The National Weather Service has been issuing heat advisory warnings day after day, in city after city. Average high temperatures across the country are reaching the 80s and 90s. Read More
Environment
A study carried out by two agricultural economists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has quantified the effects of 2022’s low water on the Mississippi… Read More
Following criticism from the Louisiana governor’s office, the New Orleans Engineer District has suspended its permit for the proposed $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD), a project that was the… Read More
In December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of a proposed settlement with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) concerning property at the heart of the Brandon… Read More
Freezing temperatures, ice and snow are impacting navigation on the nation’s rivers, including a wide swath of the Southeast, which received record snowfall. Read More
Eighty stakeholders of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) gathered at the Hyatt Place Historic District in Charleston, S.C., November 18–20 for the organization’s annual meeting. Brad Pickel, executive director… Read More
The river industry prides itself on coming together to help each other when hurricanes, floods and other disasters take place. Now some in the industry have come together to… Read More
Recent rainfall, with more in the forecast, may be just what the river system needs to break out of this year’s drought. “We were told yesterday the worst… Read More
The sight along the Pittsburgh riverfront in August was anything but pretty. In just two-and-a-half days, Living Lands & Waters (LL&W) removed an estimated 52 vehicles from the Monongahela and… Read More
While many people aid in response and recovery after a natural disaster, a team from the Nashville Engineer District hopes its technical assistance in areas flooded during Hurricane Helene… Read More
