U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was guest of honor at a February 16 groundbreaking ceremony for the Starved Rock Breakwater Project, a habitat restoration effort led by the Corps of… Read More
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The year was 2003: George W. Bush was in the White House; the Iraq War was just beginning; Linkin Park sold more than six million records; “Finding Nemo” was one… Read More
If you are a towboat pilot or captain who regularly transits Lock 25 at Winfield, Mo., engineers and designers at the St. Louis Engineer District want your help in helping… Read More
A crowd of just under a hundred people attended the May 18 groundbreaking of an expanded 1,200-foot chamber at Lock and Dam 25 on the Mississippi River at Winfield, Mo.,… Read More
A pair of events chosen presumably to coincide with the Biden administration’s “Infrastructure Week” began with perfect weather on May 18, celebrating the first ecosystem restoration project on the Upper… Read More
After years of authorization and studies but no funding to speak of, the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program is taking off, thanks to a big shot of funding from the… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new mooring cell at Locks and Dam 14 near Pleasant Valley, Iowa, on April 23. This mooring cell, part… Read More
Standing aboard the mv. Mississippi for the Mississippi River Commission’s annual high-water inspection trip March 27, Maj. Gen. Diana Holland said this trip would be her last aboard the vessel. Read More
A focus on the energy outlook and on ongoing major navigation construction projects highlighted the second day of Waterways Council Inc.’s 19th annual Waterways Symposium. Held for the first time… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District announced November 29 the first-ever award for an environmental project under the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)—a $324,000 contract to Togjak Management Services of… Read More
