New Orleans Levees Need to be Raised 11-ft

Coastal erosion is threatening existing structures at Shell Beach and northern Pismo Beach near San Luis Obispo, California. The Army Corps of Engineers suggests 6 sea walls to protect infrastructure such as two sewage treatment […]

National Geographic has published an article on the New Orleans levee system entitled "New Orleans Levees, Are They Safe?".  The article indicates, as has been reported from other sources, that the levees are now back […]

A forthcoming draft study by the Army Corps of Engineers will hopefully shed light on an ongoing problem of stream bed degradation along the Missouri River. Portions of the river in Kansas City have dropped […]