18 Feb 2011

Interior Secretary Salazar helps break ground for new Picayune Strand project

The secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Ken Salazar, was among more than 130 people who celebrated the groundbreaking today of a new federal construction project to restore the Picayune Strand. Salazar is a strong supporter of Everglades restoration, and this marks at least his second visit to Florida within the last year or so to support the River of Grass.

17 Feb 2011

Corps of Engineers starts another Lake Okeechobee release to benefit Caloosahatchee Estuary

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will continue water releases from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee Estuary to help improve estuarine conditions, which have declined in recent months due to the lack of sufficient freshwater.

11 Feb 2011

Corps releases environmental assessment to remove or replace federal culverts

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will host two public meetings to present and discuss an environmental assessment (EA) covering the removal or replacement of federal culverts as part of the Herbert Hoover Dike Major Rehabilitation Project.

11 Feb 2011

Picayune Stand marks another milestone in Everglades Restoration

Federal and state leaders will be among the speakers at the groundbreaking celebration for the Picayune Strand Restoration Project on Friday, Feb. 18.

10 Feb 2011

Corps of Engineers starts another Lake Okeechobee release to benefit Caloosahatchee Estuary

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will start a new water release from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee River in order to help improve estuarine conditions, which have declined in recent months due to the lack of sufficient freshwater.

9 Feb 2011

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct major construction on L-40 levee, public access limited

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will soon conduct major dewatering, excavation and fill operations on the L-40 levee and canal adjacent to the Site 1 Impoundment project boundary.

3 Feb 2011

Corps of Engineers conducts Lake Okeechobee releases to benefit Caloosahatchee Estuary

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will start a water release from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee Estuary to help improve the estuary’s condition, which has declined in recent months due to the lack of fresh water.

1 Feb 2011

Corps Team Wins Superfund Award

A team of Corps employees working on EPA’s Brown and Bryant Superfund Project recently won a Superfund award for Virtual Teams.

1 Feb 2011

Tribes Step Forward to Sponsor Work

When the sponsor for the Española Basin project pulled its support for this flood risk management study in 1996, people assumed that the project was finished. But in 2004, an alliance of three Pueblos, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara and San Ildefonso, devised a new, holistic vision for the project that made ecosystem restoration the centerpiece of river and flood management efforts.

1 Feb 2011

Warriors in Transition Make Key Contributions

The Albuquerque District is one of a handful of districts in the Corps directly benefiting from the expertise of wounded soldiers assigned to fulfill key staff positions as part of the “Warriors in Transition,” or WT program.