News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is executing a sustainability project funded by the Section 212 Program to install an upstream diffuser system a Wolf Creek am on the Cumberland River in Jamestown, Kentucky
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
Walla Walla District officials have announced that McNary’s Pacific Salmon Visitor Information Center is open to the public after its closure on January 18 for maintenance work at the facility.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District (Corps) will host a series of public meetings Feb. 23-28 to gather input that will help inform the agency’s long-term plan for resource management at Foster and Green Peter lakes, located near Sweet Home.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issuing a small craft advisory for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Arkansas.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials will begin Lake Washington’s annual spring refill operations February 15, 2023.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District is hereby providing notice that it intends to file a Notice of Intent with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management with the intent to discharge stormwater from construction activities related to the construction of the proposed Grissom Small Arms Range at Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District requests public comment on the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed Kissimmee River Restoration Project (KRRP) Increment 1 Temporary Deviation, Osceola and Polk counties, Florida. The project non-Federal sponsor is the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD).
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District entered into a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the City of Jackson, Mississippi, February 6, 2023, as part of the Environmental Infrastructure (EI) Program (Section 219) as authorized by the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1992.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
It’s a sign that spring is near, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will start its annual Lake Pepin ice measurements Feb. 15.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District scheduled two pre-scoping open houses to gather public input for the Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Feasibility Study.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
Officials with the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that effective April 1, fees at Stillhouse Hollow Lake will be increasing in Union Grove Park, Dana Peak Park, and Stillhouse Park.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is moving forward with the first phase of the Remedial Investigation field work (ground penetrating radar) at the Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area, a Formerly Used Defense Site.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The updated 2023 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continues to be below average.
By Press release submission | Feb 12, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, has de-watered Lock 12 on the Mississippi River in Bellevue, Iowa, for maintenance and is hosting small-group tours for the public Feb. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2023
Service Seeks Comment on Voluntary Conservation Program to Benefit the Endangered Bolson Tortoise
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the final recovery plan for the relict darter, a small fish species native to the Bayou de Chien watershed in western Kentucky listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2023
Proposed Regulations Help Kick Off 50th Anniversary Celebration of Landmark Conservation Law
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on behalf of the Department of the Interior, along with co-trustees for natural resources, the 1854 Treaty Authority, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Trustees), invite public comment on the draft Assessment Plan to assess natural resource damages resulting from the release of hazardous substances from the St. Louis River U.S. Steel site.
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2023
Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Compatibility Determinations
By Press release submission | Feb 11, 2023
Public Comment Period Open for William L. Finley NWR Compatibility Determinations
