Feds award $400K to fight invasive weeds in Finger Lakes
Associated Press
June 19, 2017
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use funds for herbicide treatment of hydrilla in Cayuga Lake.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Great Lakes dredging, infrastructure projects get funding
Associated Press
June 8, 2017
Funding will be used for the most critical needs at six harbors.
Public worries dam removal in Michigan could hurt fisheries
Associated Press
June 2, 2017
Most residents who spoke during a meeting earlier this week worried that removing the dam would open the trout stream’s watershed to a predatory migrating fish invasion or parasitic sea lampreys.
LockFest on Allegheny River helps lower barriers for boaters
Associated Press
May 17, 2017
In addition to learning about safe lockage procedures, attendees received information on safe boating, sharing the river with commercial traffic and the availability of locks on the upper stretches of the river in Armstrong County.
Illinois high school bass fishing finals postponed due to high water at Carlyle Lake
Ralph Loos
May 11, 2017
This year’s sectional round was hit by rain, wind and high water – half of the 22 tournaments were postponed from the original date of May 5 to May 8.
Budget deal calls for releasing Asian carp prevention report
Associated Press
May 3, 2017
The report involves possible upgrades of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Ill., a choke point between the carp-infested Illinois River and Lake Michigan.
Washington state to continue thinning cormorant population to help protect salmon
Associated Press
April 17, 2017
Corps officials say the birds eat up to 11 million juvenile salmon annually.
Star eagle shines, educates in Lake Shelbyville program
Associated Press
March 20, 2017
It was part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ fifth annual “Eagle Day’.”
Plan for Idaho dam water release poses threat to fish
Associated Press
March 7, 2017
Water plunging from the dam’s spillways creates high levels of dissolved gas, which has the potential to harm or kill fish.
