6 Dec 2016

Mobile District, National Guard team up for emergency management training

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District teamed up with Joint Force

6 Dec 2016

CORPS CONTINUES ONE LANE CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 177 ACROSS NORFORK DAM FOR MAINTENANCE

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – One lane of Highway 177 across Norfork Lake will remain closed through Feb. 28, 2017 to conduct maintenance on the dam’s two power plant penstock gates.

6 Dec 2016

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 7 a.m. Dec. 19 until 7 p.m. Dec. 20, weather permitting, to install equipment needed to refurbish the tainter gates on Bull Shoals Dam.

6 Dec 2016

Public invited to provide input on draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Souris River Joint Water Resource Board, or SRJB, are holding a public meeting to accept comments on the Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project (Mouse River Plan) draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.

6 Dec 2016

Corps in New England explores funding agreement with National Grid to expedite permit applications

Release No. 2016-116   CONCORD, Mass. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District

5 Dec 2016

Serving to make a difference

There are some people we look up to, strive to be like and aspire to set goals that would impress them. Over the past fourteen years, one individual has stood out to the staff at several Kansas lake projects within the Kansas City District. This quiet, thoughtful, intellectual individual has spent numerous hours dedicating his service for the greater good and has made a lasting impression on our team.

5 Dec 2016

District Names Mississippi Valley Division Geotechnical Regional Technical Specialist

VICKSBURG, MISS…The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, recently selected Heather Sibley as a Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) geotechnical regional technical specialist. In this position, Sibley will serve as a regional subject matter expert in the geotechnical engineering community of practice. She will also serve as a leader on complex, non-routine dam and levee safety modifications and geotechnical analyses.

5 Dec 2016

Chesapeake Bay – Stakeholders Gather to Kick-off Planning Process

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.   On November 7, 2016, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District

5 Dec 2016

NR 16-032: Live video feed highlights American Bald Eagles nesting at Dale Hollow Lake

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 5, 2016) – A new online video feed is going “live” Dec. 12 that allows anyone with Internet access or Twin Lakes TV to observe American Bald Eagles nesting, hatching and fledging on the shoreline of Dale Hollow Lake. The public is encouraged to bookmark and visit the site often at www.daleholloweaglecam.com.

5 Dec 2016

Tribal interests represented on Missouri River committee

The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) met here Nov. 15-17 to receive an overview of the Missouri River Recovery Program’s (MRRP) draft Missouri River Recovery Management Plan-Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), scheduled for public release in December, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). Tribes were represented by Dr. Emerson Bullchief, Crow Nation; Dr. Andrea Hunter, Osage Nation; Dr. Kelly Morgan, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; Alan Kelley, Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Elizabeth Wakeman, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe; Reno Red Cloud, Oglala Sioux Tribe; and Shannon Wright, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.