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Levees are a vital part of modern flood risk management. They are part of flood defense systems that may also include flood walls, pumping stations, gates closures, and other associated structures. These elements work together to reduce risk to human life and reduce economic damages from flood events. — USACE extends comment period on draft National Levee Safety Guidelines

'The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today it is extending the comment period on the draft first edition of the National Levee Safety Guidelines to Aug. 31, 2024. The guidelines were developed with stakeholder input under the National Levee Safety Program and released for public review on...'

7/19/2024
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November

20 Nov 2019
Cyber Center of Excellence update
With more than $1.6 billion slated for construction, Fort Gordon now hosts the largest military
18 Nov 2019
Memphis District Dive Team looks for mussels on Florida river
Five members of the Memphis District Dive Team, led by Biologist Mike Thron, spent a week in October searching for two species of threatened and endangered mussels species on the Apalachicola River north of Panama City, Florida.
18 Nov 2019
Key USACE structure to get “facelift”
An indispensable structure at Ensley Engineer Yard known as the stringout is getting a much needed “facelift” over the course of the next few years, and is slated for completion in the spring of 2022.
18 Nov 2019
Norfolk District and young scientists intersect during geotagging event
Students and teachers from Norfolk Christian Lower School geoprocessed data with employees from Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to recognize GIS Day.
15 Nov 2019
New laser at McNary Dam is the latest technology for deterring birds
In an effort to discourage birds from snatching up juvenile salmon below McNary Dam, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Walla Walla District has bought a laser.
15 Nov 2019
Bonneville Dam hosts BPA electricity exhibit and presentation
Visit Bonneville Dam’s Washington Shore visitor center from now through Feb. 2020 to experience Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) High Voltage DC (HVDC) Test Center exhibit. Visit on Nov. 30 at 2:30 p.m. and hear from Libby Burke, Bonneville Power Administration’s library archivist.
14 Nov 2019
Col. Crary receives Korean name at friendship ceremony
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea—The Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance Friendship Association presented a
14 Nov 2019
USACE, Mobile District commanders visit Tampa VA Bed Tower project
The Mobile District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Chief of Engineers celebrated a milestone of sorts when Lieutenant General Todd Semonite visited the James A. Haley V.A. Medical Center Bed Tower site in Tampa, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2019.
12 Nov 2019
Hubbell named Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 12, 2019) – Matthew Hubbell, maintenance mechanic at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cordell Hull Lake Resource Manager’s Office, is the employee of the month for September 2019.
12 Nov 2019
Army Corps dives into the past, for the future
Here’s how the story goes … Decades ago, there was an active U.S. Army post on Governors Island, in the heart of the New York Harbor in New York City. Military families resided on the island and stories exist of children getting into mischief and rolling cannonballs down a hill. Some possibly making it all the way to the water’s edge and splashing into the harbor.

News Releases

27 Mar 2020
Corps of Engineers New England District employee tests positive for COVID-19
CONCORD, Mass. – A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District employee tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in isolation at home per CDC guidelines. Our District leadership has coordinated closely with this individual and healthcare professionals to ensure the strict guidelines set forth by the CDC have been and continue to be met. Individuals who may have come into contact with our employee have already been notified.
27 Mar 2020
Detroit District supporting national response to COVID-19 pandemic
DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has assembled and deployed field assessment teams tasked with evaluating existing facilities in Michigan for the possible conversion into alternate care facilities as part of the nationwide federal, state and local effort to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this planning mission assignment from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), personnel from FEMA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and state and local emergency management and medical personnel are conducting initial and in-depth site assessments at multiple locations as determined by state leadership. The teams are providing assessments to the State of Michigan that deliver information on the possible conversion of existing buildings into alternate care facilities in southeast Michigan.
27 Mar 2020
Corps maintains current releases to Caloosahatchee
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District continues to monitor conditions and will maintain flows from the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam (S-79) to the Caloosahatchee estuary.
27 Mar 2020
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeking design-build capability statements for retrofit of pre-existing buildings and facilities
With emerging space capacity for medical facilities in Hawaii and the Pacific region due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Honolulu District contracting branch is seeking capability statements from construction companies interested in providing design-build construction services for the retrofit of pre-existing buildings and facilities. USACE is requesting capability statements from interested firms located within the State of Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI), American Samoa, and those capable of mobilizing to other areas within the Pacific. Capability statements will be accepted via email only through 10 p.m. (Hawaii Standard Time), Friday March 27, 2020.
26 Mar 2020
Army Corps inspects facilities across DC, Maryland and Pennsylvania for potential care site conversion
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, is performing site inspections across Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia to support a nationwide FEMA mission assignment to convert existing large spaces into alternate care sites to augment COVID-19 response efforts.
26 Mar 2020
Corps of Engineers begins Mississippi River habitat construction project
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has started the first phase of the McGregor Lake Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project to restore habitat within Pool 10 of the Upper Mississippi River.
26 Mar 2020
NR 20-006: Dale Hollow Dam Road closing for repairs to Walker Ridge Road
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 26, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces Dale Hollow Dam Road at the dam in Celina, Tenn., is closing today through April 9, 2020, to repair Walker Ridge Road. The road is in need of stabilization due to a roadside slide related to excessive spring rains and soaked terrain.
25 Mar 2020
Releases lowered at Jamestown, Pipestem reservoirs
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District announced Wednesday that reservoir releases out of Jamestown and Pipestem reservoirs have been reduced to zero.
25 Mar 2020
Corps closes final Platte River breach on the Ames Diking District Levee System
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District closed the final breach along the Platte River Ames Diking District Levee System, approximately four miles southeast of North Bend, Nebraska Wednesday.
25 Mar 2020
Seattle-based U.S. Army Corps of Engineers team to evaluate facilities as alternate-care-sites in Washington
A Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) assessment team will begin evaluating existing facilities for possible conversion into alternate-care-sites in Washington March 26.