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  • Corps to conduct spillway release from Beaver Dam

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, depending on timing of rain, will be conducting a spillway release from Beaver Dam, at approximately 5 p.m. today.

  • High Water at Lake Shelbyville

    For Immediate Release: 26 May 2020 Release No.: 20-10 High Water at Lake Shelbyville Lake Shelbyville – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Lake Shelbyville has reported high water conditions at the lake. The pool elevation has risen to 11.44 feet above normal summer pool (599.7 feet referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD). The level as of 7 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 was 611.14 feet NVGD and the discharge rate was 2000 cubic feet per second (cfs). Lake Shelbyville is expected to crest on Wednesday, May 27 at 612.0 feet NGVD. This is based on the current discharge rate with no additional precipitation.

  • Shutterbugs invited to submit photos from Great Lakes sites

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, invites the public to participate in their annual photo contest. Entries are now being accepted through 11:59 p.m. June 7 and should feature Great Lakes’ sites such as the Soo Locks, Duluth Ship Canal, piers, breakwaters or federal harbors on the Great Lakes. The top 12 photographers will have their photo included in a 2021 downloadable calendar and the top three photographers, determined by social media vote, will receive a plaque with their winning photo, provided by the Soo Locks Visitors Center Association.

  • Mudslide at Philpott Dam

    Heavy rains on Sunday triggered a significant landslide adjacent to, and downstream of Philpott Dam. This landslide damaged the switch house, the transformers area, and the backup generator infrastructure causing the Dam to temporarily lose power.

  • Corps to conduct spillway release from Bull Shoals Dam

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, depending on timing of rain, will be conducting a spillway release from Bull Shoals Dam, at approximately 4 p.m. today.

  • Honolulu District hydraulic engineer named 2019 USACE Climate Champion Award winner

    Honolulu District’s Jessica Podoski, a hydraulic engineer in the Civil Works Technical Branch, Engineering and Construction Division, is the national U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Climate Champion of 2019 award winner for her work in preparing climate change and resilience studies in the Pacific Region. In a May 12 email announcing the award, Kathleen White, chair of the USACE Headquarters Climate Preparedness & Resilience (CPR) Community of Practice (CoP) said of Podoski that, “…Individually and as team members on other projects, you have demonstrated a high level of professionalism, creativity, innovation, and leadership in incorporating climate preparedness and resilience into your projects, and exemplify the best of the USACE.”

  • Corps to make spillway releases from White River dams

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District intends to make spillway releases from the White River dams.

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

    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.

  • 20-027 Goats coming to graze at Mill Creek

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- A herd of goats will be used to remove weeds and other vegetation growing on levees that border the creek shoreline extending from the Mill Creek diversion dam downstream to the metal division works foot bridge near the Mill Creek Office. They will be arriving this weekend after they complete their work at Lower Monumental Dam.

  • PSA – Army Corps advises public to steer clear of Poplar Island construction zone ahead of Memorial Day Weekend

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, urges boaters in the Chesapeake Bay to steer clear of ongoing construction activities around Poplar Island during the Memorial Day weekend through expected increases in boating activities over the coming weeks and months.