News from March 2023
By DOI Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District and Miami-Dade County, its non-federal sponsor, hosted a second charrette this week following a virtual public meeting for the re-initiation of the Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The Mississippi Valley Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) coordinates all flood fight activities in the Mississippi Valley. Currently, the Memphis, and New Orleans Districts have begun Phase I flood fight activities.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
Testing of the new closure system at Norrell Lock (No. 1) NM 10.3 has concluded with favorable results.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
Norrell Lock (No. 1) NM 10.3 opened Saturday, February 25 and will remain open until 6:59 a.m. on March 7.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
Tow haulage equipment at Norrell Lock (No. 1) NM 10.3 is scheduled to be out of service for upgrades beginning at 7 a.m. on March 6, 2023, until 5 p.m. on March 10, 2023.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock (No. 5) NM 86.3 will be closed to traffic beginning at 7 a.m. on April 10, 2023, until 7 p.m. on April 14, 2023.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Greers Ferry Lake Project Office will reopen the William Carl Garner Visitor Center on March 17.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
In recent years, locating and finding the scuttled slave ship Clotilda has garnered worldwide attention.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District to activate Phase I flood fight procedures.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will host an open house on March 23, 2023, to kick off a process to revise the 1975 Blue Marsh Lake Master Plan.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
This year, leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District will focus on both personal and professional development through the 12-month Mobile District Mentorship Program.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
When walking down the road to success, not every path looks the same. People choose different paths of that road to discover who they are and where they belong.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announces a virtual Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) Project Delivery Team (PDT) Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
Operators at navigation locks could easily wear capes for the super work they do to ensure the safety of the public, not to mention employees that maintain these projects in the Cumberland and Tennessee River systems. At Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, and Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tennessee, ongoing mega construction projects to build larger new locks pose additional hazards for these vigilant protectors of people and resources.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Update for Fiscal Year 2022 is now available online.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces it will be upgrading the water infrastructure at the Thomson Causeway Recreation Area in Thomson, Illinois, starting March 9.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, received more than $8.9 million in funding for numerous projects benefiting the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, including $6.5 million for the Baltimore Harbor and Assateague Island.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The William O’Huske/Lock and Dam Three, located at 1248 Bill Hall Rd, Fayetteville, NC, will be closed 20 March 2023 through 31 May 2023 while rehabilitation work takes place to restore functionality to the Cape Fear River Lock and Dam, so that both vessels and fish may be locked through once again.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
The updated 2023 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continues to be below average.
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 15, 2023
Kathleen Miller, assistant district counsel with the District Office of Counsel, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for December 2022. She is recognized primarily for taking on additional workloads in the month of December to ensure critical contracting milestones were met.
