Richard Kaiser

The rain keeps falling in the Midwest, which has seen the wettest year on record. And much of that runoff is bound for the Mississippi River, already in the midst… Read More

The U.S. Army announced 43 promotions and personnel shifts on February 19, including some important shifts within the Corps of Engineers. Maj. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser, the current commanding general… Read More

Members of the National Waterways Conference (NWC) gathered September 12–14 in New Orleans, La., for the group’s 58th annual meeting. The meeting proved quite timely, coinciding locally with New Orleans’… Read More

Illinois is willing to work with the Corps of Engineers on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam Asian carp control project—but it wants to keep talking about the best ways… Read More

The Port of Morgan City, located at the intersection of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and the Atchafalaya River, sits at a prime location for waterborne commerce. Vessels traveling between… Read More

Waterway stakeholders converged on the historic French Quarter in New Orleans, La., March 20–21 for the annual Inland Waterways Conference, which focused on topics ranging from winter/spring high water, economic… Read More

Representatives of the Mississippi Valley Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) gathered in New Orleans, La., February 28 and March 1 for the organization’s 2018 construction roundtable… Read More

The New Orleans Engineer District began opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway last week to divert a portion of the flooding Lower Mississippi River into nearby Lake Pontchartrain and on to… Read More

Record-setting rains in the central and upper Midwest in the third week of February combined with melting snowpack to produce sudden and dramatic flooding across an arc from northern Louisiana… Read More