Interior Newswire Report News
Institute for Water Resources (IWR) seeking a permanent Program Analyst (GS-09/11 target GS-12 )
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 5, 2023
USACE's Institute for Water Resources (IWR) is seeking a permanent Program Analyst responsible for planning, managing and evaluating the Water Resources Center’s programs and projects and providing recommendations to ensure they are executed effectively and efficiently.
23-037 Corps to treat Lake Wallula to control invasive flowering rush
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District will be performing up to five five-acre treatments in Lake Wallula, the McNary reservoir near the Tri-Cities, Washington, with herbicide, Diquat Dibromide, at an application rate of two gallons per surface acre.
Marathon Petroleum Company (File # 2022-1143)
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 5, 2023
TRC Companies, obo Marathon Petroleum Company, to transport two reactor vessels from the Mississippi River onto the batture to a temporary modular bridge across the left descending Mississippi River levee, vicinity of second order levee station 4553+67, at Garyville, Louisiana, in St. John the Baptist Parish.
USACE closes swim beach at Dam Site Lake Island until further notice
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Beaver Lake Project Office is closing the swim beach at Dam Site Lake Island on Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas until further notice.
Navigation Notice - Swl 23-34
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 5, 2023
Mariners should expect to experience intermittent delays at Dardanelle Lock (No. 10) NM 205.5 on July 25, 2023.
USACE reminds everyone to be water safe this Independence Day weekend
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 5, 2023
Independence Day weekend is typically one of the three busiest weekends of the year on the region’s lakes and rivers.
USACE Deputy Construction Chief earns prestigious Connolly award
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 5, 2023
Douglas Saxon, deputy chief of Construction Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, received the Society of American Military Engineers’ James Connolly Award during the SAME Annual Program Review at the Savannah Riverfront Marriot, June 27, 2023.
23-036 Dworshak dam increasing releases on Friday to balance full pool
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 5, 2023
Releases from Dworshak Dam will increase to match inflow into the reservoir. This operation is intended to maintain the reservoir at its full pool.
Comments Sought on Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River Basin
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 4, 2023
Agreement with Trinity River Authority would protect four mussels, two turtles
Red Rock Dam roadway closure extended to June 30, continued partial and full traffic closures expected
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, has extended the full closure of Highway T15 across Red Rock Dam until 3 p.m. on June 30, pending a successful strength test for the recently placed concrete.
Delisting the Okaloosa Darter
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
The Okaloosa darter is a small fish that grows to about 2 inches long.
Endangered frogs return to their home on Plumas National Forest
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
This week, 166 endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs were released into cool streams on the Plumas National Forest to improve their declining population numbers in the northern Sierra Nevada.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners Celebrate Okaloosa Darter Recovery
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
Species recovery demonstrates the strength of partnerships during the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act.
Planning at Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
Requesting comments on planning efforts at Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge
Federal Wildlife Officer Nabs Refuge Timber Thief
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
Guilty Plea Results in Fine and Jail Term
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Changes to Existing Rights-of-Way on San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) invites public comment on a draft Compatibility Determination (CD) for granting an expanded right-of-way to Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for widening of State Highway 36 that traverses the Brothers River Tract of the refuge.
Miller House Returning to its Roots as Refuge Housing
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
The Miller House will be fully returned to National Elk Refuge (Refuge) housing this summer and the downstairs portion will no longer be an interpretive center open to the public.
Revisiting Cape Thompson's Lagoons
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
Decades After Project Chariot, Researchers Revisit Cape Thompson’s Lagoons
Buffalo Lake Water
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
Waters of Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge are Contaminated
Fatality at Canyonlands National Park
By Interior Newswire Report | Jul 2, 2023
On Wednesday June 28, 2023, Grand County Dispatch received a report of an unresponsive female in Willow Flat Campground at the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park.