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  • 20-051 Corps winter park hours resume in the LC Valley

    Clarkston, Wash. – The park hours at Swallows Park, Chestnut Beach, and the restrooms at the Greenbelt Boat Ramp in Clarkston, Wash., as well as the Confluence parking area of the Lewiston Levee Parkway in Lewiston, Idaho, will switch to winter hours on Oct. 1.

  • USACE Selma Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study Public Meeting, Accepting Public Input

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District invites the public to participate in a virtual public meeting for the Flood Risk Management Study Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment for the Alabama River, at Selma, Ala.

  • Corps to briefly reduce Baldhill Dam outflows for downstream maintenance

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, plans to alter Baldhill Dam outflows at Lake Ashtabula, near Valley City, North Dakota, starting Monday, Sept. 28, to help US Geological Survey technicians perform maintenance on downstream stream gages.

  • Corps, Samaritan's Purse go above and beyond for Laura survivor

    "The day I met Mr. Williams, I was looking for his house and drove past it because I didn't see it; all I saw were trees," Roofing Quality Assurance Specialist George Hayes recalled. "Honestly, I wasn't expecting anyone to be home. So many folks evacuated after the storm, I just figured no one was home. As I got closer to the door, I heard his little dog bark. I yelled, "Is anyone home?" and I saw a movement through the window. The door opened, and he drove his wheelchair out onto the front porch. My heart just sank." At that moment, Hayes knew he needed to go above and beyond to help this man.

  • East Tailrace boat ramp closed Tuesday for repairs

    RIVERDALE, N.D. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that East Tailrace boat ramp at Garrison Dam on the Missouri River will be temporarily closed Tuesday from 11:00am to 3:00pm to conduct repairs to the boat ramp. No releases are scheduled during this time frame. The ramp will reopen to the public at 3:00pm. 

  • Fort Worth District announces travel impacts on Lake Georgetown Dam

    Officials with the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that the embankment road located between Lake Georgetown's Overlook Park and Cedar Breaks Park will be closed temporarily beginning October 1.

  • Corps of Engineers completes Fort Sheridan Great Lakes Fishery, Ecosystem Restoration project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District has completed construction for the final phase of the Fort Sheridan Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration (GLFER) project at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve in unincorporated Lake County, Illinois.

  • Corps announces temporary closure of north jetty ahead of construction repairs

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas– The Galveston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded an Option/additional work in the amount of $8,860,090 on Sept. 3, for additional areas of repair on the North Jetty under the Corpus Christi Ship Channel - Entrance Channel Jetty Repairs contract. This additional awarded work increased the jetty repair contract to $48.3 million. The additional work area will require temporary closure of the north jetty beginning on Oct. 5.

  • USACE Vicksburg District temporarily closes Lake Chicot Pumping Plant bridge

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District will temporarily close the Lake Chicot Pumping Plant bridge, located in Chicot County, Arkansas, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting Sept. 28.

  • Corps proposes Kennebunk River jetties and wing walls repair and maintenance project

     The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing to repair the east and west