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  • NR 18-004: Expect higher levels, stronger currents on Cumberland River

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 18, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announced today that it expects higher levels and flows along the Cumberland River this week due to releases from Corps dams over the next three days, even though the weather is expected to be dry during this time. The dry weather is allowing the Corps to continue regaining storage in upstream reservoirs. The stage at Nashville will rise approximately four feet from a stage of 31 feet to near 35 feet today and remain elevated through midweek. The flow currently at Nashville is more than 40 million gallons of water per minute.

  • Navigating and maintaining the river

    Navigation is one of the eight authorized purposes of the Missouri River that mandates the Corps of Engineers to manage the navigation channel between Sioux City, Iowa and St. Louis, Missouri. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1945 calls for a 9-foot deep and minimum 300-foot wide channel. Today, the focus of the Corps of Engineers navigation mission is to provide safe, reliable, efficient and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation system for movement of commerce, national security needs and recreation. In order to meet this mission, the Corps focuses on repairs to river structures from damage such as ice, debris, scouring and high water velocity.

  • USACE announces temporary road closure at Main Entrance to Somerville Dam

    FORT WORTH, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues repair and remediation work at

  • 18-017 Corps to celebrate E-Week with “Towering above the Imagination” contests in local Walla Walla, College Place and Pendleton area schools

    WALLA WALLA, Washington – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Walla Walla District will sponsor engineering design competitions at Walla Walla High School, DeSales High School, College Place High School, Pioneer Middle School, Garrison Middle School, Rodgers Middle School, and Pendleton High School to celebrate National Engineers Week (EWeek) February 20-23.

  • 18-016 Dworshak increases flow discharge to 20,000 c.f.s.

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – Discharge flows from Dworshak Dam and Reservoir will be increased today, Feb. 16, 2018, beginning at 11:59 p.m., from approximately 17,000 c.f.s. (cubic feet per second) to about 20,000 c.f.s. to make room in Dworshak Reservoir to meet seasonal flood-risk-management requirements.

  • President's Budget includes over $100 million for Omaha District civil works

    The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 2019) requests $4.785 billion in gross discretionary funding for the civil works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This includes approximately $107 million for civil works projects in the Omaha District which covers parts of Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

  • Corps juggles dam operations, fish survival in the Willamette Valley

    An upcoming Corps construction project at Detroit Lake, Oregon has been generating buzz around the region because of its potential impacts on thousands of Willamette Valley residents. This project, like many U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fish-related projects in the valley, is part of a broader effort to reduce the effects of Corps-operated dams on winter steelhead and spring Chinook salmon. Both species are listed under the Endangered Species Act.

  • HIGHWAY 178 BRIDGE ACROSS BULL SHOALS DAM TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – The Corps of Engineers will close both lanes of Highway 178 across Bull Shoals Dam from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Feb. 28 and March 1, weather permitting, to remove equipment used to refurbish the dam’s tainter gates. However, one lane will reopen at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 until 8 a.m. March 1. Once the remaining equipment is removed, both lanes will be opened.

  • Water Management: An overview of Osage River Basin operations and rainfall events at Harry S. Truman Reservoir

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Runoff in the Missouri River basin was slightly above average in 2017. Increased releases through the fall has allowed the reservoirs to have all flood storage capability ready for the beginning of the 2018 runoff season. Water management teams help guide the decision making process that prepares our system to handle the unexpected. The coordination through the Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in setting releases and storage at the main stem dams in the northern portion of the basin, sets the conditions for our reservoir system on the tributaries that feed into the Missouri River.

  • Public meeting set regarding Marysville Ring Levee 2019 construction

    A public meeting regarding refined construction plans for Phases 2A South and 2C for the Marysville Ring Levee project will be held Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Yuba County Government Center, located at 915 8th Street in Marysville.