Corps of Engineers
Americannoun
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The Army Corps of Engineers has identified silted-up chokepoints throughout the greater delta and its tributaries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Army Corps of Engineers cleared nearly 9,700 properties of hazardous items and other fire debris in eight months, one of the fastest cleanups of its size in modern history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Army Corps of Engineers to update this decades-old rule book, Whittlesey said, but until then it must request special permission to store the extra water.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Army Corps of Engineers to release vital water supplies from the dam to make room for winter floods that didn’t come.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
If the Army Corps of Engineers had had its foolish way, I’d have been swimming back to my car now, and I was grateful at least to be spared that.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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