The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the renourishment project at Vilano Beach in St. Johns County, Florida, three months ahead of schedule. The project, which involved adding sand to the shoreline, was finished in December. The next project for the Army Corps will take place at St. Augustine Beach, where 2.5 million cubic yards of sand will be added from Anastasia Island to A Street. This upcoming project is set to begin in February.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Nearly four years after Hurricane Irma and five years after Hurricane Matthew, Congress has allocated $500,000 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin a study of erosion along North Ponte Vedra Beach. Over the last decade, the St. Johns County coastline has been eaten away by those two hurricanes as well as other passing storms and nor’easters. David Ruderman with the Jacksonville District of the Army Corps said they now have the money to start a coastal storm risk management study. “I think it’s about a 2½-mile stretch.”AdThe coastal survey could take up to three years to complete and won’t cost any more than $3 million -- that cost to be split between the Jacksonville District and St. Johns County. Once the cost agreement is signed by both St. Johns County and the Army Corps, the study will get underway.

Jason Morrison/FreeImages.comTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Rejecting arguments of environmental groups, a divided federal appeals court has backed a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to issue a permit sought by the phosphate company Mosaic for expanded mining operations in Florida. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a decision by the Army Corps to issue a permit needed by Mosaic to discharge dredged and fill materials into waterways. "Phosphogypsum is a byproduct not of dredging and filling -- nor even of phosphate mining or beneficiation -- but of fertilizer production. Further, the fertilizer production takes place far from and long after the Corps-permitted discharges." "Production of more phosphogypsum is a clearly foreseeable result of Mosaic's phosphate mining and fertilizer operation.

If the Mojave River Dam fails, it could flood a large area of San Bernardino County in California. Those communities, which include Hesperia, Barstow, Apple Valley and Victorville, could flood if the Mojave River Dam fails, a statement from the agency said. The Mojave River Dam is an un-gated flood control structure built in 1971 that is located at the northern side of the San Bernardino Mountains. In fiscal year 2018, an assessment showed that the dam "could fail should water flow over the top of it," a statement from USACOE said. "The dam has never experienced spillway flow or a flood event that has loaded the dam significantly," Barta said.