4 Apr 2012

USACE Galveston District awards $1.7 million contract for periodic levee safety inspections

GALVESTON, Texas (April 4, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Bioengineering Arcadis in the amount of $1,718,071.55 for periodic levee safety inspections of six federally-constructed flood control projects within the USACE Galveston District.

21 Mar 2012

Corps continues to monitor rainfall for the Brazos River and San Bernard River flood stages

GALVESTON, Texas (March 21, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District continues to monitor rainfall accumulations for possible changes in flood stages or impacts to Corps facilities including the Brazos River and San Bernard River due to recent heavy rainfall.

15 Mar 2012

USACE Galveston District Public Affairs Office earns Army’s top community relations award

GALVESTON, Texas (March 15, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District captured the Department of the Army’s top public affairs honor, winning first place in the community relations program category of the 2011 Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Public Affairs and Communications Competition.

14 Mar 2012

USACE Galveston District to host proposed offshore wind farm NEPA public scoping meeting

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (March 14, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, will host a National Environmental Policy Act public scoping meeting for the Department of the Army’s Permit Application Environmental Impact Statement March 28 regarding Baryonyx Corporation Inc.’s proposed offshore wind farm.

6 Mar 2012

USACE Galveston District removes debris from Rollover Pass to Galveston Causeway beach renourishment project

GALVESTON, Texas (March 6, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, encountered what is believed to be Hurricane Ike-related debris during maintenance dredging of Rollover Pass to the Galveston Causeway. The debris material was inadvertently deposited at its federally-coordinated beneficial use site at Caplen Beach on Bolivar Peninsula.

21 Feb 2012

USACE Galveston District's Public Affairs Office wins tops honors

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 17, 2012)– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Public Affairs Office captured one first-place award, a second-place award and a third-place award in the 2011 USACE Herbert A. Kassner Public Affairs Competition.

17 Feb 2012

Bragg’s Cut set to open March 1

MATAGORDA COUNTY, Texas (Feb. 17, 2012) – Bragg’s Cut, a new small boat cut constructed between the Old Colorado River and the Diversion Channel, is scheduled to open March 1, 2012, to allow small recreational vessels an alternative to using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston district’s Colorado Locks.

10 Feb 2012

USACE to host public workshops and NEPA scoping meetings in conjunction with Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas, Study

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 10, 2012) –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, and Texas General Land Office along with their regional county partners, are seeking individuals, groups or organizations interested in participating in public workshops for the purpose of gathering ideas for hurricane / tropical storm damage reduction, flood risk management, and ecosystem restoration in Orange, Jefferson, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, and Brazoria counties.

8 Feb 2012

What is a dredging placement area?

Q: What is a placement area (PA)? A: A placement area is a federally-authorized disposal site for dredged material.

6 Feb 2012

USACE Galveston reopens J.J. Mayes Wildlife Trace

WALLISVILLE, Texas (Feb. 6, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, reopened the J.J. Mayes Wildlife Trace at the Wallisville Lake Project Feb. 1, 2012, in Chambers County, Texas.