News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be closing one lane of the Highway 187 bridge across Beaver Dam from Feb. 28 through March 2 for routine maintenance.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Dworshak Dam is looking for individuals or couples to serve as Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance Volunteers around the dam for the summer season.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permitapplication to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Massachusetts Department ofTransportation – Highway Division in Boston for proposed work in an unnamed tributary toWinimusset Brook and vegetated wetlands at Ravine Road in New Braintree, Mass.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A tabletop exercise was conducted at Harry S Truman Dam on Feb. 16, 2023 by the local emergency management agencies in conjunction with the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permitapplication to conduct work in waters of the United States, navigable waters, and the OuterContinental Shelf from SouthCoast Wind Energy in Boston for proposed work in the Atlantic Ocean.Most of the proposed work would occur in the Atlantic Ocean in the Bureau of Ocean EnergyManagement’s Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0521, which is approximately 127,388 acresin size and is located 26 nautical miles (nm) south of Martha’s Vineyard and approximately 20 nmsouth of Nantucket, Mass.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, or MSD, recently entered into a cost-shared Project Partnership Agreement, or PPA, for sewer improvements included in the St. Louis Combined Sewer Overflow Rehabilitation Project.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will host its fourth public workshop discussing the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project on March 1 in Stockton.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District will implement Interim Risk Reduction Measures (IRRM) to ensure life safety and to further protect the integrity of Rough River Dam in Falls of Rough, Kentucky.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has concluded the controlled lake drawdown that began in October 2022 and will begin allowing the lake to return to a recreational pool elevation of 786.5 feet
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
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 for the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) on Friday, February 24, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The 2023 Eagle Fest event will be held on Saturday, March 4th from 9am – 3pm at the Jerry F. Costello Lock & Dam in Modoc, IL (4800 Lock and Dam Road).
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduling a full road closure of Highway 187 across Beaver Dam March 8 through April 5 to remove equipment used to perform routine maintenance on the dam.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, and the City of Wood River, Illinois, recently entered into a cost-shared Project Partnership Agreement, or PPA, for sewer improvements included in the State Street Sewer Separation Project.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces temporary single-lane road closures to Highway T15 across the Red Rock Dam beginning February 27
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A draft Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared for the Snake Creek Dam Safety Modification Study (DSMS). Conducted in accordance with Section 149 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has reevaluated recent interim risk reduction measures (IRRMs) implemented in the 2019 update to the Lake Audubon Water Control Manual (WCM).
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Survey teams with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will begin collecting snow surveys throughout the region Feb. 20 - 28.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, received $1.5 million from the states of Illinois and Michigan this week to continue advancing the engineering and design of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on the upper Illinois Waterway.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Detroit District and Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) are pleased to announce the completion of a $1.67 million permanent sea lamprey trap on the East Branch Au Gres River in Iosco County, Michigan
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Nearly 90,000 tons of rock is scheduled to be placed on the face of Tuttle Creek Dam, near Manhattan, Kansas, within the next couple years to repair damages from the 2019 high-water event.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Hunting on national wildlife refuges is a tradition that dates back to the early 1900s. While more than 330 refuges are open to the public for hunting across the country, we at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are focused on holding space for people who use adaptive equipment like shooting mounts, specialized triggers and all-terrain wheelchairs to hunt, and we're working to remove access barriers on public lands more broadly
