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Corps of Engineers & Facilities Funding - National Outlook

Infrastructure Work Is Better Than A Bailout (Editorial) - The Waterways Journal - 8 December 2008

Europe's Coal Lessons - The Waterways Journal - 5 January 2009

Hydroelectric Power Comes Roaring Back - Charleston Gazette - 2 December 2008

Congress Postpones Stimulus Plan to 09 - Wall Street Journal - 21 November 2008

Money Dries Up for Work on Locks and Dams - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 3 November 2008

A Broken System - Valley News Dispatch - 1 November 2008

Rivers of Green: The new administration must fix locks and dams - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 13 November 2008

Corps Damned If It Dams (Or Dikes) Or Not - Waterways Journal - 21 April 2008

Palmer To Retire From Waterways Council - Waterways Journal - 21 April 2008

Editorial: President's Budget Nauseating, L&Ds Ignored - Waterways Journal - 11 February 2008

Bigger, Safer Lock Opens at Marmet: Barge trip cut - Charleston Gazzette - 23 January 2008

User Fee Proposal in FY 09 Budget? - e-Brief - The Waterways Council - 11.January 2008

River Boaters Wary of Rumored Lock Tolls - Morgantown Dominion Post - 12 January 2008

Study Predicts Costs Of Lock Failures - The Waterways Journal - 19 November 2007

U.S. House And Senate Override President's Veto Of WRDA - The Waterways Journal - 12 November 2007

Ethanol Boom To Change Shipping Patterns, Knoy Tells IRPT - The Waterways Journal - 23 April 2007

SmartRivers 2006 Conference Addresses Maritime Solutions to Highway and Rail Congestion in Europe, US - Transportation Focus - Fall 2006

Reform for the Corps [Editorial] - New York Times - 15 July 2007

Hager Resigns As NWC President - The Waterways Journal - 18 June 2007

Small Vessel Security Summit Report - The Lookout - July/August 2007

Finding Money for Eroding Locks, Dams Difficult - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 8 July 2007

Down By The Rivers: Congress needs to back lock and dam upgrades - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 30 May 2007

Potential For Serious Waterway Problems Growing - Editorial - The Waterways Journal - 18 December 2006

Proposed Corps Budget Numbers For '08 Bleak - Editorial - The Waterways Journal - 26 February 2007

WCI To Honor Byrd With Leadership Award - The Waterways Journal - 26 February 2007

Low Water Levels Start to Affect Mississippi River - Morgantown Dominion Post - 30 August 2006

Port Shipping Strengthens, With Lockages Up In 2005 And First Quarter Of 2006 - The Waterways Journal - 19 June 2006

Despite Katrina It's Time To Finance Waterway Improvement - Editorial - Waterways Journal - 30 January 2006

SmartRivers Symposium Held In Pittsburgh - Waterways Journal - 7 November 2005

Bond Rallies Coalition for WRDA Fight - The Waterways Journal - 19 September 2005

Port Authority working on projects to link modes of transportation - Charleston WV Sunday Gazette-Mail - 4 September 2005

Barge Plans Need Work, Port Authority Decides - Charleston Gazette -9 September 2005