DESTRUCTION BY DESIGN:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Continuing 
Assault on America’s Environment

CONTENTS
 (Click on an underlined entry to read those parts
of the document related to Clear Creek)

 

Executive Summary
Introduction
Dubious Decisions and Doubtful Practices
Flood Control Follies

Dubious Dredging: The Big Sunflower River Maintenance Project
Calamitous Channelization: The Case of Clear Creek Texas
Draining the Delta: Yazoo Backwater Pumps

Nasty and Nonsensical Navigation

Enough is Enough: Apalachicola River Maintenance Dredging
A Dubious Decision with Destructive Results: The Jackson Access Channel
and Port Facility
A Lock Without Logic: New Lock and Connecting Channels for the Inner Harbor
Navigation Canal

Multiple Projects, Minimal Analysis

Too Many Projects, Too Much Destruction: White & Cache River Navigation,
Diversion, Irrigation and Water Management Projects

Piecemeal Permitting

Too Many Permits, Too Little Analysis: Mississippi Gulf Coast Casinos
Creating a Disaster Waiting to Happen: Permitting in the
Econlockhatchee River Basin

Conclusions

Recommendations

Endnotes