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  • Army Corps, DRBC, and New York City DEP hold signing ceremony for study

    Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), and New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP) participated in a signing ceremony on Sept. 17, 2024, at DRBC headquarters in West Trenton, N.J. Leaders signed a feasibility cost-sharing agreement amendment for the Francis E. Walter Dam Re-Evaluation Study.

  • Volunteers needed at Corps of Engineers lakes for National Public Lands Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is enlisting the support of volunteers at its lakes on the Cumberland River and its tributaries in support of the 23rd Annual National Public Lands Day, Sept. 28, 2024. Led by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) in collaboration with USACE and other federal agencies and volunteer organizations, National Public Lands Day highlights the importance of preserving open spaces for education, recreation, and well-being. It occurs every year on the fourth Saturday of September. This year’s theme is “National Public Lands Day: Together for Tomorrow.”

  • Volunteers unearth history at Archaeology Day

    Archaeologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District and the Indiana Division of

  • USACE to host information session for Delaware City Dredged Material Disposal Area Environmental Assessment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host an information session regarding a draft Environmental Assessment on the Delaware City Dredged Material Disposal Area. The event will be held from 6-7 p.m. on September 26, 2024, at the Delaware City Library (250 5th St, Delaware City, DE 19706).

  • U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Board of Directors visits Nashville District projects

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Board of Directors visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District on Sept. 16 to tour key projects, including the Kentucky Lock Addition construction project and the Barkley Power Plant and Dam. The visit aimed to explore opportunities for innovation and collaboration.

  • USACE Vicksburg District announces new Resource Management Chief

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has selected Cheryl Boyd as chief of the Resource Management Division. The Resource Management Division is responsible for all district level financial management activities and offers professional financial advice, guidance, and policy interpretations while ensuring the implementation of procedural controls, processing of reports and meticulous review of delegated fiscal responsibilities. Resource Management encompasses key branches: Finance and Accounting Branch and Budget, Manpower, and Management Branch.

  • State and federal partners encourage public to attend Jefferson City spin-off study public meeting

    Officials will hold a public meeting for the Lower Missouri River Jefferson City spin-off study on September 26, 2024, in Jefferson City, Missouri. The meeting, which will be held by the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, will present all study information up to this point and make sure all stakeholders know the information available regarding what alternatives have federal interest, and what the schedule looks like for the study going forward.

  • Public information meeting to be held for Surf City draft report

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Wilmington District, will host a public information meeting for the recently published draft General Reevaluation Report (GRR) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Surf City Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project, on September 24th at 6 PM at the Surf City Municipal Center (214 W. Florence Way, Hampstead NC 28433).

  • ERDC earns high scores on annual student survey

    This summer, ERDC hosted a record-breaking number of interns at its seven laboratories—544 of them to be exact. Ninety-five percent of the students, interns, and fellows who worked at the organization during Fiscal Year 2024 agreed in an annual student survey that ERDC’s work activities provided a positive learning experience.

  • Army Civil Works announces invitations to apply for dam safety loans; $2 billion in potential federal financing for California

    WASHINGTON (Sept. 13, 2024) – The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today announced the first set of proposals being invited to apply for loans under the new Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP). Eight of the invited applicants are in California and the financing associated with these applications could result in dam safety work on 37 dams throughout the state.