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  • Suffolk, Norfolk District secure safe navigation in unique agreement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District began maintenance dredging of the Bennett’s Creek Federal Navigation channel in Suffolk, Va., today

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Receives Unmodified Opinion on Military Construction (MILCON) Funds Fiscal 2018 Financial Statements.

    On Dec. 3, 2018, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was rendered an unmodified opinion on its Military Construction (MILCON) Funds FY 2018 Financial Statements by financial accounting firm KPMG. KPMG’s opinion concluded the Army MILCON Financial Statements are fairly stated in all material respects.

  • Corps’ to complete Baker and Early Counties' first debris pickup Dec. 12, begin second pass Dec. 20

    By Dec. 12, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working with local government officials, will complete

  • Corps steps down releases from Gavins Point Dam to winter release rate

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began reducing Gavins Point releases to the winter release rate on December 2. The releases will be stepped down at a rate of 3,000 cubic feet per second per day until they reach 20,000 cfs on December 11. Releases are expected to remain at or near 20,000 cfs for the remainder of the winter. Gavins Point Dam winter releases normally range between 12,000 and 17,000 cfs.

  • Corps of Engineers says farewell to another navigation season on Upper Mississippi River

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The last tow of the 2018 navigation season departed St. Paul, Minnesota, Nov. 25,

  • Bluestone Dam Final Anchor Ribbon Cutting

    A ceremony to celebrate the installation of the final anchors in the Bluestone Dam on the New River at Hinton, W.Va., took place Dec. 7, 2018. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its Phase 4 contractor are finalizing the installation of 278 high strength steel strand anchors in the spillway and non-overflow monoliths. Nearly 500 total anchors have been installed to date, which help increase the dam’s flood storage capacity. This represents a significant investment to an important piece of West Virginia infrastructure which helps reduce flood hazards to the entire New and Kanawha River valleys, all the way through Charleston and to the Point Pleasant and beyond on the Ohio River. To date, Bluestone Dam has helped reduced flood damages in excess of $5 billion

  • Corps awards contract for Broward County Beach renourishment, public meeting January 9

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a contract on December 6 to Eastman Aggregate Enterprises, LLC of Lake Worth, Florida, for $7,864,770.87, for Contract A of the Broward County Segment III Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Beach Erosion Control Project 2018, Broward County, Florida. A public information meeting is scheduled for January 9.

  • 18-129 Walla Walla District employee deploys to support FEMA debris-management mission in Georgia

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – A natural resource specialist from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Walla Walla District deployed Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, to support Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster-response efforts in Georgia, according to District emergency management officials.

  • Corps Conducts Sediment Source Workshop with Partner Agencies

    GALVESTON, Texas (December 6, 2018) –The US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, partnered with the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM), Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (GoM OCS) Region, Texas General Land Office (TGLO), and the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC), to conduct a GoM sediment resource-offshore infrastructure two-day partnering workshop on November 29 and 30, 2018. The intent was for synchronizing the needs of planning, designing, constructing, and maintaining coastal storm risk management projects, coastal ecosystem restoration projects, and offshore oil and gas infrastructure projects, across the GoM from the long term planning perspective.

  • Corps operates Sepulveda Dam during rain storms

    Sepulveda Dam is the western-most of the Corps of Engineers’ dams, operated by the Los Angeles District in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area flood control system. The purpose of the project is to collect flood runoff from the uncontrolled drainage areas upstream, store it temporarily and release it into the Los Angeles River at a rate that does not exceed the downstream channel capacity.