Emerging Sites - New opportunities for added environmental benefits
The Corps manages a large, diverse, and influential portfolio of water resources infrastructure. The Sustainable Rivers Program works to implement operational changes such that those facilities generate more environmental benefits.
Sustainable Rivers is keenly interested in expansion because working in new places offers opportunities to apply established methods for environmental benefits and to learn about new challenges, which allows the Program to further hone its strategies. The Program actively invites new collaborations, working with team of water managers, operators, scientists, and stakeholders to advance environmental efforts.
2024
In 2024, the SRP budget was decreased by 29%, which limited Sustainable Rivers engagement of new rivers and reservoirs. 23 new rivers were proposed for involvement in the Program. Read More