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  • Jacksonville District restarts Western Everglades Restoration Project

    Jacksonville, Fla. (Feb. 24, 2022) –One of the few Everglades restoration projects located in Southwest Florida, the Western Everglades Restoration Project is back with an approved extension and a plan to complete the study in 2023.

  • Annual FUSRAP Report Available Online

    The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Update for Fiscal Year 2021 is now available online. This annual report provides information about progress the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making in cleaning up sites with contamination resulting from the nation’s early atomic energy program.

  • Jacksonville District to conduct public presentation, discussion of the Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Port Everglades Harbor Improvements project March 8

    Jacksonville, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2022) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct two public, virtual presentations and discussions of its recently published Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (RDSEIS) for the Port Everglades Harbor Improvements project on March 8, 2022.

  • Application Deadline Extended to Lease Marina at Fishtrap Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the application period for those interested in leasing the commercial marina site at Fishtrap Lake at Shelbiana, Ky.

  • ERDC partners with multiple universities on graphene research

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) have started working with multiple applications for graphene, from graphene-infused asphalt and concrete to water filtration systems.

  • Newest licensed professionals celebrated for National Engineers Week

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 23, 2022) – To recognize the Nashville District’s newest licensed professionals during National Engineers Week, six nameplates have been affixed onto the “Registered Professional Personnel” board as a record of achievement for all to see in the district headquarters.

  • Use of a Portable Friction Tester on Snow and Ice Pavement

    Abstract: The objective of this project was to determine if portable friction testers could be used for friction measurements on compacted snow and ice surfaces. First, the effect of cold temperatures on the operation, consistency, and accuracy of commercially available portable pavement friction measuring tools was evaluated. Tests entailed a series of experiments in a controlled cold room environment. Two portable fixed slip continuous measurement devices and one deceleration spot measurement device were evaluated. The controlled temperature testing determined how ambient temperature and duration of exposure can affect results, but that with care, the devices could be operated in conditions as cold as ˗25°C. This was followed by using one of the devices on outdoor testing on snow, ice, and asphalt surfaces and compared the portable tester to the well-known SAAB vehicle runway friction tester. Results showed good agreement between the portable tester and the SAAB Friction tester, providing validation for the operational use of a portable tester on frozen surfaces.

  • USACE Chicago District releases for public comment draft master plan for three USACE facilities

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District (USACE) released for public comment the draft master plan for three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facilities: Mississinewa, Salamonie, and J. Edward Roush lakes; and integrated draft Environmental Assessment (EA). The project limits for the integrated master plan and EA encompass all Corps-owned property at each of the three lakes. USACE is accepting comments on the draft master plan and integrated EA through March 7, 2022. The draft master plan and integrated EA is available online at the following webpage, along with information on how to submit a public comment(s): https://www.lrc.usace.army.mil/Missions/Water-Management/Upper-Wabash/

  • USACE issues small craft advisory for Arkansas River

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issuing a small craft advisory for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Arkansas. Rainfall over eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas is causing flows on the system to rise.

  • USACE announces public workshop for Beaver Lake land acquisition

    ROGERS, Ark. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting a drop-in public workshop from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. March 1 at the Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville, 211 SE Walton Blvd., Bentonville, Arkansas to discuss the process to acquire private land parcels that are frequently inundated by Beaver Lake during normal lake elevations and make comments about the Draft Environmental Assessment. All interested persons are invited to attend the workshop.