Sustainable dredging in rivers is the focus of a new paper published in the January 2024 issue of the Western Dredging Association’s (WEDA) Journal of Dredging. Titled “Sustainable Dredging Practices… Read More
Environment
The St. Paul Engineer District is using a new technique for building up habitat islands on the Upper Mississippi River. The McGregor Lake Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project is being… Read More
The Rock Island (lll.) Engineer District and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hosted a public groundbreaking ceremony October 4 to mark the start of construction for the Steamboat Island Habitat… Read More
Lashed together with steel cables, bundles of trees dangled from a helicopter over the upper Ohio River, ready to become fish habitats. Twenty-nine tree bundles, removed in March from the… Read More
Moonlight, Canvasback and Steamboat are the names of three new under-construction man-made islands being formed in the Riverbend area of the Mississippi River near Grafton, Ill. The names were given… Read More
The Memphis Engineer District and Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee (LMRCC) are seeking comment on a planned three-year study of portions of the Lower Mississippi between Mile 775 and Mile… Read More
Black carp, an invasive fish species in North America, are now known to be established in the wild in parts of the Mississippi River basin, according to a new study… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District and its Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program partners are constructing a habitat rehabilitation project in Lower Pool 13 of the Mississippi River near Clinton, Iowa,… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District awarded a $5.5 million contract to Dubuque Barge & Fleeting Service Company, doing business as Newt Marine Service, September 20 to begin constructing Stage 2… Read More
LS Marine Inc., Grove Heights, Minn., was awarded a $7.7 million contract by the St. Paul Engineer District to use dredged material from the head of Lake Pepin to restore… Read More
