The Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project (BBCW) is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) that aims to restore the quality, quantity, timing and distribution of water within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem. The purpose of the BBCW project is to rehydrate coastal wetlands and reduce abrupt point-source freshwater discharge to Biscayne Bay and Biscayne National Park that are physiologically stressful to fish and benthic invertebrates in the bay near canal outlets. The BBCW project will restore wetland and estuarine habitats, and divert an average of 59 percent of the annual coastal structure discharge into freshwater and saltwater wetlands instead of direct discharges to Biscayne Bay and Biscayne National Park....
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division delivers infrastructure and engineering solutions that strengthen security, sustain readiness, and reduce disaster risk. Its work is defined not only by what is built but by the qualities that guide every project: readiness, responsiveness, and resilience.
Those qualities show up in the division’s civil works mission across the American Southwest. Reservoirs and levee systems reduce...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the force behind the force, providing mission-critical infrastructure, force protection solutions, and sustainment capabilities that enable U.S. and allied forces to operate, fight, and win in some of the most extreme operational environments on earth.
Through collaboration with U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, Army service components, and international partners, USACE delivers agile,...
Since 1937, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division has delivered the infrastructure that anchors security and resilience. Headquartered in Dallas, the division oversees major civil works and military construction programs that strengthen national infrastructure, drive regional economies, and enable U.S. forces to operate effectively at home and abroad.
The Southwestern Division unites six districts – four in the United...