News from March 2023
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division regional business director visited two key project sites at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System campus Feb. 17 in San Diego.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District is receiving an additional $4.1 million in the Fiscal Year 23 Work Plan that will be used for the district’s civil works program.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
With about 125 job vacancies to fill, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will host a job fair in Sacramento March 7 to share hiring opportunities and help prospective applicants navigate the application process.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office hosted its annual Black History Month presentation Feb. 28.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District and the city of Charleston signed a Section 219 Agreement for the upfit of a stormwater pump station near the intersection of Bravo and Ralph H. Johnson Streets responsible for draining over 11 acres, including the primary Medical District access roads of Courtenay Drive, Bee Street, and Doughty Street.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program Feb. 27.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District (Corps) has awarded a construction contract for completing safety and seismic repairs at Willamette Falls Locks before the agency’s official transfer of the historic navigation lock system to the Willamette Falls Locks Authority, expected to take place in 2026.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 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 | Mar 5, 2023
Officials with the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that effective March 14, Chalk Ridge Fall Park, at Stillhouse Hollow Lake, will be temporarily closed for maintenance.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Sand sifts through her fingers as a small clump of dirt attracts her attention. Standing in the marsh with a tall, hefty pair of boots and a ball cap to shade the sun, she studies it, looks in her sample book and decides, this is a hydric soil.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
It’s early morning. As the sun slowly rises over the horizon, a cacophony of sounds ring in the distance. As the echoes meander closer, distant figures make their way over a hill.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District is constructing a new entrance barricade at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
For small businesses looking to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, the easiest way is to listen to the excitement and passion coming from the voice of Tonya Willis, the office of small business programs chief.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District will host an in-person public meeting 6 p.m., March 15, 2023, to follow-up on the closure of the Soo Locks Hydro Plant tail race during New Lock at the Soo construction.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Last spring, Dr. Todd Bridges and his colleagues were visiting a part of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge in California, a remote region that encompasses 45,000 acres of rivers, woodlands, wetlands, and grasslands.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Due to electrical testing at Little Goose Lock and Dam, the fish viewing room will be closed from March 5 to 11and public crossings will be limited from March 12 to 18.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is set to replace the existing water distribution system, service lines, and supply lines at Waitsboro Recreation Area in Somerset, Kentucky.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District resumed releases at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam (S-308) and the St. Lucie Lock and Dam at (S-80) this morning following a temporary closure at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam on Monday, Feb. 27
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Jacksonville District’s St. Augustine Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study took two big steps forward when the district and its non-federal sponsor, the City of St. Augustine, began a three-day charrette and held a public meeting to introduce residents to the study’s issues and aims.
By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
With roaring winds, relentless rain, and surging waves, Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa and Fort Myers, Florida shortly after 3 p.m. on Sept. 28, 2022.
