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  • William DeRagon Selected as the District's 2018 Distinguished Retiree

    Biologist William DeRagon was recently selected as the District's 2018 Distinguished Retiree.

  • Spring Aboard: Encouraging Boaters to 'Keep Your Edge' This Boating Season

    It may not feel like boating season yet, but boating safety advocates are urging boaters to “Keep

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 19-05 UPCOMING INTERMITTENT DELAYS, DAILY CLOSURE AND WIDTH RESTRICTION

    MKARNS - Starting March 18, mariners will experience intermittent delays of up to 12 hours, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, at Dardanelle Lock and Dam (No. 10) NM 205.5. These delays can be expected through late May.

  • USACE preparing Highway 12 Environmental Impact Statement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Omaha District is beginning work on a supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the Highway 12 road project in Knox County, Nebraska. 

  • 565th FEST rolls out while 553rd gets boots on the ground

    With the current focus on preparing the Expeditionary Task Forces based in selected areas in preparation to deter the Taliban from occupying ground in Afghanistan, the FEST-A team seamlessly transitions.

  • Corps provides update on Lake Okeechobee water releases

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will reduce flows from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie Estuary while maintaining the current release schedule to the Caloosahatchee over the next week. Starting Saturday, March 16, the Corps will maintain the current pulse release to the Caloosahatchee estuary at a 7-day average rate of 1,800 cubic feet per second from the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam (S-79). The Corps will reduce the flows to the St. Lucie estuary down to an average 7-day pulse release of 250 cubic feet per second as measured at the St. Lucie Lock and Dam (S-80). This decision will be reviewed again next week. Additional runoff from rain in the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie basins could occasionally result in flows that exceed one or both targets.

  • Engineers Designing the Future

    Japan Engineer District celebrated Engineer Week differently this year. This year, along with United States Forces Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Defense, hosted the Bilateral Senior Engineer Conference February 20-22 at the New Sanno Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Corps Illinois Waterway Project Offering FREE Boating Safety Classes

    OTTAWA, Illinois - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering five free Illinois Safe Boating classes this year at the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center located at 950 N. 27th Rd in Ottawa, Illinois.

  • Robyn Au selected as Honolulu District Chief Counsel

    Robyn Au has recently been selected to serve as the Honolulu District’s Chief Counsel. Au becomes responsible for a staff of six, as well as the oversight and delivery of legal services for execution of District’s missions, including the military, civil works, environmental and regulatory programs. The Office of Counsel also gives guidance and advice in matters of contract/procurement law, fiscal law, personnel and labor law, ethics, real estate law, and Freedom of Information Act.

  • NR 19-015: Nashville District dams saved $1.72 billion in flood damage

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 5, 2019) – The 10 dams operated by the Corps of Engineers in the Cumberland River Basin performed as designed during the wettest February on record, saving an estimated $1.72 billion in would-be flood damage to the region.