Environmental Protection and Restoration
Environmental Protection and Restoration, also known as
Ecosystem Restoration and Protection, is one of the primary Civil Works
missions of the Corps, along with navigation and flood control.
The Corps uses an ecosystem approach focusing on protecting and/or restoring
the structures and functions provided by a complete ecosystem. The Corps
focuses on engineering solutions to ecosystem problems more directly associated
with the hydrologic regime. Ecosystem restoration projects may be conducted
under a number of different authorities. Larger more complex projects
are typically conducted under our General
Investigations Program (Section 103 (c) of the Water Resources Development
Act (WRDA) 1986 as amended by Section 210 of WRDA 1996). Smaller projects
may be conducted under our Continuing Authorities Program
to include Project Modifications for Improvement of the Environment (Section
1135, WRDA 1986), Beneficial use of Dredged Material (Section 204, WRDA
1992), and Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration (Section 206, WRDA 1996).
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