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  • Planning Army Corps Managed Water Resource Projects

    Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages thousands of water resource projects across the country. The Corps generates hydropower, supplies water to cities and industry, regulates development in navigable waters, restores aquatic ecosystems, assists in national emergencies, provide navigation, flood risk reduction, ecosystem restoration, and is the Nation’s largest provider of recreation. As complicated as many of these sound, each of these missions began as a planning study.

  • High Water Continues at Lake Shelbyville

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Shelbyville is reporting continued high water conditions at the lake. The pool elevation has risen to 10.32 feet above normal summer pool (599.7 feet referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD). The level on Tuesday, June 25 was 610.02 feet NVGD.  The discharge rate was 1750 cubic feet per second (cfs) and the inflow was 4170 cfs.

  • 19-073 Boise River flows to decrease to 1,550 cfs by Friday

    BOISE, Idaho -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to reduce flows through the City of Boise by 600 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Wednesday, June 26, reaching approximately 2,750 cfs by late-morning. They will follow that by decreasing flows by 600 cfs on Thursday and 600 cfs on Friday, reaching 1,550 cfs at the Glenwood gauge on Friday morning.

  • Left Tailrace Campground to reopen

    After closing in May due to high water, the Left Tailrace Campground at Big Bend Project, Fort Thompson, South Dakota,  will reopen on Thursday, June 27th. 

  • Beck takes command of Transatlantic Division

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division held a Change of Command ceremony June 26, 2019, at the Winchester National Guard Armory, as the division’s outgoing commander, Col. Mark C. Quander, relinquished his command to Col. Christopher G. Beck. The change of command – a military tradition that represents a formal transfer of authority from one commanding officer to another – was hosted by Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, the 54th Chief of Engineers and USACE Commanding General.

  • CORPS TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE RIVER RUN WEST PARK

    ASHDOWN, Ark. - The Army Corps of Engineers, Millwood Tri-Lakes Project Office is temporarily closing access to River Run West Park.

  • Willamette Valley Project summer reservoir outlook

    The Corps manages the Willamette Valley Project's 13 dams and reservoirs to work as a system to provide flood risk management, recreation, water quality and supply, and more to the region.

  • City of Burlington, Parks, Recreation and Waterfront seeks Corps permit to place fill to reconstruct bike path

    CONCORD, Mass. – The city of Burlington, Parks, Recreation and Waterfront, is seeking a permit from

  • CORPS POSTPONES BEAVER DAM’S ROUTINE BRIDGE INSPECTION

    ROGERS, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District is postponing the routine bridge inspection for Beaver Dam because of the high lake elevation.

  • 19-072 Corps sets June 27 Lower Monumental 50th Anniversary event schedule

    On Thursday, June 27, Lower Monumental Lock and Dam is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its construction with a commemoration event beginning at 9 a.m. with an open house from 9 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and a ceremony from 10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The public is invited to the day’s festivities marking U.S. Army Corps of Engineers efforts to build the dam, navigation lock, powerhouse, fish ladders and recreation areas. The keynote speaker will be Lt. Col. Christian N. Dietz, Walla Walla District Commander.