A five-year plan recently released by the Department of the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reflects the Corps's recognition that it must balance the protection and restoration of the environment against the needs of the shipping industry in its approach to domestic projects. The "Civil Works Strategic Plan" for fiscal years 2004 through 2009 sets forth five goals. As outlined in the document, those goals are "to provide sustainable development and integrated management of the nation's water resources; repair past environmental damage and prevent future environmental losses; ensure that operating projects perform to meet authorized purposes and evolving conditions; reduce vulnerabilities and losses to the nation and the Army from natural and man-made disasters, including terrorism; and be a world-class public engineering organization."
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