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15 min ago | The Advocate

St. James residents wary of storm surge study

St. James Parish residents Tuesday voiced their concerns over U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans that aim to reduce storm surge risk from area lakes.

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Related Topix: St. James, LA, US News

Mon May 20, 2013

Mississippi Business Journal

Hearing to be held on proposed deepening of port channel

GULFPORT - A public hearing is scheduled for tomorrow on the state port's proposal to study deepening the ship channel to as much as 47 feet.

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Related Topix: Gulfport, MS, US News

Sun May 19, 2013

WZVN-TV Fort Myers

Experts monitoring fresh water effects on red tide

Conditions are near perfect for a toxic red tide bloom off the coast of Lee County.

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Related Topix: US News

The Courier

Sister lakes were milestones

Nimrod Dam was a subject of amazement for Arkansans when it was completed 71 years ago, forming Lake Nimrod in western Perry and eastern Yell counties.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Perry, AR, Arkansas Government, US News, Blue Mountain, AR

Minot Daily News

The week that was

KEEPING OUR WATER Kudos the the U.S. Senate for putting the brakes on a plan by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to charge fees for access to water in upper Missouri River reservoirs.

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Related Topix: US News

Sat May 18, 2013

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Impossible Choice Faces America's First 'Climate Refugees'

Climate change is a stark reality in America's northernmost state. Nearly 90 percent of native Alaskan villages are on the coast, where dramatic erosion and floods have become a part of daily life.

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Related Topix: US News

Fri May 17, 2013

WebWire

Parsons Joint Venture Wins USACE Middle East Contract For A-E Services

Parsons, as the managing partner in a joint venture , was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , Middle East District, for general architecture-engineering construction phase support services throughout the Transatlantic Division Middle East District area of responsibility .

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Related Topix: US News

Patch.com

LBI Beach Replenishment Set to Begin This Month

Work to repair ocean beaches and dunes in three Long Beach Island communities will begin before the end of May, officials have confirmed.

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Related Topix: Harvey Cedars, NJ, Surf City, NJ, Construction, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, US News, Ocean County, NJ

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Corps Of Engineers Explains Releasing Water From Already Low Oklahoma Lakes

The past few years of little rainfall haven't been good for Skiatook Lake. Grass and weeds are growing up in places that should be covered with water.

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Related Topix: Weather, US News

WIVB

How is radioactive site being secured?

Radioactive materials from the nation's atomic weapons program, known as the Manhattan Project, are buried beneath a 10-acre clay cap hill in the Town of Lewiston.

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Related Topix: Lewiston, NY, SUNY Buffalo, Chemistry, Science, US News, Niagara Falls, NY

Patch.com

Coldwater Creek, West Lake Landfill Activists Meet with Sen. Claire McCaskill's Office

It's something those who say they are dealing with the effects of growing up or living surrounded by nuclear contamination and radioactive waste are struggling to get closer to: federal attention to what is, and has been taking place in North County.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hazelwood, MO, Berkeley, MO

Martinsville Bulletin

Permit amendment effort fails

An effort to alter the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's requirements for a permit so work could begin on the Commonwealth Crossing Business Centre has been unsuccessful, Henry County Administrator Tim Hall said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Virginia Government, Virginia, US News

Thu May 16, 2013

Inhabitat

America's First Climate Refugees are Native Alaskan Communities

For many years, climate change has displaced millions in the developing world - and now America is seeing its first climate refugees .

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Related Topix: Alaska, Alaska Government, US News, Global Warming

Banner-Tribune

Atchafalaya River to crest at 6 feet

Hydrologists at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center in Slidell say the Atchafalaya River is expected to crest at 6 feet here early next week.

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Related Topix: Morganza, LA, US News, Morgan City, LA

AlertNet

Climate Change Is Happening?? So What?

US Army Corps of Engineers tours flooded areas in Burlington, North Dakota in 2011.

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Related Topix: US News, Weather, Global Warming, Activism

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Rocklin man to manage flood-control design

Sacramento-area officials with the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based professional services and design consultant company Stantec Inc.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Gaming, Station Casinos, US News

Wed May 15, 2013

Directions Magazine

AeroMetric Presents USACE with Award for Navajo Housing Authority Project

AeroMetric presented the St. Louis U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with special recognition including an inscribed award and project poster for "Creating an On Target Geospatial Foundation for the Navajo Housing Authority." The award and poster were duplicates of the ones that AeroMetric was honored with the at the MAPPS conference in November 2012.

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Tampa Bay Newspapers

Nourishment could begin in September

If all goes as hoped, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could begin emergency beach nourishment to Sunset Beach and Sunshine Beach in Treasure Island as early as September.

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Related Topix: US News, Treasure Island, FL, Pinellas County, FL, St. Pete Beach, FL

Financial News & Daily Record

Workspace: Joe Miller, senior director of facilities development, JaxPort

Miller, 61, serves as JaxPort senior director of facilities development and served as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District commander from 1997-2000. During that time he contributed to the development of the Everglades Restoration Plan and Hurricane Georges Emergency Recovery Operation in Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: US News

Tue May 14, 2013

The Jersey Journal

Cost-benefit studies on reducing Rahway River flooding to be ready by September

CRANFORD - Plans to help alleviate flooding in several municipalities in the Rahway River watershed area are moving forward with detailed studies on several proposed projects to be completed by September.

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Related Topix: Cranford, NJ, US News, Natural Disasters, Flood