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  • NR 16-025: Lake Barkley annual duck blind drawing Sept. 19

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 13, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is hosting the annual Lake Barkley Duck Blind Drawing Monday, Sept. 19, 2016 at the Barkley Tailwater Shelter. It is adjacent to Barkley Powerhouse at Kuttawa, Ky., in Lyon County.

  • Despite Clouds, Stars Still Shine at Cochiti Star Party

    District staff hosted a star party at Cochiti Lake, N.M., Sept. 3, 2016. Participants were able to see several planets and constellations despite variable cloudiness.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joint team wins GreenGov Presidential Award for Green Innovation

    FORT WORTH, Texas – The Sustainable Tools Integration Team Wednesday was awarded the 2016 GreenGov

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers launches second year of Every Kid in a Park program

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today it will continue its support of President Obama’s initiative Every Kid in a Park pass program, which officially begins its second year. Launched last year, the initiative gives fourth grade students and their families free access to federal lands and waters as well as some state parks for a full school year.

  • Corps of Engineers participates in first-time flood summit in high-risk DC

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives joined more than 150 experts to discuss flooding in our nation’s capital at Gallaudet University, Sept. 8, 2016, marking the first flood summit of its kind in Washington.

  • Public meeting scheduled on Randolph, Nebraska flood risk management feasibility study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the city of Randolph, will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 from 5:30-8p.m. at the City Auditorium, 119 North Main Street in Randolph, Nebraska. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an update on a flood risk management study and gather input on the draft feasibility report and integrated environmental assessment. Comments on the draft report must be received or postmarked by October 12, 2016.

  • Mike Malsom, planning division awarded Planning Associates Program certificate

    U.S. Army Corps Engineers Deputy Commanding Major General Jackson and Senior Executive Service member Theodore Brown awards Michael Malsom with USACE Planning Associates Program certificate of completion in Washington on Aug. 30.

  • Corps of Engineers Announce Changes to Recreation Areas

    CONCORD, Mass. – The Thomaston Dam, Northfield Brook Lake and Black Rock Lake (Thomaston, CT)

  • Knife Gate Valve Replacement at the Re-Regulation Dam

    September 13, 2016, Mark Twain Lake –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Mark Twain Lake would like

  • Greenup Construction—Congressional Visit

    The Greenup Locks and Dam, located on the Ohio River at Greenup, Kentucky, is one of the busiest locks in the Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. But maintenance work closed the main lock chamber since April 15, 2016, while crews removed -- and replaced - the massive miter gates at the downriver end of the lock. That can affect industry, causing barge traffic to slow down on the Ohio River -- and it brought a visit from Congressional representatives from three states -- Bill Johnson from Ohio's 6th District and Evan Jenkins from West Virginia's Third District as well as staff members from Senator Mitch McConnell's and Congressman Hal Rogers' of Kentucky offices.