VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Mary Bradley Warnock, ORTT Researchers from eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Eliot Bignell, a project manager for the Far East District, has been chosen as a participant for this detail program, now in its ninth year. ERDC-U Program Lead Ant  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Mary Bradley Warnock, ORTT Researchers from seven U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Jake Edwards, a Biologist with the USACE Jacksonville District, has been chosen as a participant for this detail program, now in its ninth year. ERDC-U Program Lead  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Louis District issued the following news release: Kaskaskia River Project -- The 2024 Lower Kaskaskia Stakeholders Inc. (LKSI) will be hosting their barge trip on Friday, September 6, 2024, at the Jerry F. Costello Lock & Dam in Modoc, IL (4800 Lock and Dam Road). This trip is reserved only for LKSI members who have reserved a spot by invitation. Due to the extensive preparation that goes into making this trip a success, the  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The operational trigger has been met for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River channel to arrest further upriver progression of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River's volume of water has fallen to a level that allows salt water to intrude upstream. Salt water from the Gulf of Mexico mo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following news: * * * RMA Allows Insurance on Seeds Initially Purchased Smaller than 4 mm * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding the Shellfish insurance program beginning with the 2025 crop year. USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage to an additional 27 counties in Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and North Carolina. Add  more