New federal rules to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands took effect on Friday — but only in some states, including Wisconsin.

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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.

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Environmental groups have sued the Army Corps of Engineers over the agency's use of man-made structures meant to keep the Mississippi River navigable.

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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.

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The U.S Army Corps of Engineers is pitching an ambitious plan to revitalize the most degraded stretch of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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