Army Corps of Engineers Relieves Little Rock District Commander Amid Leadership Accountability Push
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has removed the commander of its Little Rock District, citing a loss of confidence in his ability to lead, officials announced in mid-January 2026. The move, unusual for its breadth of public commentary by senior leaders, underscores the Corps’ emphasis on accountability and efficiency as it works to […]
Lawmakers Question Resiliency of US Army Corps of Engineers After Cuts
Describing the organization as “critical to public safety,” a group of Massachusetts lawmakers asked leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers whether staff reductions have eroded its ability to prepare for the next big storm. Both U.S. senators and all nine U.S. representatives from Massachusetts signed a letter that asked the U.S. Army Corps […]
US Army Engineers Decide to Fast-Track Great Lakes Tunnel Permits Under Trump Energy Emergency Order
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel use. The move comes after President Donald […]
Divers, Engineers Plan to Remove Key Bridge Remnants Using Giant Buckets, Hydraulic Shears
BALTIMORE — Giant salvage buckets are hauling up the remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge roadway to clear space for workers to use hydraulic shears to cut a bigger part of the structure into smaller pieces. Removing the spans of the bridge that collapsed into the water March 26 after being struck by a […]
Army Corps of Engineers Aims to Restore Normal Access to Port of Baltimore by End of May
The Army Corps of Engineers has a tentative timeline of restoring access to the Port of Baltimore to “normal capacity” by the end of May, it said in a statement Thursday night. “Engineers are aiming to reopen the permanent, 700-foot-wide by 50-foot-deep federal navigation channel by the end of May, restoring port access to normal […]
1,100 Army Corps of Engineers Personnel to Help Clear Debris in Baltimore Bridge Collapse
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is deploying some 1,100 personnel to Baltimore, Maryland, following Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge into the Patapsco River, according to a press release from the service. The collapse, caused by a cargo ship colliding with the bridge, killed six construction workers who had been filling potholes […]
Army Corps of Engineers Failed to Protect Dolphins in Spillway Openings, Lawsuit Alleges
The Army Corps of Engineers failed to protect bottlenose dolphins and other marine life in the Mississippi Sound and Lake Borgne by opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway in 2019 without obtaining proper permits under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Mississippi. The suit was filed by the cities of Biloxi, D’Iberville, […]
The Army Corps of Engineers’ Surprisingly Fantastic Cat Calendar Is Almost Upon Us
When it comes to informing the public about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ public works, nothing is more effective, it turns out, than highlighting the information with adorable giant cats. In 2023, Oregon’s Portland District of the Corps of Engineers released a free, downloadable calendar that showed locks, jetties, dams and other infrastructure punctuated […]