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  • USACE Chief of Engineers signs Chief’s Report recommending vital Memphis District ecosystem restoration study to Congress

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon has signed a Chief’s Report recommending the Hatchie–Loosahatchie Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Study to Congress for authorization. The study began in 2021 with a Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement signing between the Memphis District and the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee (LMRCC), the non-federal sponsor. It was conducted to examine and address problems, opportunities, and solution-viability associated with Mississippi River ecosystem degradation along the Hatchie-Loosahatchie River reach, miles 775-736. The Chief’s Report outlines USACE’s Ecosystem Restoration Plan to address ecologically important habitats along this 39-mile Mississippi River stretch in Arkansas and Tennessee without causing conflict with existing USACE navigation and flood-risk management mission areas.
  • USACE Jacksonville District issues scoping letter for the Cape Canaveral Wastewater Treatment Facility in east Brevard County

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (USACE) is engaged with the City of Cape Canaveral to develop and construct a project under Section 14 of the Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) to address ongoing erosion at the Cape Canaveral Wastewater Treatment Facility (CCWWTF) in east Brevard County, Florida. The Jacksonville District is currently gathering information to define issues and concerns that will be addressed in an analysis to be prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
  • Missouri River navigation restoration efforts hit major milestone despite challenges

    2024 will mark five years since the historic flood of 2019 in Kansas City and the surrounding region. Water levels on the Missouri River reached heights not seen for decades and caused an estimated $2.9 billion in damages across the Midwest. While the historic flooding impacted many in the area in ways they will likely not soon forget, it might be hard to believe that just a couple of years after the historic flooding, the region entered a period of historic drought. With water levels now at historic lows, repairing the river’s navigation channel to its pre-flood condition has not been an easy feat.
  • Mill Creek restoration an example of interagency collaboration and innovation

    At approximately 9:30 p.m. on the evening of December 7, 2022, a pressure drop in the Keystone Pipeline system was reported by TC Energy Corporation. Not long after the reported pressure drop, a rupture was detected, and 588,000 gallons of oil spilled into Mill Creek. Located just a few miles northeast of the city of Washington, Kansas, the oil spill in Mill Creek was the largest in the history of the Keystone Pipeline and the largest onshore oil spill since 2014. This is a story that highlights the quick action of local emergency management, the vital cooperation between federal, state, local and Tribal partners, and the use of innovative bioengineering techniques resulting in a comprehensive restoration project. This is a story that also demonstrates how partners working toward a shared goal can accomplish the seemingly impossible.
  • Hatchie-Loosahatchie Restoration Study public meeting scheduled for March 6, seeking public comment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Memphis District (CEMVM), and their non-Federal Sponsor, the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee (LMRCC), scheduled a hybrid in-person/virtual public meeting for its Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Draft Environmental Assessment (DIFR-EA) of the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration Study. The meeting will be 6 – 8 p.m., Mar. 6, 2023, at Ducks Unlimited Headquarters, One Waterfowl Way, Memphis.
  • Charleston District and Dorchester County Sign Agreement to Restore Polk Swamp

    On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District and Dorchester County signed a Project Partnership Agreement to design and restore approximately 290 acres of bottomland hardwood forest in Polk Swamp to a more natural condition.
  • Army Corps, Prince George’s County sign partnership agreement, moving Anacostia Watershed restoration into construction phase

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, and Prince George’s County Department of the Environment (DoE) signed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for the Anacostia Watershed Restoration project during a ceremony at the county’s DoE headquarters in Largo, Maryland, Dec. 15, 2022. The PPA will usher in the construction phase of the project, which aims to restore a segment of the Anacostia Watershed within Prince George’s County that has suffered from years of environmental neglect.
  • Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration Study public meetings scheduled

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Non-Federal Sponsor, the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee (LMRCC), has scheduled public scoping meetings for the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration Study.
  • Environmental engineers monitor water quality through groundwater sampling

    Whether it is a current or formerly owned, leased or Department of Defense possessed property, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District manages the environmental restoration of sites contaminated with hazardous, toxic or radioactive waste or ordnance in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.
  • Three Forks of Beargrass Creek Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study reaches major milestone with signing of Chiefs Report

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District recently completed an Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility study and recommended plan to restore both instream and riparian habitat within the Beargrass Creek watershed in Louisville, Kentucky. Beargrass Creek has a 60 square mile watershed and is composed of three main branches (the South, Middle and Muddy forks), which reach throughout the city of Louisville. Historically, Beargrass Creek has suffered degraded habitat due to development and manipulation.