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  • 18-0655; Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal

    Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal District proposes to construct: a ramp and piperack over the levee; a dock in the river; and a vehicle approach way that connects the levee crown to the dock in the Mississippi River on the right descending Mississippi River levee in the vicinity of second order levee station 1087+00.

  • Army Corps to draw down reservoirs at Blue Marsh Lake and Francis E. Walter Dam

    PHILADELPHIA, PA (SEPT. 5, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps Engineers Philadelphia District announced it will draw down the reservoirs at Blue Marsh Lake and Francis E. Walter Dam in preparation for significant forecasted rainfall. Blue Marsh Lake is located on the Tulpehocken Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River, about four miles northwest of Reading, Pa. The Francis E. Walter Dam is located near the confluence of Bear Creek and the Lehigh River in White Haven, Pa

  • Army Corps to resume construction on stormwater management system in Margate

    PHILADELPHIA (Sept 5, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps Engineers Philadelphia District announced that construction will resume on the stormwater management system in Margate, N.J.

  • America celebrates innovation at Olmsted dedication

     The threat of rain earlier in the week failed to put a damper on the much anticipated

  • Corps begins final step to complete fish passage in the McKenzie River Watershed

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Cougar Dam sits astride the South Fork of the McKenzie River, approximately 50 miles southeast of Eugene, Oregon. The dam has been blocking fish passage in the river since the Corps built it in the 1960s. Salmon numbers have plummeted in this watershed and, as a result, the Corps has worked to help by improve water temperatures and supply adult fish passage upstream of the dam. However, these actions haven’t addressed moving juvenile fish downstream of the dam – until now.

  • SWD welcomes Brown as new deputy commander

    DALLAS—Col. Kevin S. Brown became the Deputy Commander of the Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, on Aug. 13, 2018. Prior to this assignment, he was the Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Army Engineer School in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

  • Special Deer Hunts

    PIEDMONT, Mo. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Clearwater Lake, is proud to announce that applications are available for our annual mobility impaired deer hunt for non-ambulatory hunters as well as our annual wounded warrior deer hunt for veterans with service related disabilities. Both hunts will take place Nov. 3 and Nov. 4.

  • USACE RESCHEDULES MOBILE HARBOR PUBLIC MEETING

    MOBILE, Ala. – Due to Tropical Storm Gordon, the public meeting concerning the Mobile Harbor Draft General Reevaluation Report with Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft GRR/SEIS) previously scheduled for Sept. 6, 2018 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Mobile Convention Center, located at 1 South Water Street in downtown Mobile.

  • Registration opens for Small Business Forum 2018

    HUNTSVILLE, Alabama--The Small Business Forum 2018 features a general overview of doing business with the Huntsville Center and covers major regulatory changes and upcoming acquisitions, followed by an opportunity for attendees to interact directly with program managers and contracting officials for the Center’s more than 40 programs.

  • ROAD CLOSURE ACROSS BEAVER DAM

    ROGERS, Ark. – Work on Beaver Dam in Carroll County is scheduled to resume on Sept. 18. A section of Arkansas Highway 187 that crosses Beaver Dam is scheduled to be closed for two weeks while crews work on the dam’s intake gate rehab project.