Fifty years ago this Saturday, Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. The live broadcast of this historic event riveted the nation. To mark th

Recent rains across the Midwest and the South had severe impact in the Missouri River basin and now are putting stress on the Mississippi River’s levee syste...

During 36 years in the U.S. Army, my family and I moved 19 times. But each year, we celebrated Independence Day the same way: with lots of noise. If we were ...

In a previous blog, we cited our colleagues Gen. (ret) Rick Stevens and Col. (ret) John Eisenhauer for their excellent Pipeline and Gas Journal commentary on...

In recent years, major energy projects have encountered either significant delays or been stopped entirely due to permitting issues involving Native American...

Congratulations to our colleague Alex Beehler, the new Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment). In this new position, he is r...

At Dawson & Associates, we’re proud of the remarkable achievements and contributions of our US Army Corps of Engineers alumni.  Collectively, our firm’s memb...

In the FY 2018 Appropriations Conference Report (p. H2470), Congress expressed support for the Corps of Engineers to explore Public-Private Partnerships (P3)...

One of the earliest and finest members of our firm celebrates his 100th birthday today. From 1981 to 1984, Bill Gianelli served as Assistant Secretary of the...

On January 25, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously ruled in Hoopa Valley Tribe v. FERC that California and Oregon waived...

Dawson & Associates is proud to announce that Kamau Sadiki, whose extensive knowledge of federal hydropower policy and operations stems from 38 years in the ...

The Trump Administration’s latest Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rules, proposed last month, are designed to clarify federal control over the nation’s a...

In addition to being quoted in The New York Times, our colleague Gen. (ret) Don Riley was on FOX News in 2017 to discuss Corps operations in Houston after Hu...

Dusky gopher frog On November 27, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of property owners who opposed a Federal government designation of their land...

General Ted and Harriet Stroup at the Aincreville memorial On 20 October 2018, a 100-year commemorative event was held in honor of U.S Army Captain Charles D...

With the election season over, a bit of humor might be an appropriate balm to all the acrimony from the past several weeks. Thirty years ago today was Electi...

When Washington State’s Condit Dam was intentionally breached in 2011, it was at the time the largest U.S. dam ever removed. Recently, the Army Corps of Engi...

Bill Hartwig Last month, Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that the department was planning significant changes in how it would admi...

Major General (Ret) Rick Stevens At Dawson & Associates, our team is our greatest attribute and the primary reason for our clients’ success. Today, we’re hon...

Judge Norton’s decision revives the 2015 WOTUS rule in the 26 states in blue. The Trump Administration’s’ efforts to overturn the Obama Administration’s 2015...