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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to host public meeting on 8.5 Square Mile Area Interim Water Control Plan

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is developing an interim water control plan for the 8.5 Square Mile Area Project.

  • Intracoastal Waterway project completed

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has completed work on a $6 million project, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, to restore a portion of the Intracoastal Waterway to its authorized dimensions and prepare for future maintenance dredging events.

  • Maintenance dredging of Puerto Nuevo River begins in Puerto Rico

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District’s maintenance dredging of the Puerto Nuevo River began in Puerto Rico Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.

  • Adaptive Assessment and Monitoring Program will benefit Everglades research

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District completed work on the Adaptive Assessment and Monitoring (AAM) Program December 2010. Adaptive management is an approach used to guide the implementation of large-scale ecosystem restoration programs when the pending ecological response is uncertain.

  • Corps of Engineers starts Lake Okeechobee releases to benefit Caloosahatchee Estuary

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will start water releases from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee Estuary today, Jan. 28, to help improve the condition of critical tape grasses and protect freshwater organisms.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers clarifies position on Via Verde permit application

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has informed Puerto Rico Electric and Power Authority that its application for a Department of the Army permit to construct and install a natural gas pipe line traversing the island of Puerto Rico will be held in abeyance pending receipt of additional information and documentation.