Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers News Releases

Camp Perry Historic District Landscape Inventory and Viewshed Analysis

Press Operations — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:03:00 GMT

Abstract: The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) established the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), which requires federal agencies to address their cultural resources, defined as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object. NHPA section 110 requires federal agencies to inventory and evaluate their cultural resources. Section 106 requires them to determine the effect of federal undertakings on properties deemed eligible or potentially eligible for the NRHP. Camp Perry Joint Training Center (Camp Perry) is located near Port Clinton, Ohio, and serves as an Ohio Army National Guard (OHARNG) training site. It served as an induction center during federal draft periods and as a prisoner of war camp during World War II. Previous work established boundaries for an historic district and recommended the district eligible for the NRHP. This project in-ventoried and evaluated Camp Perry’s historic cultural landscape and outlined approaches and recommendations for treatment by Camp Perry cultural resources management. Based on the landscape evaluation, recommendations of a historic district boundary change were made based on the small number of contributing resources to aid future Section 106 processes and/or development of a programmatic agreement in consultation with the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

Fort McCoy, Wisconsin Building 550 Maintenance Plan

Press Operations — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 22:39:00 GMT

Abstract: Building 550 (former World War II fire station) is located on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, and was recommended eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2018 (Smith and Adams 2018). The building is currently vacant. It is an intact example of an 800 Series World War II fire station with character-defining features of its period of significance from 1939 to 1946 on its exterior and interior. All buildings, especially historic ones, require regular planned maintenance and repair. The most notable cause of historic building element failure and/or decay is not the fact that the historic building is old, but rather it is caused by incorrect or inappropriate repair and/or basic neglect of the historic building fabric. This document is a maintenance manual compiled with as-is conditions of construction materials of Building 550. The Secretary of Interior Guidelines on rehabilitation and repair per material are discussed to provide the cultural resources manager at Fort McCoy a guide to maintain this historic building. This report satisfies Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 as amended and will help the Fort McCoy Cultural Resources Management office to manage this historic building.

Vicksburg District to reopen Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum June 14 with focus on COVID-19 safety measures

Press Operations — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:22:00 GMT

VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District will reopen the Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum in downtown Vicksburg, Mississippi, and incorporate preventative health measures beginning June 14.

Memorandum of Agreement for historic structures affected by the fish passage near Augusta, Georgia, released for public review

Press Operations — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:59:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, posted a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) today for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project Fish Passage at New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam (NSBLD), Richmond County, Georgia and Aiken County, South Carolina. The MOA is among the Corps, the Georgia and South Carolina State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO), and the Advisory Council on History Preservation (ACHP). The MOA addresses adverse effects to the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam in accordance with 36 CFR Part 800. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. This law requires federal agencies to consider the effects of their actions on historic properties that are listed or meet the criteria for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Vicksburg District to temporarily close Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum

Press Operations — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:17:00 GMT

VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District will temporarily close the Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum in downtown Vicksburg, Mississippi, beginning March 17 at 4 p.m. CDT. The museum’s closure is due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) concern and recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and USACE guidance to avoid large gatherings of people. As of 8 a.m. CDT March 17, 12 COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed in Mississippi.

Civil War Days at Knights Ferry Recreation Area Postponed

Press Operations — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:37:00 GMT

SACRAMENTO, California – Civil War Days at the Knights Ferry Recreation Area is postponed as a

20-005 Mill Creek Channel in Walla Walla worked as designed, says U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials: Walla Walla District Commander cites staff and community partnership, ready to help neighboring communities begin recovering from flooding

Press Operations — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:52:00 GMT

Twenty four years to the day in 1996 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District and Walla Walla engaged in one of the most significant flood fights along the Mill Creek Channel.