A project to prevent the spread of invasive carp into the Great Lakes is moving forward at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River near Joliet, Ill.,… Read More
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The Rock Island Engineer District, working in collaboration with state and federal groups, has launched the Mississippi & Illinois River Experience… Read More
Paul Rohde Paul Rohde, vice president-Midwest area for The Waterways Council Inc., has devoted an entire career to promoting the inland waterways. He has been involved in the Navigation and… Read More
The St. Louis Engineer District hosted an event May 22 at Lock and Dam 25 on the Upper Mississippi River to provide a look at the work to… Read More
The St. Louis Engineer District will host a meeting October 29 in Winfield, Mo., to provide information on the new 1,200-foot lock chamber at Lock and Dam 25 near Winfield. Read More
Waterways advocates are celebrating the release of the Corps of Engineers’ 2024 Work Plan, which provides record-level funding of $456 million for waterways construction projects. “Waterways Council Inc. is… Read More
In an event organized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Assistant Secretary of the Army-Civil Works Michael Connor visited Lock and Dam 25… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
Work is underway to design a new, 1,200-foot lock chamber at LaGrange Lock and Dam on the Illinois River. The Rock Island Engineer District, working in conjunction… Read More
