Stories Tagged "engineers"
Missouri River management plan for 2012 released
posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:14 PM
The Army Corps of Engineers says it is trying to improve the way it manages the Missouri River's reservoirs after last year's historic flooding, but the 2012 plan released Friday doesn't include any additional flood-storage space.
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Ag Secretary Questions Corps on Missouri Flooding
posted on July 8, 2011 at 2:07 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is taking the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to task for its handling of the Missouri River, which has flooded thousands of acres of farmland in seven states.
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Flood preparation along the Missouri River
posted on June 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM
Government Lab Looks for Renewable Energy Solutions
posted on August 22, 2008 at 8:08 PM
Study Advances Method of Making Energy from Farm Waste
posted on April 18, 2008 at 8:04 PM
ST LOUIS — Washington University engineers using imaging technology have found that vigorous mixing helps microorganisms turn farm waste into alternative energy.
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Corps Builds Up Sandbars to Help Shorebirds
posted on April 11, 2008 at 8:04 PM
VERMILLION, S.D (AP) -- Dozers and tractors are at work here to prepare a summer beach home for two birds on the endangered species list.
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Corps to Ease Georgia Water Crunch as Governors Negotiate Drought
posted on November 9, 2007 at 8:11 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under a plan brokered by the Bush administration, the Army Corps of Engineers would hold back more water in Georgia lakes as the governors of drought-stricken Georgia, Florida and Alabama work toward a water-sharing agreement.
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Corps Blamed for Shoddy Everglades Work
posted on September 14, 2007 at 8:09 PM
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla (AP) — A major Everglades restoration project is stalled because of shoddy work managed by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers on a reservoir that could threaten an interstate and nearby communities if levee walls failed, state...
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Barge Season Shortened on Missouri River
posted on August 25, 2006 at 8:08 PM
U.S. Senate Approves Mississippi River Bill
posted on July 21, 2006 at 8:07 PM
After years of debate, the Senate this week overwhelmingly approved a massive waterway navigation bill that would double the size of locks on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers.
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Despite Lawsuit, Army Corps Plans Spring Rise on Missouri River
posted on May 5, 2006 at 8:05 PM
An artificial spring rise on the Missouri River will occur before May 19, despite a lawsuit filed last Friday to stop it.
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Court Declines To Hear Missouri River Appeal;
posted on March 24, 2006 at 8:03 PM
The U.S Supreme Court this week refused to hear North Dakota's arguments that the Army Corps of Engineers has violated state water pollution laws in managing the Missouri River water flow.
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Court Backs Army Corps Plan on Mo River
posted on August 19, 2005 at 8:08 PM
Summer water levels on the Missouri River can continue to be kept high enough for barge shipping.
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Obama Lobbies for River Lock Improvements
posted on May 6, 2005 at 8:05 PM
Sen Barack Obama, D-IL, said this week that aging locks and dams along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers are slowing grain exports and stifling the Midwest farm economy.
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Wins & Losses for Upper Miss. Projects
posted on February 18, 2005 at 8:02 PM
Some Upper Mississippi River projects were treated kindly in President Bush's budget handed over to Congress last week, while other projects got no money.
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