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    USACE begins construction on Alternate Care Facilities

    Work is being done in support of FEMA-led COVID-19 Pandemic Response NEW YORK— The US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, continues to make significant progress in its efforts to support the FEMA-led response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Nationwide, USACE has received 5 FEMA Mission Assignments (MAs) totaling $357 million, and has more than 250 personnel providing support.
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    Corps is Still Serving the Public

    Although the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District has limited access to the William S. Moorhead Federal Building for employee safety, all 600-plus employees continue to provide vital services to the region.
  • Members of the Norfolk District Alternate-Care-Site planning and assessment team receive there initial guidance while using proper social distancing and disbursing throughout one of the District's training rooms. The team is responsible for evaluating existing building to see if the can be converted to Alternate-Care-Sites, should the need arise from the potential influx of COVID-19 patients.

    Norfolk District teams to evaluate facilities for use as alternate-care-sites in Virginia

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has assembled field assessment teams tasked with evaluating existing facilities for the possible conversion into alternate-care-sites in Virginia.
  • Lake Okeechobee where the water meets the sky

    Corps announces next LOSOM Project Delivery Team Meeting via Web in April

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, announces the next Project Delivery Team (PDT) meeting for the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM), to be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, as an online Web Meeting.
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    MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 20-17 Toad Suck Lock (No.8) Tow Haulage Out of Service

    MKARNS - Tow haulage equipment at Toad Suck Ferry Lock (No. 8) NM 155.9 is out of service.
  • Navigation Notice

    MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 20-16 Scheduled Closures Locks 6 & 3

    MKARNS - The locks identified below will be closed during the specified dates to perform pull tests on the center post receivers.
  • USACE water control managers and civil engineers at the Galveston District with the Houston Project Office inspect an operator on the new water control structures at Barker Dam. The new structures were placed into use on Feb. 14 as part of a multi-year, $75 million dam safety contract that will improve the robustness, redundancies and resiliency of both Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs.

    USACE Galveston District switches over to new outlet control structures

    HOUSTON – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District (USACE Galveston) switched the flow of water at Addicks Dam to new outlet control structures, constructed as part of a $75 million contract awarded to Granite Construction Company to improve and modernize Addicks and Barker Dams. USACE Galveston had already cut over to new outlet control structures at Barker Dam on February 14. The new structures have been under construction since 2015 and will replace the originals built in the 1940s. Completion of the entire contract is expected in summer 2020.
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    20-016 Dworshak Dam postpones opening campgrounds

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dworshak Dam Ranger staff announces that Dent Acres campground, as well as Canyon Creek and Dam View campgrounds will not open for the season in April as planned. Due to minimum staffing and for visitor safety during this COVID-19 outbreak, Dworshak staff has been directed to postpone opening the campgrounds until a later date. At this time, we cannot give a specific date when the campgrounds will open.
  • Lost Creek Lake

    Corps eager for spring rain in the Willamette and Rogue River Basins

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District is refilling its 13 Willamette Valley Project reservoirs and two Rogue River Basin Project reservoirs to prepare for the spring and summer conservation seasons.
  • Tom Novak, is as one of its three Civil Servants of the Year for 2019 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

    Corps of Engineers recognizes Pine Springs, Minnesota, resident

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, selected Tom Novak as one of its three Civil Servants of the Year for 2019.

News Releases

  • USACE begins construction on Alternate Care Facilities

    Work is being done in support of FEMA-led COVID-19 Pandemic Response NEW YORK— The US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, continues to make significant progress in its efforts to support the FEMA-led response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Nationwide, USACE has received 5 FEMA Mission Assignments (MAs) totaling $357 million, and has more than 250 personnel providing support.

  • Corps is Still Serving the Public

    Although the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District has limited access to the William S. Moorhead Federal Building for employee safety, all 600-plus employees continue to provide vital services to the region.

  • Norfolk District teams to evaluate facilities for use as alternate-care-sites in Virginia

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has assembled field assessment teams tasked with evaluating existing facilities for the possible conversion into alternate-care-sites in Virginia.

  • Corps announces next LOSOM Project Delivery Team Meeting via Web in April

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, announces the next Project Delivery Team (PDT) meeting for the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM), to be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, as an online Web Meeting.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 20-17 Toad Suck Lock (No.8) Tow Haulage Out of Service

    MKARNS - Tow haulage equipment at Toad Suck Ferry Lock (No. 8) NM 155.9 is out of service.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 20-16 Scheduled Closures Locks 6 & 3

    MKARNS - The locks identified below will be closed during the specified dates to perform pull tests on the center post receivers.

  • USACE Galveston District switches over to new outlet control structures

    HOUSTON – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District (USACE Galveston) switched the flow of water at Addicks Dam to new outlet control structures, constructed as part of a $75 million contract awarded to Granite Construction Company to improve and modernize Addicks and Barker Dams. USACE Galveston had already cut over to new outlet control structures at Barker Dam on February 14. The new structures have been under construction since 2015 and will replace the originals built in the 1940s. Completion of the entire contract is expected in summer 2020.

  • 20-016 Dworshak Dam postpones opening campgrounds

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dworshak Dam Ranger staff announces that Dent Acres campground, as well as Canyon Creek and Dam View campgrounds will not open for the season in April as planned. Due to minimum staffing and for visitor safety during this COVID-19 outbreak, Dworshak staff has been directed to postpone opening the campgrounds until a later date. At this time, we cannot give a specific date when the campgrounds will open.

  • Corps eager for spring rain in the Willamette and Rogue River Basins

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District is refilling its 13 Willamette Valley Project reservoirs and two Rogue River Basin Project reservoirs to prepare for the spring and summer conservation seasons.

  • Corps of Engineers recognizes Pine Springs, Minnesota, resident

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, selected Tom Novak as one of its three Civil Servants of the Year for 2019.

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Nov. 2, 2023 UPDATED
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Sept. 20, 2023
Army Corps of Engineers waives fees and invites volunteers to participate in National Public Lands Day, Sept. 23
Sept. 18, 2023
Transformational Investments for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program
March 9, 2023
Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan. 4, 2023
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Signs Partnership Agreement with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Nov. 17, 2022
New lifetime pass available for Military Veterans and Gold Star Families to access public lands
Nov. 10, 2022
Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Veterans Day
Oct. 31, 2022
Army Corps of Engineers waives fees and invites volunteers to participate in National Public Lands Day, Sept. 24
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal 2022 Civil Works Appropriations
May 25, 2022 UPDATED
Statement by Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works on the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
March 28, 2022 UPDATED
Army Civil Works Studies, Projects and Programs to Be Accomplished with Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding
Jan. 19, 2022
USACE Memphis District Team deployed to Louisiana in support of FEMA Hurricane Ida relief efforts
Aug. 29, 2021
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works updates Water Resources Development Act of 2020 implementation guidance
July 21, 2021
Developmental position to offer growth, new skills for USACE employee
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,600 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of the USACE birthday, June 16, and Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19. Learn more: https://t.co/NsmH8yghB7 https://t.co/l5bj7hdwmh
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