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Fountain City lock, dam reopens after tow accident

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:51:20 -0400

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wisconsin - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reopening a lock and dam on the Mississippi River near Fountain City after a towboat hit one of the gates.

US appeals court in Va. OKs W.Va. mine permit

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:33:59 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block a federal permit for a West Virginia mountaintop removal coal mine that was challenged by environmentalists.

Grand Station Casino to be razed by late August

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:47:32 -0400

VICKSBURG, Mississippi - By late August, Vicksburg's downtown City Front will be without a floating casino for the first time since 1993 if the winning bidder at an auction April 25 for the former Grand Station Casino follows through on a bankruptcy court-ordered sale of the vessel.

Officials to keep conserving Missouri River water

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:57:17 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - The amount of water flowing into the Missouri River is expected to remain lower than usual, so officials are conserving water in the river's reservoirs.

Erosion fix sought at S. Ind. Lewis and Clark site

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:44:19 -0400

CLARKSVILLE, Indiana - Southern Indiana preservationists are trying to line up federal money for a project aimed at stopping severe erosion at the Ohio River site where the Lewis and Clark expedition began in 1803.

Army won't kill gulls to help salmon-eating terns

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:14:31 -0400

GRANTS PASS, Oregon - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday it will not continue killing gulls that have been eating baby Caspian terns at the West Coast's largest nesting colony, located at the mouth of the Columbia River.

Corps to build shallow-water habitat near Atchison

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:40:59 -0400

ATCHISON, Kansas - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to create more shallow-water habitat along the Missouri River.

SE Missouri drainage project delayed by bat survey

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:41:22 -0400

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri - Federal funding has been approved to restore nearly 81 miles of flood-damaged drainage channels in southeast Missouri, but the project is on hold for a bat habitat survey.

La. accepting bids for alligator hunting tags

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:08:26 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - State officials are accepting bids for alligator hunting on Wildlife Management Areas and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers properties.

Monitoring for Asian carp to increase in Illinois

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:36:52 -0400

CHICAGO - Federal and Illinois officials said Thursday that they will intensify efforts to find Asian carp in Illinois waterways this year but cut back on DNA sampling that has scored positive hits without resulting in the discovery of the invasive fish.

Civil War vets interred at Arlington columbarium

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:58:15 -0400

ARLINGTON, Virginia - For more than 100 years, the cremated remains of two brothers - Civil War soldiers from Indiana - sat on a funeral home shelf, unclaimed and largely forgotten.

Louisiana levee plan concerns Mississippi leaders

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:10:39 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran has proposed amendments to a federal water resources bill to protect coastal areas from flooding or storm surge threats that might result from a new flood control proposal for Louisiana.

Missouri River basin remains dryer than normal

Thu, 09 May 2013 05:19:27 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - Despite wet weather in April, the amount of water flowing into the Missouri River remains below normal because of slow runoff and the ongoing drought.

Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:49 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control advocates a modest success.

Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:27:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Senate has rejected an effort to expand the use of firearms on the heavily visited lands of the Army Corps of Engineers in a congressional victory for gun control supporters.

Minneapolis locks reopening to recreational boats

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:33:28 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reopening its three Minneapolis locks to recreational boats.

Morganza project moves ahead in Washington

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:18:54 -0400

HOUMA, Louisiana - Terrebonne's $13 billion federal levee system cleared a major administrative hurdle when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' senior review panel voted to recommend advancing an updated report on the Morganza-to-the-Gulf project.

After record lows in 2012, Tuttle Creek recovering

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:11:39 -0400

MANHATTAN, Kansas - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says recent precipitation brought Tuttle Creek Lake back to its normal elevation.

Corps awards levee contract in Plaquemines

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:06:04 -0400

VENICE, Louisiana - The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $41.6 million contract for expansion of levees in Plaquemines Parish to a Nevada company.

Marseilles Dam deemed safe, reopened to traffic

Sat, 04 May 2013 05:17:12 -0400

MARSEILLES, Illinois - U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers say navigation is resuming on a stretch of the Illinois River that was closed after barges broke loose and damaged the dam near Marseilles.

100 trees along river through Muncie being spared

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:29:13 -0400

MUNCIE, Indiana - Some 100 trees along the White River through Muncie will stand after federal officials reconsidered an order that they be cut down.

Port: 47-foot-deep ship channel added to study

Thu, 02 May 2013 05:47:06 -0400

GULFPORT, Mississippi - The Port of Gulfport is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of a 47-foot-deep ship channel in Gulfport.

3 locks close on Mississippi River in Twin Cities

Thu, 02 May 2013 05:07:14 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed three locks on the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities to recreational boats due to high water flows.

TWRA won't enforce ban on fishing below dams

Wed, 01 May 2013 09:22:38 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is balking at enforcing dam tailwater fishing restrictions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Corps reopens 2 Mississippi River locks

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:22:13 -0400

CLARKSVILLE, Missouri - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reopened two Mississippi River locks, now that flooding is easing on the waterway.