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  • Corps to open Bonnet Carré Spillway

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – Heavy rain in the Mississippi Valley is necessitating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, March 8.

  • 2018 runoff forecast above average; Public meetings to be held April 17-19

    The 2018 runoff forecast in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, is 29.0 million acre feet (MAF), 115 percent of normal according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Missouri River Water Management Division. “The updated forecast increased from last month due to the continued accumulation of mountain and plains snowpack in the upper basin,” said John Remus, Chief of the Missouri River Basin Water Management Division. “Based on the current plains and mountain snowpack, runoff into the Fort Peck and Garrison reservoirs is expected to be above average from March through July,” said Remus.

  • Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Public Meeting

    Lake Shelbyville – On March 20th at 6:00 p.m., the Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance will host a public meeting at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center to discuss the status and upcoming fish habitat projects. Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance (LSFHA) is made up of fishing clubs, individuals, businesses, government agencies, and organizations looking to improve fishery at Lake Shelbyville.

  • Mississippi River flood fight operations update

    Mississippi River flood fight operations updateNEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New

  • Corps continues to tackle ‘difficult to access’ properties

    The Corps is edging closer to completing cleanup of debris on properties affected by the October 2017 wildfires that swept through Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma counties. The cleanup efforts are nearly nonstop; however, like leaving the toughest portions of a jigsaw puzzle for last, so goes the cleanup of what the Corps calls ‘difficult to access’ properties.

  • Corps adds more “last pass” dates for Puerto Rico

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working with local government officials, have set additional dates of the last day debris will be picked up by contractors operating under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s debris mission assignment.

  • Corps to begin snow surveys in preparation for spring melt

    A team with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will begin collecting snow surveys throughout the region March 6 – 12.

  • FED employees tour new facility as relocation nears

    Seoul, South Korea – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District’s highly anticipated move

  • FREE Boating Safety Classes

    Rock Island, IL-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 the following dates: April 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th. Each class will run from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and only one 8 hour class is required to complete your certification.

  • Ribbon Cut on New Medical and Dental Clinic at Cannon Air Force Base

    District representatives joined those who attended the ribbon cutting ceremony on a new medical/dental clinic at Cannon Air Force Base, Feb. 23, 2018.