Army Corps Of Engineers Runs Glades Restoration, Hurricane Response In Jax; Shitstain Wants To Cancel Its Lease There

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The Trump administration is aiming to terminate its lease on the Florida headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency overseeing a historic effort to restore the Everglades and secure the future drinking water supply across the fast-growing region. The Army Corps’ Jacksonville district also is responsible for hurricane response in the state, among other duties. Jacksonville is among three headquarters for which the Trump administration has plans to terminate the lease, said Michelle Roberts, spokeswoman for the Jacksonville district. The others are Charleston and Chicago, along with two specialty offices and various field offices around the country.

Some 800 of the Army Corps’ 1,140 employees in Florida work in the Jacksonville building, with other employees based in South Florida and at field offices across the state. The Trump administration informed Bradford Allen, a commercial real estate firm that manages the building, in a letter last week that it planned to terminate the lease effective Aug. 31, Roberts told Inside Climate News. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, behind many of the Trump administration’s moves to dismantle agencies, indicated on its website the lease termination would result in a savings of more than $4.3 million.

The development has left the federal agency’s employees in Jacksonville in limbo, Roberts said. Additionally, staffers at other agencies had requested to work in the building as part of the Trump administration’s order that federal employees return to the office and discontinue remote work. A potential move would come near the height of hurricane season. The Army Corps has occupied the building since 2007.

“The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District is aware of the various initiatives related to reshaping the federal workforce and the potential termination of the lease for our building,” she said. “We have not received notification to release any employees at this time or an official directive to move, and thus can’t speculate on any potential impacts. Our commitment to serving the nation and her citizens remains as unwavering as it has for the past 250 years.”

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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032025/trump-aims-to-terminate-army-corps-florida-headquarters/

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1. Republicans don't respect wetlands. Their motto was "drain the swamp"