2 Mar 2012

Corps prepares water diversion at Maryville's Greenbelt Lake

Work crews began installing aqua levee systems Feb. 29, 2012 on Pistol and Brown Creeks that will act as makeshift coffer dams. Pumps capable of moving up to 6,900 gallons per minute are in place and ready to divert water collected from these streams through pipes around Greenbelt Lake.

2 Mar 2012

Project Spotlight: Lower Assunpink Creek Ecosystem Restoration

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District and the City of Trenton are working to restore part of the Assunpink Creek ecosystem.

2 Mar 2012

Federal partnership brings students closer to Mississippi River, STEM

Nearly 8,000 children of all ages played in the Mississippi River and learned to navigate the Mighty Miss Feb. 25-26, 2012 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District and the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River participated in Engineer Week at the St. Louis Science Center.

2 Mar 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosts community meeting for Big Fishweir Creek aquatic ecosystem restoration project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will host a community meeting on Tuesday, March 6th beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Fishweir Elementary School, 3977 Herschel Street, Jacksonville, Fla.

2 Mar 2012

Associated General Contractors of Alaska, with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a Major Participant, is sponsoring Industry Day on March 21, 2012 in Anchorage, AK

 ANCHORAGE – Industry Day for small business and large business owners to network with industry

2 Mar 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers host public meeting to discuss Lower Colorado River Basin, Hays County Interim Feasibility Study

FORT WORTH, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, in partnership with the

2 Mar 2012

Facsimile phone number changed for public comments about Dworshak Nutrient Supplementation Environmental Assessment

AHSAHKA, Idaho – The facsimile phone number has changed for submitting public comments about the “Dworshak Nutrient Supplementation Pilot Study” Environmental Assessment by March 17, 2012. The new fax number is 509-527-7804. The U.S. Mail and email addresses remain the same.

2 Mar 2012

Middle East District Awards Waterfront Development Program, Phase III, Bahrain

WINCHESTER, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District awarded a contract for

2 Mar 2012

Update on Yellow Bar Hassock Marsh Island Restoration Project in Jamaica Bay, N.Y.

NEW YORK – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is leading an ambitious effort to restore the Yellow Bar Hassock Marsh Islands, in Jamaica Bay, N.Y. The project addresses the vanishing marsh islands by beneficially using clean sand from the New York-New Jersey Harbor deepening project to restore marsh habitat in the Bay. Approximately 375,000 cubic yards of clean sand from the Ambrose Channel deepening project is beneficially being used to restore 42 acres of marsh at the Yellow Bar Hassock marsh island.

2 Mar 2012

Corps releases draft environmental assessment for Oslo, Minn., levee

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released a draft environmental assessment on the proposed modifications to the existing levee system at Oslo, Minn., March 1.