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  • CORPS BEGINS SPILLWAY RELEASE FROM GREERS FERRY DAM

    HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. -- The Army Corps of Engineers will begin spillway releases April 1 from Greers Ferry Dam as part of the ongoing effort to evacuate water captured during heavy February and March rains.

  • Rough River Lake Dam work to be discussed during public meeting April 18

    Rough River Lake Dam work to be discussed during public meeting April 18ROUGH RIVER LAKE, KY. — The

  • USACE Chief of Engineering and Construction visits Albuquerque District

    Dr. Larry McCallister, SES, chief of Engineering and Construction, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters, had a two-day visit to the District in March 2019.

  • Principal Deputy ASA(CW) visits District

    Ryan Fisher, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, visited the Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, March 28, 2019.

  • Corps communicating with officials; making system adjustments as plains snowmelt continues

    Today, Brig. Gen Peter Helmlinger, commander of the Northwestern Division addressed participants on a regularly held call that provides updates to Congressional, State, Tribal, local officials and the media. The mountain snowpack, which usually peaks around April 15, is still accumulating but at a rate that is considered average. A considerable amount of plains snowmelt is entering Missouri River Mainstem reservoirs in North Dakota and South Dakota. The inflows are primarily in the reservoirs at Oahe Dam and Fort Randall Dam. System releases are being adjusted as a result.

  • Clarification provided for owners of private levees seeking Corps assistance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Emergency Operations Center has received several inquiries from private levee owners. If these levees are not in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) PL84-99 program they are not eligible for USACE rehabilitation assistance. The owners of these levees should work with their County Emergency Management personnel and/or the State Emergency Management to determine if there is assistance available to them.

  • USACE awards $3.8 million services contract for AIWW facilities

    NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a five-year services contract to U.S. Facilities Inc. for operations and maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway’s locks and bridges.

  • Omaha District completes work on Union Dike Levee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District completed work yesterday on the Union Dike break repair project near Valley, Nebraska. The breach repair was finished a day ahead of schedule and provides significant public safety benefits to the local area.

  • Redstone nurse educator talks smart nutrition

    A nurse educator from the Redstone Arsenal Center for Comprehensive Wellness hosted a lunchtime talk with Huntsville Center employees here on the topic of nutrition March 29.

  • TAD HQ and forward deployed task forces rate their jobs as ‘Best places to work’

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division Headquarters and TAD’s Deployed Task Forces were voted “best places to work” across USACE for 2018. The designation came from an unusual source: The employees working in Winchester, Va., and those forward deployed across the Middle East. The BPTW score is calculated based on the percentage of positive responses to questions during the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, taken annually by Federal employees.