Nov 20th, 2009 · Two Asian carp species that could devastate the Great Lakes ecosystem may be a few miles from Lake Michigan. To halt their migration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built an underwater electric fence on a canal 20 miles south of the lake. But tests conducted by David Lodge at Notre Dame indicate that they have gotten close to the lake despite the barrier.
Nov 19th, 2009 · A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for some of the flooding during Hurricane Katrina, and ordered the government to pay more than $700,000 to five plaintiffs. Mark Schleifstein, a reporter at the New Orleans Times-Picayune, says of the 470,000 people who filed claims, about 100,000 are in the two areas where this lawsuit appears to have set a precedent. They will, he says, be able to go back to the court and ask for the case to be turned into a class action.
Nov 19th, 2009 · Five residents and a business have won a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers over flood damages from Hurricane Katrina. A federal judge in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps' shoddy oversight of a navigation channel contributed to massive flooding of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward and neighboring St. Bernard Parish. The case has been watched closely by other Katrina victims seeking compensation from the government.
Nov 18th, 2009 · Flood victims argued the widening of a navigation channel maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers and subsequent loss of protective wetlands turned the channel into a speedway for the hurricane's storm surge. A federal judge in New Orleans agreed and awarded damages of about $720,000 to four people and a business.
Jun 23rd, 2009 · Four years ago, the failure of levees in Louisiana from Hurricane Katrina led authorities to re-evaluate the Herbert Hoover Dike that surrounds Lake Okeechobee in Florida. The results were alarming. Now, in a $1 billion project, the Army Corps of Engineers is strengthening levees that 40,000 residents depend on for safety.
Mar 24th, 2009 · Mayor Ray Nagin tells NPR that levees are "still not where they need to be," which has hurt the city's recovery. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently started work on a canal sometimes called the "hurricane highway" to protect the city from floods, and Nagin says that once it's blocked, New Orleans East will see "an explosion of investors."
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Lt. Gen. Robert Van Antwerp, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, talks with Renee Montage about the emergency response to Hurricane Gustav. The Corps is tracking the water levels and monitoring communication among other federal and state agencies, local levee boards and liaisons with all 13 coastal parishes.
Aug 31st, 2008 · In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has spent much of the past three years strengthening the levee system that Katrina breached — but the project isn't supposed to be finished until 2011. Bob Turner, regional director for flood protection in Southeast Louisiana, talks to host Jacki Lyden about the project.