• Key Corps Reform Provisions WRDA 2007
  PowerPoint presentation outlining the corps reforms that became law as part of the Water Resources Development Act on Nov. 13, 2007. The presentation addresses the reforms' scope, limitations and utility for water advocates.
  
  
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  A basic overview of the corps, politics, projects and the growing demand for modernization and restoration.
  
  

• A Citizens’ Guide to the Corps
  An in-depth resource explaining the corps’ civil works and regulatory programs, permitting authority, relationship with Congress, and tips on how to influence the corps’ process each step of the way. The following chapters are complete:
  
  
  • Chapter 1: Inside The Corps: The Corps’ History and Structure
  • Chapter 3: The Regulatory Program: Clean Water Act Section 404 Permits
  • Chapter 4: The Corps and Congress: Project Politics and Funding
  • Chapter 5: The Players: Agencies, States, and Stakeholders
  • Chapter 8: The Media: Strategies to Spread the Word

• Failure to Hold Water (pdf file)
  Economics of the New Lock Project for the Industrial Canal, New Orleans (December 2007)
  
  
• American's Flood Risk is Heating Up (1,300kb pdf file)
  As Temperatures Rise, The Army Corps of Engineers Must Improve the Nation's Flood-Control System to address the challenges of global warming (April 2007)
  
  
• Delaware River Deepening Dumped Again (464kb pdf file)
  This report challenges the most recent Corps economic study for the Delaware River Deepening project, and highlights the project’s environmental threats (March 2007).

• National Academy of Public Administration (5,700kb pdf file)
  Prioritizing America’s Water Resources Investments: Budget Reform for Civil Works Construction Projects at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  (February 2007)
  
  
• An Economic Analysis of Expanding Ohio River Locks (1,100kb pdf file)
  Report highlighting the fiscal and environmental issues as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers explores enlarging the lock system on the Ohio River. (March 2006)
  

• Twice-Cooked Pork (432kb pdf file)
  Report by a coalition of environmental organizations on the flaws in the Corps' Mississippi River Navigation Study (April 2004)
  
  
• Crossroads (3,100kb pdf file)
  Congress, The Corps of Engineers, and the Future of America’s Water Resources (March 2004)
  
  
• Troubled Waters (1,600kb pdf file)
  Congress, the Corps of Engineers, and Wasteful Water Projects (March 2000)

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