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  • 17-095 Corps, WSU, WDFW, law enforcement team-up to encourage safe play at popular river destinations

    POMEROY, Wash. – With summer weather soon to wane, many people flock to riverside recreation areas to bank-up on some outdoor fun in the sun.

  • Chittenden Locks large chamber now open for vessel traffic

    The large lock at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard is now open to all marine traffic following repair of an unexpected hydraulics problem. Mechanics fixed a broken bolt and failed O ring, tested the hydraulic system and put the large lock back in service at 1 p.m. today.

  • Corps announces public meeting for Sunny Isles Beach renourishment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Miami-Dade County and the City of Sunny Isles Beach will host a public meeting August 31 at 6 p.m. for the Sunny Isles Beach renourishment project, part of the Miami-Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project.

  • USACE employee receives 2017 Levee Safety Professional of the Year

    FORT WORTH, Texas – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District Levee Safety Program Manager Brian Brasher, was awarded the 2017 Levee Safety Professional of the Year, Aug. 15 in Fort Worth. The USACE Levee Safety Professional of the Year Award is given annually to one deemed to have had a significant impact on the USACE Levee Safety Program. Brasher is the second recipient of the award and had to compete with numerous USACE employees nationally for the honor.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dedicates new survey vessel serving Baltimore Harbor

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, dedicated its new hydrographic survey vessel, CATLETT, this morning in a ceremony in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

  • 17-094 McNary navigation lock to temporarily close for inspections Aug. 30

    UMATILLA, Ore. – McNary Dam’s navigation lock will be out of service for recreational vessels on Wednesday, Aug. 30. The outage is necessary for critical inspections of the downstream gate that require the lock to remain at its lowest water level, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials at the dam.

  • 17-093 Corps removes public health advisory at Chestnut Recreation Area

    CLARKSTON, Wash. – The Walla Walla District of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is removing public advisories to not swim in or drink shoreline river water near the Chestnut Recreation Area in Clarkston, Washington. Laboratory results received today from water samples taken Monday, showed no indication of high levels of fecal bacteria in shoreline river water.

  • Water willow planting at West Point Lake

     1708-04_Water willow planting at West Point (AMM) PDF Contact: Ben Williams Park Ranger West Point,

  • Chittenden Locks large chamber closed August 24

    The large lock at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard is closed to all marine traffic today due to an unexpected hydraulics problem. Mechanics are working on the problem, but don’t yet have an estimated time when the large lock can be put back in service. The small lock will be available for vessels throughout the large lock closure. Mariners will be notified when the large lock returns to service.

  • Public warned to watch for plague due to rodents

    Some rodents with fleas in Martis Creek Lake Alpine Meadows Campground may pose risk of plague