U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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

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

Higher-than-average releases from all Missouri River mainstem system dams will continue through the fall, and the navigation season on the river will be extended by 10 days in December, the… Read More