30 Dec 2016

USACE helps exceed the President’s Performance Contracting Challenge

The White House announced Dec. 28 that federal agencies have exceeded its Presidential Performance Contracting Challenge (PPCC) to award $4 billion in energy efficiency contracts by the end of 2016.

30 Dec 2016

USACE helps exceed the President’s Performance Contracting Challenge

The White House announced Dec. 28 that federal agencies have exceeded its Presidential Performance Contracting Challenge (PPCC) to award $4 billion in energy efficiency contracts by the end of 2016.

30 Dec 2016

Six businesses to share environmental remediation support contract

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, awarded a $400 million shared capacity multiple award task order contract to support environmental remediation to four large and two small businesses, Dec. 28.

29 Dec 2016

16-096 Lucky Peak reopens road access to Turner Gulch, Foote Park

BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff at Lucky Peak Dam and Lake restored road access to Turner Gulch and Foote Park recreation areas today, after clearing accumulated snow that prevented vehicle traffic.

29 Dec 2016

HUFFS ISLAND PARK ON ARKANSAS RIVER CLOSED FOR REPAIRS

PINE BLUFF, Ark. - The Army Corps of Engineers' Pine Bluff Site Office is advising the public that Huffs Island Park on the Arkansas River is closed for repairs until further notice.

29 Dec 2016

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks large chamber to close January 17 from 8 a.m. to noon

The large lock will close to all marine traffic for pump plant-related work from 8 a.m. to noon January 17. The small lock will still be available for vessels less than 120 feet in length and 26 feet in width during this period.

29 Dec 2016

Locked Up! Army Corps Lock Operators Battle Bone-Chilling Temps to Quickly Re-open Ohio River Navigation

Bone-chilling winds cut through the crisp December air as operators and mechanics at a downed Ohio River lock scrambled on the early morning of Dec. 12 to isolate a hydraulic line break that shutdown navigation.

29 Dec 2016

CORPS ANNOUNCES JANUARY PROGRAMS AT DEWEY SHORT VISITOR CENTER

BRANSON, Mo. - The Army Corps of Engineers Dewey Short Visitor Center at Table Rock Lake is open Tuesday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during January and February 2017. Beginning March 2017 the center will open be seven days a week, Monday – Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

28 Dec 2016

Pilot Program strengthens partnership between Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Mobile District

As one of the nation’s largest land managers, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) maintains under stewardship many Native American ancestral sites across the country. In an effort to strengthen existing relationships with tribes who have ancestral ties to those lands, USACE Mobile has been working with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to grant access for ancestral exploration. The pilot program, which has been taking shape for more than two years, launched just before the holiday season when members of the Choctaw Historic Preservation and Cultural Services offices joined the USACE Mobile Archaeology team for an ancestral plant gathering along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Dec. 12-16.

28 Dec 2016

16-095 Corps invites comments on draft FONSI for Inkom wastewater project

INKOM, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District invites public comments on a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the City of Inkom, Idaho, Wastewater System Improvements Project. Comments are due to the Corps no later than Monday, January 30, 2017.