News from 2023
Critical Habitat for 12 Hawaiʻi Island Species
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing critical habitat for 12 species, all found only on Hawaiʻi island.
Environmental Agencies To Fund Wetland, Floodplain, and Groundwater Restoration in Tewksbury
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The Natural Resource Damages Trustee Council for the Sutton Brook Disposal Area Superfund Site will fund two projects located at Poplar Street and Mollie Drive in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, that will restore wetland, floodplain, and groundwater resources using $1.65 million in Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration settlement funds
Service and partners file settlement agreement with FirstLight for improved fish passage, flows
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
Partners have reached a milestone in the relicensing process for two hydropower facilities on the Connecticut River in Massachusetts.
Service Denies Request to List Coyotes Due to Similarity of Appearance to Mexican Wolf
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
After careful review of the best scientific and commercial information available, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined coyotes do not meet the statutory and regulatory criteria for listing as endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance to the endangered Mexican wolf.
Service Designates Critical Habitat for the Pearl Darter
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the designation of 524 river miles of critical habitat in Mississippi for the pearl darter April 6, 2023, an important step toward restoring the species to the Pearl River drainage.
Altamaha Spinymussel
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of the draft recovery plan for the Altamaha spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa), a mussel found in the Ocmulgee, Altamaha and Ohoopee Rivers in Georgia.
USACE announces Cecil M. Harden Lake Shoreline Management Plan update
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District is in the process of updating the Shoreline Management Plan for Cecil M. Harden Lake located in Rockville, Indiana.
Richard B. Russell Lake holds 33rd Annual Kid’s Fishing Derby
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Richard B. Russell Project Office, is hosting the 33rd Annual Kid’s Fishing Derby on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at freshly stocked Calhoun Falls Bank Fishing area, located on Hwy. 72 in Calhoun Falls, SC.
Public comment extension notification for Draft EA, Snake Creek Dam Safety Modification Study, McLean County, North Dakota
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The comment review period for the Snake Creek Dam Safety Modification Study, Draft Environmental Assessment is being extended until May 18, 2023.
Corps removes 144 tons of debris from San Gabriel River
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
In a continuing project to improve the health of the San Gabriel River and reduce risk to the public, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District cleared 144 tons of litter and debris March 6-13 from a stretch of riverbed near Azusa.
Locking temporarily suspended at McAlpine Locks and Dam
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The lock chambers at McAlpine Locks and Dam (Ohio River mile 606.8) in Louisville, Kentucky, are closed to traffic due to a navigation accident, which occurred approximately at 2 a.m. EDT on March 28. There are no injuries reported and all personnel are accounted for.
First Five-Year Review of safety measures at Former Kirtland Demolition Bombing Range has begun
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces the beginning of a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Five-Year Review of the Former Kirtland Air Force Base Demolition Bombing Range (KDBR) Munitions Response Site (MRS) in Cibola County, New Mexico. The property is now part of the El Malpais National Monument.
LA District builds community ties to share career opportunities, recruit new talent
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District leaders met with community members, military partners, educators and local elected leaders March 7 at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall in downtown LA for the U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Los Angeles’ Community Partners Meeting.
Communities spanning two counties dedicate Periwinkle Trail
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The communities of Smith County, Jackson County and the “Friends of Cordell Hull Lake” dedicated Periwinkle Trail March 25, 2023, at the Indian Creek Archery Range trailhead.
Corps of Engineers dike repairs will protect 800-year-old fishing village
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
Repairs to the Quillayute Sea dike protecting the Quileute Tribe’s 800-year-old fishing village, will begin this fall.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District: First Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law Project Complete
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, celebrated the successful completion of closing man-made cuts in the salt marsh of the Satilla River with a ribbon cutting March 24 in Brunswick.
Opening of Lake Red Rock recreation areas further delayed
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces that due to a delay in manufacture and delivery of pipe for waterline upgrades several recreation areas at Lake Red Rock will not be opening June 1 as previously announced.
Jamestown Dam releases to improve downstream ice conditions
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
Jamestown Dam will begin making small releases to improve ice conditions downstream of the dam.
Corps of Engineers set to reroute Wild Rice River through structure
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will reroute the Wild Rice River through the Wild Rice River Structure March 31 at or near 7:30 a.m.
Faith and family fuel success of long-time employee
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 9, 2023
The Serenity Prayer. A common and well-known prayer, and a prayer that also serves as inspiration for longtime U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District employee Sonya Rodgers.