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  • August

    The Charleston District built a new lakewall for the Joint Base Charleston Short Stay Recreation Area as part of their MWR program.

    Short Stays; Long Memories

    Many U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts maintain recreation areas for the public to enjoy, but
  • In 2012, the Charleston District installed "oyster castles" in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway to promote oyster growth and protect against erosion. One year later, the project has been very successful.

    A look at the "Royal Home" one year later...

    In May 2012, oyster castles were installed near a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District
  • The Charleston District will be clearing brush that has grown on the Morris Island disposal site in order to pump dredged material from Charleston Harbor.

    Dredging on Fire

    Beginning in August, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District will be conducting a
  • This panther kitten was discovered in the Fakahatchee State Park Preserve, just east of the Picayune Strand Restoration Project area.

    It’s a girl! Kitten born to rescued and released Florida panther

    In September 2011, a pair of orphaned five-month-old Florida panther kittens was rescued by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists, after their mother was found dead. Too young to survive on their own, they were raised in captivity at White Oak Plantation in Yulee, Fla., with the goal of one day releasing them back into the wild.
  • Seven workers pass scaffolding sections up the chamber side of Kentucky Lock’s lower miter gate Aug. 19, 2013. The wraparound scaffold is being assembled to permit TVA-contracted GUBMK Constructors to sandblast, make any needed internal structural repairs, and paint the 91-foot tall miter gates. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees dewatered the 69-year-old, 110-by-600-foot lock and will inspect the culvert valves and all other areas of the lock that are normally underwater for any needed repairs. Corps employees will also replace the tow haulage system, used to move unpowered sections of barge tows through the lock. Kentucky lock is scheduled to resume normal operation at noon, Sept. 24, 2013.

    Kentucky Lock lower miter gates are beehive of activity

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2013) – The 91-foot tall lower miter gates at Kentucky Lock was a beehive of activity today as workmen assembled wraparound scaffolding in preparation for making needed repairs on the gates.