9 Nov 2012

The U.S Army Corps of Engineers is accepting comments for Indiana Aquatic Nuisance Species Pathway Reports

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today, Nov. 9, released for public comment three draft Aquatic Pathway Assessment Reports for the State of Indiana: Eagle Marsh, Loomis Lake and Parker-Cobb Ditch. The purpose of each report is to evaluate key evidence to estimate the likelihood of an aquatic pathway forming and the possibility of aquatic nuisance species using it to reach the adjacent basin, as part of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS).

9 Nov 2012

Corps responds to City of Virginia Beach’s request for emergency dredging of Rudee Inlet

In the wake of tropical storm Sandy, the city of Virginia Beach has requested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct an emergency dredge of Rudee Inlet. The federal navigation channel shoaled significantly as a result of the storm, impeding navigation.

9 Nov 2012

Corps of Engineers liaisons connect with communities impacted by Sandy

1st Lt. Andrea Gongaware and 1st Lt. Erin Hanley, both of the 554th Engineer Battalion, serve on a team of eight local government liaisons, working with communities in the hardest-hit areas to better understand the needs of disaster-stricken community as they begin to recover.

9 Nov 2012

Dewatering the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

A diverse partnership of government, military and private industry professionals have joined forces

9 Nov 2012

CERL’s Delaney selected “Individual Expert” by the nominating committee for the Acoustical Society of America Committee on Standards

ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s (CERL) David Delaney was recently elected to serve a one-year term as an individual expert (IE) with the National Standards Subcommittee on Animal Bioacoustics within the Acoustical Society of America.

9 Nov 2012

Joe Manous Named ASCE Government Civil Engineer of the Year

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - November 9, 2012.  IWR’s Joe Manous, P.E., Ph.D., D.WRE, has received the

9 Nov 2012

Corps invites public comments on Confluence Project lease environmental assessment

CLARKSTON, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District is inviting public comments on an environmental assessment (EA) for a Confluence Project lease for artwork installation at Chief Timothy Park. Comments on the EA and an associated draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are due by Dec. 10.

9 Nov 2012

Corps and Diversion Authority move forward with new alignment

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Flood Diversion Board of Authority, announced yesterday, Nov. 8, the final diversion channel alignment for the proposed Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., Flood Risk Management Project.

8 Nov 2012

Dewatering the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

A diverse partnership of government, military and private industry professionals have joined to remove floodwater caused by Hurricane Sandy’s record-level storm surge from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, which connects Brooklyn with the island of Manhattan. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is overseeing the unified federal response.

8 Nov 2012

Federal, state agencies combined efforts bring quick repair along New Jersey shore

In the days following Hurricane Sandy, through a combined effort and with an aggressive