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  • Raystown opens recreation areas for Canada Goose hunting

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Raystown Lake announces the opening of portions of the following areas beginning Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 for Canada Goose hunting: Seven Points beach and boat launch areas; Aitch recreation area; Tatman Run beach; and the Weaver Falls recreation area.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study

    The Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study evaluated how several dozen coastal storm risk management projects performed during Hurricane Sandy, how the storm impacted the projects themselves, and recommended ways for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its partners to improve planning, designing, constructing and maintaining coastal storm risk management projects in the future. It is recognized that comprehensive risk reduction is a shared responsibility among the local, state and federal partners.

  • Jennings Randolph Lakes accepting Christmas trees for recycling

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jennings Randolph Lake will be accepting natural Christmas trees to use as fish structures in the lake beginning Dec. 30. Instead of throwing away your trees, you now have the opportunity to donate it to a cause that will benefit shoreline fishing and overall fish habitat at Jennings Randolph Lake.

  • Last of 13 major post-Sandy repair-and-restore contracts awarded

    New York District's October contract award for the repair and restoration of the Westhampton Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Project in New York was the thirteenth and final contract awarded as part of the ongoing effort to repair and restore previously constructed coastal storm risk reduction projects in New York and New Jersey.

  • BOEM, NASA and Corps team up to protect coastal launch assets

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, authorizing dredging of up to one million cubic yards of sand to restore shoreline at NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia.

  • Deepwater Wind modifies proposal in seeking permit to construct five wind turbines off Block Island coast

    Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC and Deepwater Wind Block Island Transmission System, LLC are modifying their proposal in seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island.

  • Army Corps awards two contracts for post-Sandy beach restoration in Suffolk County

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has awarded two contracts for the restoration of two previously constructed coastal storm risk reduction projects in Suffolk County. The work is part of a larger near-term coastal restoration effort taking place at previously constructed coastal storm risk reduction projects impacted by Hurricane Sandy throughout the region.

  • Two contracts awarded for post-Sandy navigation channel repairs

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has awarded two contracts to repair navigation projects in Nassau County totaling approximately $13.5 million.

  • Continuing resolution restarts closed Army Corps operations

    Due to the enactment of a continuing resolution, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations that were shut down will restart as early as Thursday, Oct. 17. This includes the restarting of regulatory operations, which were closed Oct. 15 due to the lack of an appropriations bill.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces closure of all Regulatory Offices due to federal government shutdown

    Beginning October 15, 2013, all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory offices will shut down due to the absence of available federal appropriations.