Interior Newswire Report News
Secretary Haaland Announces $12.6 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Desalination Research Facility in Southern New Mexico
By Interior Newswire Report | May 5, 2023
While in Southern New Mexico today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Congressman Gabe Vasquez announced a $12.6 million investment from the President’s Investing in America agenda to support the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF) in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
NR 23-13: Kendall Recreation Area closure extended into August 2023
By Interior Newswire Report | May 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that Kendall Campground and Day Use Area, to include its boat ramp and roadway along the riverside campground, will remain closed into August 2023 as repairs continue to rehabilitate flood damage sustained in February 2019.
Charleston District Hosts 3Q23 DPM Forum
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
Deputy District Engineers for Programs and Project Management from across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered for a two-day Deputy Forum in Charleston, S.C., April 26-27.
Headwaters Highlights: New Cumberland Locks and Dam
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed New Cumberland Locks and Dam in 1839 instead of 1961, it might have been called Vernon Locks and Dams or Cuppytown Locks and Dam, named after John Cuppy, who designed the town and named it Vernon.
USACE Omaha District’s real estate team participates in a national recruiting inleasing event
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Real Estate Division representatives recently participated in a national recruiting inleasing event in Pheonix, Arizona.
NAVIGATION NOTICE SWL 23-19 McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
Mariners should expect to experience intermittent delays at Arthur V. Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 between May 10 and May 31.
NR 23-11: Public workshop set for Cheatham Lake Shoreline Management Plan update
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Lake Resource Management Office is holding a public workshop for its shoreline management plan update.
NAVIGATION NOTICE 23-18 McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The tow haulage equipment at Arthur V. Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 is currently out of service.
Army Corps shares update on schedule for beach nourishment along Delaware Coast
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District shared an update on the construction schedule for ongoing dune and beach nourishment work along the Delaware coast.
Headwaters Highlight: Braddock Locks and Dam sandwiched between two Pittsburgh icons
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
There is only one locking facility on the river located between a steel manufacturer and the iconic Pittsburgh theme park, Kennywood, forming the perfect metaphoric sandwich of the city it serves.
Be part of the solution to Raystown Lake pollution
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The Friends of Raystown Lake and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are calling on volunteers to participate in a shoreline cleanup at Raystown Lake during the annual Lake Cleanup Day, scheduled for Saturday, May 6, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Tatman Run Recreation Area (rain or shine).
Claiborne & Millers Ferry Locks & Dams Fish Passage Study Public Meetings
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District and the Nature Conservancy, will host four open-house public meetings for the Claiborne and Millers Ferry Locks and Dams Fish Passage Study.
Regulatory Division permits crucial in construction of Kentucky's largest development project
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
Construction of the $5.8 billion Ford Blue Oval SK Battery Park in Glendale, Kentucky, is one of the largest economic developments in the history of the Commonwealth
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Phanna Cea
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
In the span of the first six years of Phanna Cea’s life, she had experienced life in a refugee camp and immigrated twice to flee from unrest in the southeast region of Asia during the Vietnam War.
Contract awarded for levee work for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the third levee reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction projec
Corps of Engineers honors its Fargo, North Dakota, office with Civil Servants of the Year recognition
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, selected the Western Area Office based in Fargo, North Dakota, as one of its Civil Servants of the Year recipient.
Corps of Engineers awards Sterling, Virginia, resident with Civil Servant of the Year honor
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, selected Sterling, Virginia, resident DeLisa Kviz as one of its Civil Servants of the Year.
ITL team contributes to future of aircraft
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
Recently, the Holistic Situational Awareness and Decision Making (HAS-DM) team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center got a unique opportunity to gain real-world experience and collect vital data that will be used to develop technologies for potential integration into the upcoming Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft and Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.
USACE Memphis to christen $25.5M bank grading unit May 2nd
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The Memphis District officially welcomed a brand new, $25.5 million Bank Grading Unit (BGU), April 11, 2023, when it docked at its new home port at Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis, Tennessee.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bids farewell to departing deputy commanding general
By Interior Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today bade farewell to Maj. Gen. Richard J. (Rich) Heitkamp, USACE deputy commanding general (DCG) and the Army’s deputy chief of engineers, in a ceremony at its Washington headquarters.