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  • Environmental Scoping Opens Through Oct. 3, 2017 for Port of Coos Bay’s Proposed Channel Modification

    PORTLAND, Ore. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is opening a public scoping phase in the preparation of a comprehensive environmental impact statement to evaluate the effects of the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay’s proposed modifications to the Federal Navigation Channel.

  • Boaters "Sweep Up" Cochiti Lake

    Forty volunteers participated in the first “Cochiti Sweep,” at Cochiti Lake, NM, removing 10 tires and about 1,400 pounds of trash, Aug. 12, 2017.

  • From park ranger to chief of Operations Division, Dianne Edwardson retires with 35 years of service to our nation

    When Dianne Edwardson started her career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1982, she was one of only three female park rangers. On Aug. 19, 2017, she retired as chief of Operations Division for one of the largest districts across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: the Baltimore District.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Extends Comment Period on the Proposed Water Supply Rule

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has extended the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking on the use of USACE reservoir projects for domestic, municipal, and industrial water supply that was originally published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2016. USACE has extended the comment period from August 18, 2017, to November 16, 2017. USACE will publish a notice of the extension in the Federal Register early in the week beginning August 21.

  • 17-091 Corps, county levee managers discuss West Richland Levee risk

    WEST RICHLAND, Wash. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers levee safety officials and levee managers from Benton County Diking District No. 1 met Wednesday with West Richland city official to inform them of a recent Corps screening-level risk assessment of the West Richland Levee on the Yakima River.

  • Corps employee nearing half-century of service

    Calvin Foster is the Southern Operations Area Manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District. He will turn 66 in September and has served more than four-and-a-half decades, but he's not quite ready to be done yet.

  • Zebra Mussels found in Tuttle Creek Reservoir

    MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Tuttle Creek Reservoir. The reservoir encompasses areas in Riley, Pottawatomie and Marshall counties. An alert fisherman found a rock with one adult zebra mussel attached and reported it to KDWPT staff at the Tuttle Creek State Park office. A subsequent search by KDWPT fisheries staff verified the presence of additional zebra mussels. Twenty-nine Kansas lakes are now confirmed to have zebra mussels. Other reservoirs in northeast Kansas with zebra mussel infestations include Milford, Clinton, Perry, Pomona, John Redmond and Melvern lakes.

  • Raystown Lake sold out of $10 “America the Beautiful” Senior Passes

    RAYSTOWN LAKE, Pennsylvania– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Raystown Lake has sold out of $10

  • Water and foot traffic prohibited during Boardman River project construction

    DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, advises that all water and foot

  • Hoover attends Invasive Species Summit

    VICKSBURG, Miss. (Aug. 16, 2017) -- Dr. Jan Hoover of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and