Trump Threatens Veto Of House Infrastructure Bill Washington, D.C. – One day before the U.S. House took up a $1.5-trillion infrastructure package, the White House issued a veto threat criticizing… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
In May, Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed a Chief’s Report, which recommends 20 ecosystem restoration projects throughout the New… Read More
In April, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District released the draft Environmental Assessment for a habitat rehabilitation project at the head of Lake Pepin on the Mississippi… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District encourages public, private and government entities to pick up dredged material, or sand, free of charge from the Corps’ beneficial use… Read More
Divesting itself of its environmental and infrastructure businesses allowed Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, to improve its financial results… Read More
Weeks Marine began dredging at the Port of Virginia on December 1. “This project, combined with all of the investments we are making at our terminals, tells the ocean carriers… Read More
On December 23, Inland Dredging Company wrapped up maintenance dredging at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inland harbors, dredging 1,289,598 cubic yards of sediment total. The Memphis District awarded the… Read More
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, acting as trustee of the state’s Public Trust Lands, filed suit December 30 against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi River… Read More
The end of 2019 brought major changes in leadership for two major waterways advocacy organizations. On December 4, The American Waterways Operators announced that Jennifer Carpenter, AWO’s executive vice president… Read More
Cleanup efforts are almost complete at Jamie Whitten Lock at Mile 412 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway following an early September incident that led to the release of crude oil into… Read More
