Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May.

Following the devastation of Hurricane Helene in fall 2024, Claytor Lake is ready for the summer season thanks to extensive cleanup efforts.

After months of cleanup following Hurricane Helene, Claytor Lake is slated to resume normal operations, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has announced.

For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico.

Engineers working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore say they expect to be able to restore navigation in and out of the port by the end of this month.

A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico’s biggest and most important seaport has started amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit.

A federal agency is examining soil beneath homes in a small suburban St. Louis subdivision to determine if residents are living atop Cold War era nuclear contamination.

In the age-old battle of man versus nature, nature usually wins.

Federal authorities have started removing hazardous materials from the Maui wildfires and laying the groundwork to dispose of burnt cars, buildings and other debris.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has revoked a crucial federal permit for the proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, saying the permit did not comply with the water quality standards set by a sovereign downstream tribe.

Federal officials are delaying a decision on whether to approve an oil pipeline tunnel in a Great Lakes waterway.

Federal officials are pausing a proposal to rename Georgia’s Lake Lanier and Buford Dam, both names that come from onetime Confederate soldiers.

A federal agency has given a Texas oil company approval to repair a pipeline that ruptured a year ago and spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude off the Southern California coast.

The federal government is taking the first step to set up a program that could offer more than $7 billion of loans to repair aging dams across the country.

The condition ratings of thousands of dams across the U.S. remain a secret despite changes to improve the transparency of a national database.

A warehouse in coastal Georgia is holding historical treasures that evidence suggests were lost for more than 240 years.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added a contaminated island on the Columbia River to the Superfund list of toxic waste sites.

The Biden administration's new infrastructure package will pump more funding into two high-profile Great Lakes projects.

Federal and state lawyers will meet next week to negotiate a settlement for money that North Dakota claims it spent policing protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

New Orleans finds itself in the path of Hurricane Ida 16 years to the day after 2005's Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic flooding.

The senators who spent months stitching together a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package are now trying to sell it to the American people.

Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents have asked a federal judge to require detailed monthly status reports while the federal government conducts an extensive environmental review.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that a large earthquake could cause the spillway gates of a dam in Oregon to buckle, resulting "in a potentially catastrophic flood." Hundreds of thousands of people, including those in the state capital of Salem, live downstream of the Detroit Dam. AdA quake in that zone has a 37% probability of happening off Oregon's coast in the next 50 years, according to Chris Goldfinger, an Oregon State University professor and earthquake geologist. In 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a seismic hazard analysis for Detroit Dam, and found the risk to be higher than Corps officials previously thought. Ad“Structural analysis has shown a possibility of the spillway gates buckling under the force of a full reservoir during a large earthquake,” the Corps said in its statement.

But pipeline opponents say the ruling means it is operating with an invalid permit. ENBRIDGE LINE 3Opponents of the Line 3 replacement pipeline in Minnesota are stepping up pressure on Biden. AdPearson said Biden should put the pipeline on hold and make sure a thorough environmental review is done. Enbridge Energy said Biden’s decision on Keystone will have no impact on Line 3 or a similar Line 5 project in Michigan. AdPipeline opponents want Biden to publicly support Michigan Democratic Gov.

The structure on the Des Plaines River is a choke point between the Illinois River, which is infested with the invasive carp, and Lake Michigan. The next step is developing design and engineering specifications, expected to take three to four years and cost about $28.8 million. Under the new agreement, the Corps will pay $18 million and Michigan $8 million. Both states will collaborate with the Corps as it designs the complex mechanism, which will require thousands of pages of drawings. Government agencies, advocacy groups and others have long debated how to prevent them from reaching the Great Lakes, where scientists say they could out-compete native species for food and habitat.

FILE - In this June 29, 2018, file photo, pipeline used to carry crude oil is shown at the Superior, Wis., terminal of Enbridge Energy. A significant permit has been granted to Enbridge's plan to replace its aging Line 3 oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota regulators approved the final permit Monday for Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota, giving the company the green light to begin construction on the $2.6 billion project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the independent Minnesota Public Utilities Commission gave their final approvals last week. The replacement segments in Canada, North Dakota and Wisconsin are already complete, leaving only the 337-mile (542-kilometer) stretch in Minnesota.

On Dec. 3 at 6 p.m., the Wilmington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will hold a virtual public meeting asking for public input on the proposed update to the Philpott Lake Master Plan. The proposed update will provide guidance for the coordinated utilization and management of Philpott Lake’s project lands. An online survey, looking at the Philpott Lake master plan update’s community priorities and preferences, is now open. USACE is asking people to take the time to share their thoughts and concerns to help the planning team with this master plan update. Following the December meeting, a second virtual public meeting, scheduled for May 2021, will facilitate a forum for the discussion of project related interests.

RICHMOND, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reissued permits for a natural gas pipeline project in Virginia and West Virginia nearly two years after a federal appeals court invalidated them. The Roanoke Times reports that the new permits issued on Friday will allow construction to resume on the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s path across nearly 1,000 streams and wetlands. In 2018, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a corps-issued permit violated a West Virginia regulatory requirement that pipeline stream crossings must be completed within 72 hours to limit environmental harm.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska A proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the worlds largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause unavoidable adverse impacts, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a letter to the developer released Monday. The company said the letter is a normal part of the process, and it is working on a mitigation plan. The cops also determined mitigation is required for unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources from discharges along with the transportation corridor and the port site. That amount to 460 acres of wetlands, 231 acres of open water and 55 miles of streams. The companys current mitigation plan includes making sewage treatment upgrades, adding culverts and picking up debris along the beach, he said.

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday turned down a request by the Trump administration and energy industry groups to revive a permit program for new oil and gas pipelines that had been canceled by a lower court. The case originated with a challenge to the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. but has affected oil and gas pipeline proposals across the nation. Backed by numerous states and industry groups, attorneys for the government argued the cancellation would delay construction of pipelines needed to deliver fuel to power plants and other destinations. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an emergency request to block Morris' ruling. They said in a one-page decision that the government, states and industry groups had not demonstrated sufficient harm to their interests to justify reviving the program while the case is still pending.

PHOENIX A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest contract to date to build a section of Trumps signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Republican U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota confirmed the $1.3 billion contract for building the 42-mile section of wall through really tough terrain in the mountains in Arizona. Trump has promised to build 450 miles of wall along the border with Mexico by the end of the year. Democratic members of Congress raised concerns in December after Fisher was awarded a $400 million contract for border wall construction. Environmentalists have also long criticized the border wall, saying it cuts off protected wildlife and destroys important ecosystems.