http://www.mail.com/organizations/51314-us-army-corps-engineers.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/51314-us-army-corps-engineers.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087620-senate-votes-to-extend-federal-water-projects-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law, which promotes investment in port improvements, flood protection, dam and levee projects and environmental restoration. The smooth passage of the Water Resources Development Act on a 83-14 vote was in sharp contrast to ... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087620-senate-votes-to-extend-federal-water-projects-law.html 2013-05-15T16:23:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072010-senate-rejects-firearms-federal-lands.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control advocates a modest success. The measure, backed by the National Rifle Association, represented one of two efforts Wednesday by gun rights supporters to take the offensive in Congress. Ac... Wed, 08 May 2013 22:13:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072010-senate-rejects-firearms-federal-lands.html 2013-05-08T22:13:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043388-town-under-siege-river-seeks-buyout.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — For 40 years, Shirley Moss has lived in the same home in a tiny southeast Missouri town, but as the sandbags piled up yet again, she didn't hesitate when asked if she would take a government buyout. "In a New York minute," Moss said from her double-wide mobile home in Dutchtown, which sits in a Mississippi River bottom. "I'm 75 years old ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:07:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043388-town-under-siege-river-seeks-buyout.html 2013-04-25T07:07:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039334-appeals-court-upholds-epa-block-wva-mine.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia's largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a lower court's ruling i... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:44:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039334-appeals-court-upholds-epa-block-wva-mine.html 2013-04-23T19:44:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1970196-mayors-press-federal-focus-miss-river.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mayors from communities along the Mississippi River said Thursday that they would work with federal lawmakers to sharpen the national focus on the waterway after two years in which shipping has been threatened by flooding and then drought. Looking to wield more clout on river matters, about a dozen mayors from Minnesota to Louisiana gathe... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:34:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1970196-mayors-press-federal-focus-miss-river.html 2013-03-21T19:34:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1919630-shipping-bounces-mississippi-river-rises.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mississippi River shippers have returned to hauling full loads after several storms and aggressive rock-clearing helped deepen the waterway, eliminating worries about barge traffic shutting down, the river's stewards and barge operators said Wednesday. Barge operators had lessened their loads as the river's level fell, allowing the barges... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:45:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1919630-shipping-bounces-mississippi-river-rises.html 2013-02-27T20:45:21Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1904066-study-asian-carp-dna-signal-live-fish.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Live Asian carp don't necessarily have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment, according to a government study released Wednesday that could intensify the debate over how to prevent the aggressive, hungry invaders from reaching the Great Lakes and other vulnerable waters. DNA is found in excrement, slime and ... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:26:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1904066-study-asian-carp-dna-signal-live-fish.html 2013-02-21T01:26:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1871240-2-great-lakes-hit-lowest-water-level-record.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Two of the Great Lakes have hit their lowest water levels ever recorded, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday, capping more than a decade of below-normal rain and snowfall and higher temperatures that boost evaporation. Measurements taken last month show Lake Huron and Lake Michigan have reached their lowest ebb since ... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1871240-2-great-lakes-hit-lowest-water-level-record.html 2013-02-06T04:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1840328-mississippi-river-shipping-resumes-ill-lock.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — A key stretch of the Mississippi River reopened to shipping Wednesday after hasty repairs were made to a lock damaged by a barge, marking the latest victory for stewards of the drought-plagued waterway they have maneuvered to keep open. That crisis resolved, the Army Corps of Engineers is turning its attention back to the river' creep tow... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1840328-mississippi-river-shipping-resumes-ill-lock.html 2013-01-24T00:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1826486-ap-impact-deficient-levees-america.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Inspectors taking the first-ever inventory of flood control systems overseen by the federal government have found hundreds of structures at risk of failing and endangering people and property in 37 states. Levees deemed in unacceptable condition span the breadth of America. They are in every region, in cities and towns big and small: Wa... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1826486-ap-impact-deficient-levees-america.html 2013-01-17T18:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1816746-mississippi-rock-blasting-puts-river-ship-shape.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River, staving off the shipping industry's fears that the treacherous channel could close to traffic, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Saturday. Using excavators and explosives, corps-hire... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1816746-mississippi-rock-blasting-puts-river-ship-shape.html 2013-01-13T00:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1812024-corps-praised-averting-miss-river-shutdown.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Shippers who have idled towboats and lightened barge loads as the Mississippi River shrinks from drought credit the waterway's stewards for so far averting their worst fear: a potentially crippling shutdown of the artery used to move everything from corn and grain to construction materials and petroleum. Barge operators still are being sq... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1812024-corps-praised-averting-miss-river-shutdown.html 2013-01-10T19:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1799982-army-corps-tamps-barge-worries-mississippi.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Efforts taken to keep a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River open to barge traffic should be sufficient to avert a shipping shutdown that the industry fears is imminent, Army Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard officials said Friday. The corps said crews in recent weeks have made "fantastic" progress clearing treacherou... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1799982-army-corps-tamps-barge-worries-mississippi.html 2013-01-04T19:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1790338-senate-approves-604-billion-sandy-aid-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats. Democrats had to turn back Republican efforts to cut programs such as $150 million in fisheries aid that Republican lawmakers said was unrelated to the storm that hammered the East Coast la... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1790338-senate-approves-604-billion-sandy-aid-bill.html 2012-12-29T00:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1788774-mississippi-river-drops-threatening-barge-traffic.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Mississippi River level is dropping again and barge industry trade groups warned Thursday that river commerce could essentially come to a halt as early as next week in an area south of St. Louis. Mike Petersen of the Army Corps of Engineers said ice on the northern Mississippi River is reducing the flow more than expected at the middl... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1788774-mississippi-river-drops-threatening-barge-traffic.html 2012-12-27T23:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1779246-storms-improve-outlook-mississippi-river.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — A release of water from the Missouri River and recent snow and rain are offering some relief for the Mississippi River. Though still dangerously low, the Mississippi River channel at St. Louis was roughly 12 feet deep on Thursday — up about a foot-and-a-half since Monday. River interests are paying close attention because if the channel g... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1779246-storms-improve-outlook-mississippi-river.html 2012-12-20T18:51:00Z