A $12.3 billion water infrastructure bill that received final congressional approval Thursday will step up funding for improving ports and deepening sand-choked shipping channels in the Great Lakes region, supporters said.
Five states are moving forward with a lawsuit against the federal government demanding steps to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite recent congressional action, the Michigan attorney general's office said Thursday.
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Six attorneys general in the Great Lakes region called for a multi-state coalition Wednesday that would push the federal government to protect the lakes from invasive species such as ...
Madison, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for public comments on a plan to combat bank erosion on the lower Wisconsin River in hopes of preserving American Indian burial mounds. The corps plans to reinforce ...
By James Briggs In his zeal to stop a proposed high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker made a pitch to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Walker asked for public hearings on an area ...
By Marie Rohde Allegations of irregularities in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ award of a Green Bay project to build a causeway for more than three times the price of the low bidder’s offer are under investigation, according to ...
By Sean Ryan The federal government is offering only a trickle as Milwaukee seeks a flood of money to overhaul a damaged central breakwater protecting downtown and the Lake Michigan port. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which owns and ...