17 Jun 2005

Contract awarded for Corps of Engineers, other government recreation facility information and reservation service

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 17, 2005 – The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service today announced the award of a contract to provide a single, interagency federal recreation information and reservation service called the National Recreation Reservation Service (NRRS).

3 Jun 2005

Biological Assessment finds Grand Prairie Project unlikely to adversely affect ivory-billed woodpecker

MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 3, 2005 – A Biological Assessment (BA) conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and peer reviewed by external and internal experts has concluded that, “the Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project in Eastern Arkansas is unlikely to adversely affect the ivory-billed woodpecker.”

27 May 2005

Conservationists, state and federal agencies meet on future of woodpecker recovery effort

MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 27, 2005 – Representatives from The Nature Conservancy met in Little Rock May 23 with officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to strengthen a partnership aimed at protecting the recently rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker in eastern Arkansas.

13 May 2005

Corps of Engineers will conduct biological assessment for ivory-billed woodpecker

MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 13, 2005 – The Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a biological assessment for the Grand Prairie Project. The project is designed to protect the Alluvial and Sparta aquifers in Eastern Arkansas.

4 May 2005

Corps of Engineers will work with environmental agencies to protect endangered woodpecker

MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 4, 2005 – Rediscovery of the once-believed-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker comes as welcome news to the Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – especially since the discovery took place on or near wetlands previously managed by the Corps.