Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 27, 2020
North Dakota Spends $1B on Mouse River Project
The Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project (MREFPP) is a continuing project in North Dakota that is designed to reduce the risk of future flooding throughout the entire Mouse River Basin. The Mouse River, or the Souris River in Canada, originates in southeast Saskatchewan and travels 357 mi....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Thu April 16, 2020
Army Corps of Engineers Using Skills to Battle COVID-19
In times of national emergencies, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has historically taken the point among federal agencies in providing engineering skill to important public works projects stateside, as well as to American military sites abroad....
Jim Salter - Associated Press - Tue April 14, 2020
USACE: Some Levees Still Vulnerable After 2019 Floods
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) With flood concerns already high in the Midwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is warning that many levees on the Missouri and Kansas rivers that were damaged during devastating floods last spring remain vulnerable to high water....
Briana Adhikusuma – THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT - Thu March 12, 2020
USACE Delays Construction Plans for Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, Va.
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) When the Peterson family was told 20 years ago the federal government would need its land to build a new, wider Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, it abandoned any ambitious plans to develop it....
Mary Yamin-Garone – CEG Correspondent - Mon March 09, 2020
T&T Salvage to Remove Shipwreck Off Coast of Georgia
On Sept. 8, 2019, the Baltimore-bound Golden Ray cargo ship capsized near the Port of Brunswick while heading out to sea off the coast of Georgia. The 656-ft. car carrier was transporting 4,200 vehicles on its way the Middle East....
USACE - Wed March 04, 2020
USACE, KDWPT Prepare for St. Joe Levee Raise Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism (KDWPT), will temporarily close portions of the 1,601-acre Elwood Bottoms Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Site/Wildlife Area in the next few months for construction of the Corps' St....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 04, 2020
USACE Repairs Levee Breaches in Nebraska
Although much work remains following last year's devastating flooding, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Omaha District, has officially closed breaches on the Missouri River Levee System L575....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 09, 2020
After 18-Month Pause, Dredging Resumes at Port of Savannah
Dredging to deepen the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah has resumed after an 18-month pause, Col. Daniel Hibner of the Army Corps of Engineers recently announced as the second half of the $973 million expansion has started to get under way....
Jeff Bohlken – USACE - Wed January 08, 2020
Winter Doesn't Put Freeze on Flood Repairs
When the unprecedented and historical flooding started in the Missouri and Platte River basins in March 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Omaha District responded immediately. Within hours, the District, led by the Readiness Branch, was developing plans and sending materials out to fight the flood and provide assistance to communities within harm's way....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 26, 2019
USACE Keeps Indiana Harbor, Canal Clean
Monitoring efforts are under way following completion of this season's dredging operations at Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) in East Chicago, Ind. It is one of the most polluted waterways in the Great Lakes area....
