2022
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will conduct a dive exam of the outlet works intake and stilling basin at Fresno Dam, 15 miles West of Havre, Montana, Oct. 17, 2022.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
On July 30, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors successfully completed the first construction contract and first mile of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay coastal storm risk management program.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The Fort Worth District, U.S.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District in concert with the Philadelphia District and the Marine Design Center awards a contract to Southwest Shipyard LP of Houston, Texas in the amount of $11.4 million for a new crane barge on the St. Marys River.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District began construction of an underwater sill Oct. 11, 2022, across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to prevent further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has published an Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review and comment in regard to proposed maintenance dredging of the federally authorized Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) channel, settling basins and advance maintenance areas (AMA) in the waters of Sawpit Creek, the Amelia River and Nassau Sound.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
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By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Due to shoaling, mariners are advised that until further notice, both upbound and downbound tows should continue to run the red line at NM 221.4 and the green line from NM 221.7 to NM 222.4.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Mr. John Bock has been selected as the new Deputy District Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District. Bock, who has served as Chief of Engineering Division since 2015, assumed the new role this week following the retirement of Ms. Linda Murphy, who served as DDE since 2015.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Canyon Lake announced today the temporary closure of the Guadalupe Trail and the Stilling Basin parking lots beginning October 19.
