22 Nov 2017

FEMA, local businesses partner for Hurricane Maria recovery

After Hurricane Maria devastated vast portions of Puerto Rico, businesses and industry in local communities began coordinating with the government of Puerto Rico, FEMA and other federal agencies to fast-track efforts to revitalize and stimulate commerce on the island. The FEMA-Puerto Rico Business Emergency Operations Center is a critical cog in that effort.

22 Nov 2017

Ongoing improvements for fish passage at Foster Dam to close road

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close the road on top of Foster Dam, Sweet Home, Oregon, to remove a large crane, Dec. 4-29. During this time, Foster Dam Road will be closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic. For a time, the Corps used the crane and elevator system, which was innovative for its time, for adult fish collection and passage over Foster Dam; however, the equipment wasn’t fully successful in moving fish above the dam in an efficient manner. Corps biologists concluded there were better options.

22 Nov 2017

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues expedited emergency permitting procedures in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District, responded to 22 actions resulting from Hurricane Maria, including heavy rain damage in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

22 Nov 2017

USACE Wraps Up School Assessments in Puerto Rico (video)

In the mountains of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting one of its last building assessments on critical infrastructure on the island. For more than five weeks, teams have worked tirelessly to document damage done by hurricanes Irma and Maria to more than one-thousand buildings, whether in urban centers or remote mountain villages.

21 Nov 2017

17-119 Walla Walla District employees deploy to support FEMA’s hurricane-response missions

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – During the span of about three months, dozens of employee-volunteers from throughout the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District deployed in response to Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) requests for support to hurricane-recovery efforts in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, Saint Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Saint Croix, according to District emergency management officials.

21 Nov 2017

Marcum named Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 21, 2017) – Joshua Marcum, Power Plant Mechanic at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Power Plant in Ashland City, Tenn., is the employee of the month for September 2017.

21 Nov 2017

Vermont Agency of Transportation seeks Corps permit to replace bridge along U.S. Route 2 in North Hero, Grand Isle

CONCORD, Mass. – The Vermont Agency of Transportation is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps

21 Nov 2017

Corps, applicant postpone Dec. 7 public hearing in Waterford on Niantic Bay Shellfish Farm aquaculture plan

CONCORD, Mass. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District and the permit applicant

21 Nov 2017

Corps of Engineers awards contract for masonry repairs at Edward MacDowell Dam in Peterborough

CONCORD, Mass. – Masonry repairs at the gate tower of the Edward MacDowell Dam in Peterborough, New

21 Nov 2017

Corps awards contract to dredge two anchorages, portion of entrance channel at York Harbor Federal navigation project

CONCORD, Mass. – Maintenance dredging of two anchorages and a portion of the entrance channel of the