US Army Corps of Engineers - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/us-army-corps-of-engineers/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 31 May 2023 16:48:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 US Army Corps of Engineers - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/us-army-corps-of-engineers/ 32 32 103504436 How a Controversial, Little Understood Definition Affects Flooding https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-a-controversial-little-understood-definition-affects-flooding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-a-controversial-little-understood-definition-affects-flooding Wed, 31 May 2023 16:48:02 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=39580 The definition of “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) is changing again thanks to a new ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. It could put half of the nation’s wetlands in peril and that could significantly affect flooding. The Ping-Pong Match over Wetland Protection I first started covering the definition of WOTUS in January of this […]

The post How a Controversial, Little Understood Definition Affects Flooding appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

The post How a Controversial, Little Understood Definition Affects Flooding first appeared on HoustonNewMedia.org.

The post How a Controversial, Little Understood Definition Affects Flooding appeared first on HoustonNewMedia.org.

]]> 606363 Colony Ridge Expanding North Into More Wetlands https://houstonnewmedia.org/colony-ridge-expanding-north-into-more-wetlands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colony-ridge-expanding-north-into-more-wetlands Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:39:51 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=26589 After months of expanding Colony Ridge to the east, the developer is now pushing north. The new area is outlined in red below. US Fish and Wildlife Shows Area Contains Many Wetlands According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the new area contains numerous wetlands. So did the partially developed area below it. Wetlands […]

The post Colony Ridge Expanding North Into More Wetlands appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

The post Colony Ridge Expanding North Into More Wetlands first appeared on HoustonNewMedia.org.

The post Colony Ridge Expanding North Into More Wetlands appeared first on HoustonNewMedia.org.

]]> 133703