Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers News

"I Got Caught" Wearing My Life Jacket!

DoD News — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:30:00 GMT

Rangers will be on the look out for adults wearing their life jackets when they are in or around water. If an adult is caught wearing their life jacket, we might give them a beach towel, provided by the Corps Foundation, as a reward for wearing their life jacket!

Life Jacket Loaner Station

DoD News — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:43:00 GMT

A life jacket is essential gear near or around water and is used for keeping a person afloat. The Sutton Lake Project received Sea Tow Foundation Life Jackets for the 2020 boating season and built a Life Jacket Loaner Station. The Sutton Lake Life Jacket Loaner Station was placed at Bee Run beach area to be available to anyone needing a life jacket.

Omaha District plays important role in water quality management

Frederick Hoyt — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:57:00 GMT

Whether it is fishing, boating, swimming, or other types of water recreation the benefits of the Omaha District’s water quality management program affect outdoor enthusiasts in positive ways – these benefits even extend to water coming from the faucet.

Know Before You Go - Wear Your Life Jacket

DoD News — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:57:00 GMT

As pandemic restrictions ease and sunshine warms the water, boating enthusiasts are weighing anchor and setting sail at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District’s 16 flood-control project lakes and the 23 pools created by navigation locks and dams.

New Interactive Tools in Support USACE’s Recreation Areas

DoD News — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:45:00 GMT

Through the Natural Resources Management (NRM) support team, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Institute for Water Resources (IWR) with the Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Lab have implemented new interactive Web tools to support USACE’s recreation areas in response to COVID-19 Pandemic.

District park rangers want public to know recreating at Mojave River Dam is not authorized

Brooks O. Hubbard IV — Mon, 25 May 2020 02:52:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES – As COVID19 state and local government shelter-in-place restrictions loosen, local high desert residents may be for sure heading to their favorite watering hole, known to local residents as the “Deep Creek Spillway” this Memorial Day weekend.