News from March 2023

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
A district commander doesn’t often become the division commander in the same region. In the summer of 2022, Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Hibner, made this scenario a reality by becoming the new South Atlantic Division commander.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Charleston Harbor is now the deepest port on the East Coast at 52 feet, a milestone definitely worth celebrating.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
District Commander Col. Rhett A. Blackmon and Deputy District Engineer Byron Williams recognized nearly 100 “Champions of the Texas Coast” during the Fiscal Year 2023 Second Quarter Awards Ceremony, held March 2, 2023, at the Jadwin Building and virtually via WebEx.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has just been allocated $97 million dollars in supplemental funding from The Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, to repair damages to several South Carolina federal beach projects after recent coastal storm events.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
One never knows how decisive one decision you make; one action you take, can make a transformational impact on the world.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
This Public Notice has been prepared pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
They may look like large, spiky wheels for medieval torture machinery, but mossback habitats provide life to fisheries and offer broad benefits to lake ecosystems.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is seeking public comment to evaluate the impacts of the proposed McKenzie County Water Resource District Phase II Transmission Main Project, located within and adjacent to the Missouri River and Lake Sakakawea in McKenzie and Williams Counties, North Dakota.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is receiving $37 million in the Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for operations and maintenance (O&M) of Detroit District river and harbor projects, $67 million for construction projects and $370 thousand to conduct investigations.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently held a Research and Development (R&D) Day at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District and the city of Tybee Island to measure vessel wakes near the island’s north shore in hopes of better understanding which ships and operating conditions are associated with generating large wakes.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, will hold a public meeting to provide information and solicit input from the public on a feasibility study to address problems on the Osage River on March 14, 2023, from 4-7 p.m. at the Tuscumbia High School gymnasium, 526 School Rd., Tuscumbia, MO 65082.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 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 Town of Mashpee for proposedwork in the approach channel to Popponesset Bay and Vineyard Sound in Mashpee, Mass.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
USACE participates in NOAA hydrographic review panel

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, will be offering free boating safety education classes at the Mississippi River Project Office near Locks and Dam 14 in Pleasant Valley, Iowa, during the month of April.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received nearly $1 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters 2023 work plan to continue work on two riverbank restoration projects on the Minnesota River and a shoreline stabilization project on Big Sand Lake in Wisconsin.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the withdrawal of a proposed rule that was published in 2020 to revise the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge public use regulations.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced over $1.6 billion in apportionments to support states, commonwealths and territories in their efforts to connect people with nature and conserve fish, wildlife and their habitats.

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delaying the publication of the final revised red wolf recovery plan

By Press release submission | Mar 5, 2023
Asmall population of a rare species of catfish now has federal protection.