28 Sep 2012

Army Corps awards $4.6 million contract for the maintenance dredging of East Rockaway Inlet, New York federal navigation channel

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has awarded a contract for $4.6 million to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill., for the maintenance dredging of the East Rockaway Inlet federal navigation channel with the dredged sand being placed along eroded areas of Rockaway Beach.

25 Sep 2012

Corps of Engineers support canoeists, kayakers,

Controlled releases of water will be made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, from Ball Mountain Dam and Townshend Lake reservoirs in Jamaica and Townshend, Vermont, on Saturday, Sept. 29 to provide adequate river flows for recreational canoeing, kayaking and rafting, according to Corps of Engineers officials.

14 Sep 2012

Data buoy off Rhode Island coast providing

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies deployed a data buoy off the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island, three years ago to gather information on wave action for a Corps study and the scientific instrument has been providing useful information to scientists, mariners and the general public since that time.

10 Sep 2012

Volunteers needed for National Public Lands Day

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jennings Randolph Lake announces their 19th Annual National Public Lands Day celebration where the staff at Jennings Randolph Lake with the Boy Scouts of America and the Friends of Jennings Randolph Lake will clean-up the shoreline along the North Branch of the Potomac River in Barnum, West Virginia on Saturday, September 29, 2012.