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May 7, 2009
Even if the last few inches of the drop in water levels in the upper Great Lakes is the result of a capricious Mother Nature and even if a new study making that allegation is valid, there is still good reason to plug the so-called hole in the St. Clair River near Detroit. The U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers needs to start looking at ways to restore the water that has been lost, regardless of the cause.
Army Corps earlier said process was completed
Apr 23, 2009
Mar 23, 2009
By John Flesher
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Governor Jennifer Granholm's proposal to hand over protection of Michigan wetlands to the federal government comes as critics in Congress and elsewhere say federal agencies are falling down on the job.
Mar 12, 2009
The Army Corps of Engineers is close to finalizing plans to tie the West Bank hurricane protection system into the Mississippi River levee, the last link in a 66-mile chain of levees and floodwalls protecting parts of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Charles parishes.
Mar 11, 2009
Michigan state lawmakers and Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) are promoting legislation that would hand wetland permitting responsibilities back to the federal government amid deepening state budget problems.
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Wednesday ordered his administration to change how government contracts are awarded to private businesses, saying he intended to reverse some practices of the Bush administration and do away with no-bid contracts that have cost billions and led to corruption investigations.
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