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  • Dredging to start in Norfolk Harbor inner channels

    NORFOLK, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Cottrell Contracting are set to begin dredging the Norfolk Harbor Inner Channel and channel to Newport News on Saturday.

  • Corps operates Sepulveda Dam during rain storms

    Sepulveda Dam is the western-most of the Corps of Engineers’ dams operated by the Los Angeles District in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area flood control system. The purpose of the project is to collect flood runoff from the uncontrolled drainage areas upstream, store it temporarily and release it into the Los Angeles River at a rate that does not exceed the downstream channel capacity.

  • 36th Annual Clinton Bald Eagle Watch

    Clinton, IA - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi River Project, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Clinton Community College, Clinton Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge will be hosting the 36th Annual Bald Eagle Watch on Saturday, January 4, 2020.

  • Chittenden Locks large chamber resumes full operations

    The Hiram M. Chittenden locks large chamber resumed full operations 4:30 p.m. December 23.

  • USACE coordina con las agencias de Puerto Rico para preservar los artefactos encontrados en el yacimiento arqueológico de Dorado

    El Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército de los Estados Unidos, (USACE por sus siglas en inglés), contrató a la firma Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc (SEARCH) para realizar estudios arqueológicos, en un área identificada dentro de los límites de construcción del proyecto de control in Dorado, Puerto Rico. La metodología y procedimientos propuestos por la firma, para todas las actividades, fue aprobada por el USACE y consultada con la Oficina de Preservación Histórica de Puerto Rico (SHPO) según requerido por la Sección 106 de la Ley Nacional de Preservación Histórica. Los materiales arqueológicos recuperados en las excavaciones del Rio de La Plata incluyen cerámica, líticos y osamentas.

  • USACE coordinates with Puerto Rico agencies to preserve artifacts found at Dorado archeological site

    San Juan, Puerto Rico - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracted Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc, to conduct cultural resources surveys at the site of the Rio de La Plata flood control project in Dorado, Puerto Rico. Methodology for all surveys conducted by SEARCH has been approved by USACE and coordinated with the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Officer in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. In 2018, USACE hired the archaeological research firm to evaluate the archaeological find at the site of the La Plata flood control project in Dorado in order to consider its eligibility and inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). USACE, in coordination with SHPO, determined that the archeological finding is eligible for inclusion in the NRHP and that it will provide important information about the pre-history of Puerto Rico.

  • Corps of Engineers wrapping up work at Tokeland

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, has completed work responding to a request for assistance from the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe to help with the tribe’s efforts to repair a flood risk reduction berm near Tokeland, Washington.

  • Corps schedules Beaver Dam spillway releases

    ROGERS, Ark. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District has scheduled spillway releases from Beaver Dam near Rogers, Arkansas to begin on Dec. 26, 2019.

  • Raystown Lake to open recreation areas for Canada goose hunting season

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Raystown Lake announces the opening of areas to Canada goose

  • TAD’s senior civilian earns Presidential Rank Award

    When President Donald Trump recognized 141 members of the Federal Government’s Senior Executive Service by presenting them with the annual Presidential Rank Award on Dec. 17, 2019, Alvin “Al” Lee, the Transatlantic Division’s Director of Programs and Business, was among the list of 30 recipients earning the “Distinguished Executives” award – one of only four Department of the Army members receiving the recognition. The Presidential Rank Award is the top award a civilian Federal employee can receive.