Army Corps of Engineers

News Releases

UPPER MISSISSIPPI PROJECT RETURNS ONLY NICKEL ON THE DOLLAR

Both Barge Traffic and Congestion Continue to Drop as Senate Vote Nears

TAXPAYER & GREEN GROUPS SLAM MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR MISSISSIPPI RIVER PLAN

"Twice Cooked Pork" Report Released

IN BUDGET BUSTING MOVE, CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROPOSES MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOCK EXPANSION

Conservation Groups Oppose Project

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS COMMAND CHANGE – FOR BETTER OR WORSE?

Gen. Flowers Tenure Called "Disastrous;" Replacement an Unknown Quantity

BUSH ADMINISTRATION ZEROES OUT UPPER MISSISSIPPI LOCKS

Army Corps Civil Works Program Slashed

MISSISSIPPI RIVER BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN AGAIN IN 2003

Need for New Locks Fading

NEW NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE REPORT BLASTS CORPS PLAN FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI

NAS Tells Corps to Take Controversial Project Back to the Drawing Board

ARMY CORPS SUED ON MISSISSIPPI BARGE PLAN

Economic Plan on Controversial $2.5 Billion Project Flawed

BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN AGAIN IN 2003

Industry Cites Overcapacity & Slow Growth -- Undercutting Case for Mississippi Lock Expansion

ARMY CORPS ISSUING MORE WETLAND PERMITS WITH LESS REVIEW

A Paper Exercise

White Papers
Count on the CorpsAn Environmental Profile of the Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District (April 1999)
Purporting to regulate and develop responsibly, the Alaska District of the Army Corps of Engineers has violated the Clean Water Act by circumnavigating or breaking its own codes. With seven years of documented cases, such negligence in America's "Last Frontier" has caused environmental destruction, wasted public funds, and ruined careers of responsible public professionals. more >>

Rotten at the CorpsThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Presiding Over the Death of the Florida Keys (January 1997)
The Army Corps of Engineers is presiding over ecosystem destruction in the Florida Keys through a systematic and deliberate dereliction of duty in protecting wetlands from illegal development. more >>

Other PEER Activities
Bias in Corps of Engineers Inland Navigation Traffic Forecasts

Disgraced Former Commander Attacks IG Report as “Slanderous Drivel”

Barge Industry and Corps Sing from the Same Hymnal

Chief of Engineers Declares, I Am Not a “Rogue”

PEER comments on the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) proposed rulemaking