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  • SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION COMMANDER SIGNS MOBILE HARBOR GRR/SEIS RECORD OF DECISION

    MOBILE, Ala. – On Friday, September 6, 2019 Major General Diana Holland, Commander of the South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Record of Decision for the Mobile Harbor General Reevaluation Report (GRR) with Integrated Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).

  • Army Corps releases final Jennings Randolph Lake Master Plan; includes enhanced recreation and infrastructure framework

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the new Jennings Randolph Lake Master Plan that will serve as a guiding document for decision making at the lake for the next 15 to 25 years.

  • Collaboration and persistence bring South Sacramento Habitat Conservation Plan to life

    How do you preserve the Sacramento region’s agriculture, natural resources, endangered species and critical habitat, while still allowing for the necessary growth of area cities and housing? With dogged determination and working together with area agencies for more than 20 years.

  • BLOG: FED Senior Research Engineer talks chance, challenges and people

    BLOG - By Jay Pak, senior research civil engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East

  • Culvert Operation Underway

    Always ready, always engineering.

  • Bonneville Navigation Lock Temporarily Closed for Repairs

    The Army Corps of Engineers has temporarily closed Bonneville Dam's navigation lock due to issues with the downstream gate.

  • Chittenden Locks large chamber limited to half lockages, small lock closed

    The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks large chamber is limited to half lockages because of a power outage. Maintenance crews are working to restore power and lock wall crews are working to get vessels through as efficiently as possible.

  • USACE Buffalo, Detroit Districts complete 5-year study in Menominee AOC

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo and Detroit Districts, along with Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), and Ecology and Environment, Inc. completed a - five year project from 2014 to 2019 designed to manage invasive species across four riverine islands in the Menominee River.

    The goal of the Menominee River Area of Concern (AOC) Aquatic Plant Control for Rookery Habitat Project was to reduce the abundance of invasive species, so native plant communities can thrive in the future, and protect the rookery.

  • Corps contracting with Harris-Stowe State University to develop recruiting program

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City District and Harris-Stowe State University agreed August 23, 2019, to a $49,000 contract to develop a Contracting Professionals Recruiting Program which will include marketing materials for the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contracting Division. HSSU is a Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in St. Louis, Mo.

  • Vicksburg District Holds Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony, Begins Revetment Season

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District held a “Blessing of the Fleet” ceremony Sept. 4 to commemorate the deployment of the district’s Mat Sinking Unit and the official start of revetment season. The ceremony was held at the Vicksburg District Harbor and included blessings from USACE Chaplain Col. Bradford Baumann, Rev. Sam Godfrey of Christ Episcopal Church and Rev. Carl Young, a crew member on the Mat Sinking Unit. Members of the Memphis District revetment team and representatives of the Mississippi Valley Division were also in attendance. District leadership, including Commander Col. Robert Hilliard and Chief of Operations Julie Vignes, spoke at the ceremony and emphasized the importance of the unit’s work.