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  • February

    The Western Everglades Restoration Project is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and is cost-shared between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District. The study area covers approximately 1,200 square miles, bounded by the L-1 Canal to the north; the L-2 canal, Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6, and the eastern boundary of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida Reservation to the east; a natural watershed boundary to the west; and portions of U.S. Highway 41, Loop Road, and the southern Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida Reservation area to the south.

    Jacksonville District restarts Western Everglades Restoration Project

    Jacksonville, Fla. (Feb. 24, 2022) –One of the few Everglades restoration projects located in Southwest Florida, the Western Everglades Restoration Project is back with an approved extension and a plan to complete the study in 2023.

  • July

    Contractors work to build a cutoff wall deep in the Herbert Hoover Dike, improving the safety of the people who live and work near Lake Okeechobee.

    HHD Rehabilitation project improves community safety

    It's the safety benefits that make the Herbert Hoover Dike cutoff wall so important to those living around Lake Okeechobee, even if they never actually see it.

  • January

    Jacksonville District hiring senior-level engineers to fill critical positions

    Jacksonville District hiring senior-level engineers to fill critical positions

    Federal government hiring has a reputation for being challenging. Not this time. The Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is cutting through all of that bureaucracy to fill up to 35 critical engineering positions, and plans to do the hiring by the end of March.

  • June

    Afternoon clouds on Lake Okeechobee

    Lake Okeechobee Update for 2020 Rainy Season

    After a drier than normal dry season, Lake Okeechobee operations transition to rainy season without plans for imminent large releases to estuaries.

  • April

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, District deputy commander and senior project manager for the COVID-19 emergency response, Lt. Col. Todd Polk, Corps mechanical engineer, Jason Chapple, and civil engineer, Stephen Dupries brief the Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite on the construction at the Miami Beach Convention Center to convert it to an alternate care facility.

    Corps Starts Construction of 450-Bed Alternate Care Facility at Miami Beach Convention Center

    The governor of Florida and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) commanding general met with county and city leaders in Miami Beach Wednesday to discuss construction of an alternate care facility in the Miami Beach Convention Center. Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, USACE Commanding General and 54th Chief of Engineers, joined Gov. Ron DeSantis, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez and Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber on a tour of the 500,000 square foot facility that the Army Corps of Engineers began transforming into a 450-bed alternate care facility Tuesday.