美国政府问责机构发现，美国陆军工程兵团在过去五年中，有超过50个项目未寻求减轻对环境造成的损害，也未向国会提供详细说明。
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not seek to mitigate environmental damage for more than 50 projects over the past five years and did not provide detailed explanations to Congress, a government watchdog found.
根据美国政府问责机构周三发布的一份报告，在2020年至2025年间，该兵团提交国会审批的74个民用工程项目中，仅有22个项目提出了防止环境损害的措施。
Measures to prevent environmental damage were proposed in only 22 of 74 civil works projects the Corps submitted to Congress for approval from 2020 to 2025, according to a report published Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office.
该问责机构指控称，对于其余52个项目，该兵团认为无需采取此类措施，但未能提供详细的证据说明原因。
The Corps deemed that no such measures were needed for the remaining 52 projects and failed to provide detailed evidence as to why, the watchdog alleges.
通过其民用工程计划，该机构定期致力于改善水上航道以防止洪水，并恢复全国范围内的水生栖息地。根据法律规定，它必须向国会提交详细报告，说明其项目是否需要采取措施，以防止可能对鱼类、野生动物和环境造成的危害。
The agency regularly works to improve water navigation channels to prevent flooding and restore aquatic habitats around the country through its civil works program. It is required by statute to make detailed reports to Congress outlining whether its projects will require measures to prevent possible harm to fish, wildlife and the environment.
报告指出，该兵团的工程师被要求“规划环境缓解措施——即采取行动，避免、减少或补偿鱼类和野生动物可能遭受的损失以及生态资源可能受到的损害”，这些措施可能包括加固河岸或恢复湿地，为鱼类和野生动物创造新的栖息地。
The engineers are expected “to plan for environmental mitigation — that is, to take actions to avoid, minimize, or compensate for expected losses to fish and wildlife and damage to ecological resources,” which could include reinforcing riverbanks or restoring wetland areas to create new habitats for fish and wildlife, according to the report.
如果认为某些项目不会造成危害，工程兵团可以决定不采取保护措施。然而，陆军方面被要求就这些决定向国会提供清晰的解释。
The Corps of Engineers may decide not to undertake conservation measures if it deems certain projects will not cause harm. However, the Army is expected to provide Congress with clear explanations for those decisions.
美国政府问责机构发布的一张图表显示，从2022年到2025年，该兵团决定为野生动物和栖息地保护制定缓解计划的案例急剧减少。例如，在2024年，该机构决定在13个项目中只有一个需要采取环境保护措施。
A chart published by GAO shows a sharp decline in the Corps’ decisions to make mitigation plans for wildlife and habitat protection from 2022 to 2025. In 2024, for example, the agency decided that only one of 13 projects would require measures to safeguard the environment.
美国政府问责机构的图表显示，2025年完全没有制定任何缓解计划。
The GAO’s chart shows zero mitigation plans made in 2025.
在其调查结果中，美国政府问责局（GAO）指控陆军工程兵团未能向国会提供必要细节，以说明其在认定无需采取环境保护措施时做出决策的原因。
In its findings, the GAO alleges that the Corps failed to provide necessary details to Congress demonstrating the reasons behind its decision-making in cases when it deemed no environmental protection measures were needed.
该监督机构表示，在这五年间，发送给国会的绝大多数文件都使用了宽泛而笼统的措辞，未能阐明工程兵团是如何做出相关决定的。
The watchdog said the vast majority of documents sent to Congress during those five years contained broad and general language that failed to clarify how the Corps reached its decisions.
GAO建议陆军为工程兵团制定明确的指导方针，要求其记录决策过程，以便国会和公众能更好地了解相关信息。
The GAO recommended that the Army establish clear guidance for the Corps to document how it reaches decisions to keep Congress and the public better informed.
陆军在9月16日一封由陆军土木工程助理部长代理负责人D·李·福斯格伦签署的信函中，对GAO的建议提出了异议。
The Army disputed the GAO’s recommendations in a Sept. 16 letter signed by D. Lee Forsgren, the senior official performing the duties of the Army’s assistant secretary for civil works.
福斯格伦写道：“我们不同意草案中提出的建议，即认为我们需要为土木工程项目中的缓解措施决策制定更多指导方针。”
“We do not concur with the recommendation in the draft that we need to create more guidance about mitigation decision making on Civil Works projects,” Forsgren wrote.
“美国陆军工程兵团（USACE）编制的水资源项目报告（包括相关的项目负责人报告）已包含足够的技术信息，足以让决策者、公众和资源管理机构了解最终建议中是否包含栖息地缓解措施。”
“The water resources project reports (including associated Chief’s Reports) produced by USACE have sufficient technical information for decision makers and the public and resource agencies to understand when habitat mitigation is or is not included in a final recommendation.”