13 Jun 2025

Federal channel dredging begins at outer Grand Haven Harbor

Annual U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District maintenance dredging operations are scheduled to begin Friday, June 13, in the federal channel at outer Grand Haven Harbor, Michigan. The project is scheduled to remove 14,600 cubic yards of material from the mouth of the Grand River where seasonal shoaling accumulates. The project is expected to conclude by June 30, weather dependent.

13 Jun 2025

Corps of Engineers performs Charlevoix Superfund Site demolitions

Excavation and demolition work at the Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site in Charlevoix, Michigan is underway to deconstruct structures at three sites and remove contaminated soil from 13 areas, under project management by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Detroit District.

13 Jun 2025

Inside the Mission of the Buffalo District Regulatory Branch

From Lake Erie to the wetlands of upstate New York, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District’s Regulatory Branch is playing a crucial role in preserving the nation’s aquatic resources — all while balancing the needs of progress and development. At its core, the Regulatory Branch’s mission is about balance, “We aim to serve the public by balancing the protection and reasonable use of aquatic resources for the nation,” said Shaina Souder, a biologist with the Buffalo District’s Regulatory Branch.

12 Jun 2025

Proposed Plan Available and Public Meeting: Former Lake Ontario Ordnance Works

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District has released the proposed plan for the

10 Jun 2025

Public comment opens: Corps of Engineers evaluating alternatives to address impacts from obelisk to burial site at the Soo Locks

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District released the Obelisk Alternatives Analysis Report for a 30-day public review on June 9, 2025.The analysis addresses the cultural effects of removing the obelisk from a burial site, determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as a Traditional Cultural Place, located at Brady Park at the St. Marys Falls Canal (Soo Locks), Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The Bay Mills Indian Community and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Michigan conducts cultural and religious practices at the burial site. Those practices in the presence of an obelisk celebrating the semi-centennial of the construction of locks, which destroyed most of the burial site, continue to have an ongoing negative effect on their members. The Bay Mills Indian Community and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Michigan have requested that the Corps of Engineers remove the obelisk from the burial site to mitigate this effect. 

9 Jun 2025

Information sought on vandalism at Mill Springs Mill

MILL SPRINGS, Ky. (June 9, 2025) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is seeking information about an incident of vandalism at historic Mill Springs Mill the weekend of June 7-8, 2025.

9 Jun 2025

Corps of Engineers Inner St. Joseph Harbor dredging starting June 9

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District dredging operations are scheduled to begin Monday, June 9, to maintain the federal channel at the inner St. Joseph Harbor. Dean Marine & Excavating, of Mount Clemens, Michigan, will perform the mechanical dredging to maintain safe passage for vessels at the upstream docks as the Corps of Engineers contractor. The work is scheduled to conclude by July 30.

6 Jun 2025

Not just an exercise: USACE has a tabletop exercise for Shallow Land Disposal Area

Benjamin Franklin said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Getting involved is precisely what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo and Pittsburgh districts, and their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agency partners, did, as they spent approximately eight hours ensuring that every “i” was dotted and every “t” was crossed during a Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) tabletop exercise (TTX) preparing for the start of physical remediation after a nearly 15-year interruption. They discussed work plans, processes, procedures, and contract lists, and used graphic, videos – but more importantly, they got involved.

5 Jun 2025

Dredging Starts this Summer in Lorain Harbor

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $749,000 contract to Michigan-based

5 Jun 2025

Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Army Corps of Engineers’ Birthday and Juneteenth Celebration

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,600 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of the USACE birthday, June 16, and Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19.