Navy Proposes Project to Dredge 4.8-Mile Stretch of Elizabeth River
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By Jack Dorsey, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 20--NORFOLK -- Concerned its deep draft ships are almost dragging bottom along the Elizabeth River en route to area shipyards, the Navy announced Tuesday it wants to dredge part of the river to make the passage safer.
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The Navy considers deploying dozens of trained dolphins and sea lions -- capable of detecting mines and cuffing rogue swimmers -- in Washington state. By the Associated Press.
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Navy considers sending remote-controlled boats to challenge pirates.
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By Bacques, Lisa  A project to expand and deepen the locks on the Industrial Canal is in a holding pattern until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes an environmental impact statement to comply with a court order.  In October 2006, U.S.
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By Roselee Papandrea, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Jan. 31--When the Jacksonville City Council decided earlier this month to fix Dewitt Street, City Manager Kristoff Bauer told the group that Elizabeth Lake's water levels would remain the same.   He was mistaken.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) could be facing more rough waters with its $8.8 billion U.S. Navy contract, as the IT services provider delayed release of its third-quarter results on Monday pending a review of the value of its assets used on the deal.
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By Juliann Vachon  Counties in the tri-state are looking for volunteers willing to get their hands dirty combing the shorelines of the Ohio River for trash and debris in the 2007 River Sweep on June 16.
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By Jotham Sederstrom, Daily News, New York  Feb. 8--Thirteen property owners threatened by the controversial Atlantic  Yards project fired their first legal salvo yesterday, challenging the use of  eminent domain to make way for the 22-acre development.
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 24--CONCORD -- The public comment period ends Friday for residents who want to offer opinions on whether the state should allow Concord and Kannapolis to draw water from the Catawba River basin.
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As many as 8,000 gallons of a toxic solvent spilled into the Ohio River Wednesday after a barge hit an underwater dam, Coast Guard and Illinois state officials told CNN.
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By The News &amp; Observer, Raleigh, N.C. May 26--The state Senate has unwisely passed a bill that permits an unnamed community to use a sea groin experiment to fight inlet erosion. With that in mind, it's appropriate to recall the recent history of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
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By JIM SKEEN\\ Staff Writer  LANCASTER -- Lancaster homeowners could be asked to finance millions of dollars for additional work in a proposed expansion of the sewage treatment plant.
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A 30-mile (48-km) stretch of the lower Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, should reopen to traffic later on Friday after a barge carrying crude oil collided with a bridge and caught fire, said the U.S. Coast Guard.
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By Julie Scharper, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 3--On a hazy spring morning, George Malone steers his johnboat toward the head of the Back River in Essex, passing the twin golden domes of the sewage treatment plant and gliding under the Eastern Avenue bridge.
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By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 21--What started out as a simple dredging proposal to improve navigation at the base of Budd Inlet has turned into a costly need to clean up chemical contamination in the inlet.
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By Joe Baird, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 12--Environmentalists and outfitters are asking the Bureau of Land  Management to shelve a proposed gas drilling project near the White River in  eastern Utah.
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By P.J. Lassek, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 23--An expeditious yet rigid technical review of The Channels, a $788 million proposal to create a 12-mile lake and three linked islands in the Arkansas River, will begin next week.