4 Mar 2019

Be better than you were last year with the Commander’s Challenge

Despite an unusually busy start to 2019 for Huntsville Center, Season 3 of the Commander’s Challenge is off and running.

4 Mar 2019

Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management study reaches milestone

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study investigating coastal storm risk management problems and solutions here reached an important milestone last month.

4 Mar 2019

Free public Army Corps permitting sessions offered in Southwest Washington

The Seattle District Regulatory Branch is holding free public information sessions in Southwest Washington this spring. The next session is March 15 in Long Beach, Washington.

4 Mar 2019

Applications Available for Lake Shelbyville Deer Hunt for People with Disabilities and Wounded Warriors

Lake Shelbyville – The 30th Annual Deer Hunt for People with Disabilities, hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Wolf Creek State Park will be held November 22 through November 24, 2019. Applications are available for pickup at the Lake Shelbyville Project Office, online at http://tinyurl.com/LakeShelbyville-Hunting, or mail by contacting the Environmental Stewardship Department at 217-774-3951 Ext. 7049.

2 Mar 2019

Mississippi River Project Offering FREE Boating Safety Classes

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi River Project announces they will be offering multiple opportunities to attend a free boating safety education class. The classes will be held on: April 13th and 27th and May 11th and 18th.

2 Mar 2019

TENN-TOM WATERWAY, BLACK WARRIOR/TOMBIGBEE RIVER LOCK CLOSURE, NAVIGATION OBSTRUCTIONS

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District announces that due to continued heavy rainfall in the northern regions of Alabama and Mississippi, river levels have reached major flood stages, impacting navigation traffic on inland waterway systems. The high water levels have caused the closure of several locks, as well as creating shoal areas obstructing as water levels drop.

1 Mar 2019

Farrenburg Levee cofferdam in good shape, protecting New Madrid from flood waters

On Feb. 26, the Mississippi River Commission toured flood control works in southern Illinois, west Tennessee, and the Missouri Bootheel. The tour included a stop at the Farrenburg Levee Renovation Project site in New Madrid, Missouri, where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has installed a cofferdam. The commission inspected the cofferdam’s integrity and function along with St. Johns Levee and Drainage District representatives, representatives from Senators Blunt and Hawley’s offices, representatives from Congressman Jason Smith’s office, City of New Madrid officials, and representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District. The group’s consensus is the cofferdam is functioning well.

1 Mar 2019

DAY USE AREA CLOSURES AT CARTERS LAKE

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, announced today that select recreational Day Use areas at the Carters Lake Project site have closed due to high waters impacting the region.

1 Mar 2019

Corps of Engineers activates additional Phase II flood fight efforts in areas south of Memphis

The Memphis District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is currently in a Phase II flood fight on the Mississippi River in the Helena area in Arkansas and the Clarksdale area in Mississippi.

1 Mar 2019

Roadwork to temporarily close Petersburg Campground at Thurmond Lake

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Petersburg Campground and Petersburg Bartram Trailhead at Thurmond Lake has