The Rundown And lastly, the GAO assesses the Army Corps’ mitigation of ecosystem losses in its civil works projects. “Moreover, none of the Chief’s Reports that we reviewed provided details on how the Corps determined that the adverse impact on fish and wildlife and ecological resources from the project would be negligible.” – Excerpt from […]
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Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news. He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting for a series on septic system pollution in the United States(2016) and third place for beat reporting in a small market (2014). He received the Sierra Club's Distinguished Service Award in 2018. Brett lives in Seattle, where he hikes the mountains and bakes pies. Contact Brett Walton
