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For the first time ever, the debris vessel SNELL and special purpose vessel CURRITUCK worked in tandem to remove boulders from a federal channel at Narragansett Bay in Connecticut. The SNELL lifted boulders that weighed up to 15 tons from the channel and placed them into the CURRITUCK to be carried away from the channel.
Vessels SNELL and CURRITUCK Remove Boulders in Conn.
For the first time ever, the debris vessel SNELL and special purpose vessel CURRITUCK worked in tandem to remove boulders from a federal channel at Narragansett Bay in Connecticut. The SNELL lifted boulders that weighed up to 15 tons from the channel and placed them into the CURRITUCK to be carried away.

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins releases at Falls and B. Everett Jordan Dams

WILMINGTON, N.C.– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Wilmington District is in Emergency
Published: 10/13/2016

USACE Announces Temporary Closures at W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir

WILMINGON, N.C. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District announces temporary closures
Published: 7/15/2016

Flood Change Operations Approved for John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir

Wilmington, NC-  Water management officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington
Published: 6/10/2016
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Civil engineers Laura Hemming and Rolando Serrano check on the progress of the Maintenance Dredging Morehead City Harbor Range A Project near Morehead City, North Carolina. (USACE photo by Hank Heusinkveld)
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Civil engineers Laura Hemming and Rolando Serrano check on the progress of the Maintenance Dredging Morehead City Harbor Range A Project near Morehead City, North Carolina. (USACE photo by Hank Heusinkveld)
  • Civil engineers Laura Hemming and Rolando Serrano check on the progress of the Maintenance Dredging Morehead City Harbor Range A Project near Morehead City, North Carolina. (USACE photo by Hank Heusinkveld)
  • (L-R) Alvin Lee, USACE South Atlantic Division Programs Director, and James C. Dalton, USACE Chief of Engineering and Construction are briefed on the improvements made by Wilmington District (SAW) at Lock and Dam #1 by Frank Yelverton, SAW biologist. Accompanying Lee and Dalton on the visit of SAW construction projects were (not pictured) Stacey Brown, SAD Deputy Chief, Regional Integration Team, and Wilburt Paynes, SAD Chief of Planning and Policy. (ACE-IT photo by Elizabeth Colunga)
  • Pelicans on Ferry Slip Island prefer grassy, wooded areas for nesting. Managed by North Carolina Audubon and owned by the state of North Carolina, the former Wilmington District dredged material disposal site has developed into some of the last nesting areas for seabirds in southeastern North Carolina. (USACE photo by Hank Heusinkveld)
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