army corps of engineers

Phase 1 of Birds Point levee restoration complete

Associated Press — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:32:05 +0000

The first phase of restoration work has been completed on a Mississippi River levee that was intentionally breached in 2011 during record flooding.

Army Corps to blow up rock outcrops in Mississippi River

Jacob McCleland — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:55:29 +0000

Blunt may seek emergency declaration for river

Associated Press — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:20:04 +0000

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri may seek a presidential emergency declaration in an effort to keep barges moving on the drought-riddled Mississippi River.

US Army Corps of Engineers considering change to reservoir water use along Missouri River

Veronique La Capra — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:41:49 +0000

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering changing how reservoir water is used along the Missouri River.

The Corps is holding a series of public meetings to get input on whether to permanently allocate some of that water for municipal and industrial uses.

What does an oil and gas boom in North Dakota have to do with Missouri River reservoirs?

Hydrofracturing – the process that gets new wells up and running – takes lots of water.

Engineers check on reconstruction following floods last year

Jacob McCleland — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:55:23 +0000

The Army Corps of Engineers visited Cairo, Illinois on yesterday to check on reconstruction projects following last year’s devastating floods. The Corps will invest more than $100 million toward flood protection systems at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Work to resume at damaged Mo. levee

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:35:15 +0000

Work is resuming on the intentionally breached Birds Point levee in southeast Missouri now that a protest to a construction bid has been deemed "without merit" by the Army Corps of Engineers.

An Oklahoma company last month protested the $20 million in contracts awarded to three other companies to rebuild the levee, which was intentionally breached at the height of 2011 flooding along the Mississippi River. The breach relieved pressure on the flood wall at nearby Cairo, Ill., but damaged 130,000 acres of rich Missouri farmland and dozens of homes.

Bid protest halts construction at Birds Point Levee

Jacob McCleland — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:10:57 +0000

Restoring the Birds Point-New Madrid Levee to its original height may take a little more time.

Corps grants contracts to firms to rebuild Birds Point levee

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:20:42 +0000

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded contracts to three firms for work to repair the Birds Point levee in southeast Missouri, a levee intentionally breached by the corps at the height of spring flooding in 2011.

Newscast for June 1, 2012

Scott Kanowsky — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:10:24 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

Bigger reservoirs would not have prevented river flooding

Marshall Griffin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:44:43 +0000

A report released today by the Army Corps of Engineers says that having more free space in reservoirs along the Missouri River would not have eliminated last year’s record floods.