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    Aerial of navigation channels deepened to 50 ft leading to the four major port terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The deepening of the Arthur Kill Channel is expected to be completed in 2014 and will be the final milestone achieved in the overall project.

    New York and New Jersey Harbor Deepening Project Reaches Milestone

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District awarded the final construction contract to complete the deepening of the Arthur Kill Channel to 50 feet.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Deputy District Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, (center) from Butler, Ill., gets his shoulder boards placed on by his wife, Emily (left) and his mother, Myra (right) during a promotion ceremony March 8, 2013, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Headquarters, in Nashville, Tenn. Dagon has been with the Nashville District since Aug 2011. His next assignment is with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, N.M., with a report date in August. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Nashville District deputy commander promoted to lieutenant colonel

    Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, officiated and promoted Maj. Patrick Dagon to lieutenant colonel here at a ceremony attended by his family and district employees at the headquarters building.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District’s Antilles Office, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

    The relationship between the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

    The first of this series of four stories about the history of Jacksonville District’s Antilles Office described the location of the archipelago of islands that includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This installment will look at how Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are related to the United States.
  • After inspecting the channel at Cowbone Marsh, Regulatory Division issued a cease and desist order, requiring the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission to stop sidecasting dredged material into the channel.

    Cowbone Marsh to be protected through Regulatory Division action

    Located within central Glades County, Fla., eight miles upstream of the mouth of Fisheating Creek at the western shore of Lake Okeechobee, lies Cowbone Marsh, an approximately 5,500-acre freshwater marsh system. Fisheating Creek, the only remaining free-flowing waterway feeding into the lake, flows through Cowbone Marsh. Most of the surrounding land is either publicly owned or under conservation easements that restrict development, making it one of the most valuable aquatic and wildlife resource areas in the country.
  • Aerial of navigation channels deepened to 50 ft leading to the four major port terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The deepening of the Arthur Kill Channel is expected to be completed in 2014 and will be the final milestone achieved in the overall project.

    New York and New Jersey Harbor Deepening Project Reaches Milestone

    Navigation channels leading to the four major container terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The deepening of the Arthur Kill Channel is expected to be completed in 2014.