16 Jul 2025

South Farm to host Wood Stork & Wading Bird Event Saturday, August 2, 2025

A Wood Stork & Wading Bird Event will be held on Saturday, August 2nd at the South Farm of the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area Complex.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries would like to invite everyone to view this spectacle.  Wood storks and other wading and shore birds can be viewed in this area as they are drawn to feed in the South Farm’s water management units.

9 Jul 2025

USACE seeks public comments on new NEPA implementing procedures for the Corps Regulatory Program and Section 408 Program

The Department of the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced we are seeking comments on an interim final rule that establishes new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations at Title 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 333 for the USACE Regulatory Program and the USACE Section 408 Program. The interim final rule became effective on July 3, 2025 for Regulatory Program permit applications and Section 408 permission requests submitted to the USACE on or after July 3, 2025. The new USACE NEPA implementing procedures at 33 CFR 333 replace the Corps Regulatory Program’s previous NEPA implementing procedures at 33 CFR 325, appendix B.

2 Jul 2025

IHNC Lock replacement public review, comment periods extended

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has extended the public review and comment period from ending on July 17, 2025, to now end on Sept 2, 2025, for the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock Replacement Draft General Reevaluation Report and integrated Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.