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  • Corps awards contract for dike rehabilitation

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has awarded its second contract over the last 30 days to replace water control structures at Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD) surrounding Lake Okeechobee. The Corps awarded the contract on Friday (Sept. 16) for $27.7 million to Harry Pepper & Associates of Jacksonville, Fla. The contract calls for replacement of Culverts IP-1 (S-292) and IP-2 (S-290) along the Indian Prairie Canal in Glades County northwest of the lake.

  • Huntsville team deploys to support Louisiana Flood Recovery

    The Huntsville Center's Temporary Housing Planning and Response Team deployed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to help with the flood recovery effort there.

  • Temporary bridge closures over Harlan County Dam through May 2017

    REPUBLICAN CITY, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District Harlan County Dam Project Office is alerting the public to intermittent temporary road closures on the bridge over the Harlan County Dam through May 14, 2017.

  • USACE announces looters of Native American sites convicted

    MOBILE, Ala. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District, announced today that after an exhaustive investigation of illegal removal of Native American artifacts by looters from sites on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, several convictions have been made.

  • Vegetation control to begin on Mo. River sandbars between Garrison Dam and Lake Oahe headwaters, N.D.

    During the last week of September and early October, the Corps will conduct vegetation management activities on sandbars in the Mo. River between Garrison Dam and the Hazelton Boat Ramp on Lake Oahe (river miles 1381 to 1278).

  • Lake Okeechobee flows to increase

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will increase flows from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Estuaries starting this weekend. Effective Friday (Sept. 23), the Corps will increase flows to the Caloosahatchee with a target of 4,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) measured at Moore Haven Lock & Dam (S-77) located on the southwest side of the lake. The new target flow for the St. Lucie is 1,800 cfs measured at St. Lucie Lock & Dam (S-80) near Stuart.

  • CORPS SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR LAKE CLEANUP

    ROGERS, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers Beaver Lake Project Office is seeking volunteers to join in and help clean up Beaver Lake during the Annual Beaver Lake Cleanup.

  • CORPS RESTRICTS TRAFFIC IN PRAIRIE CRREEK PARK DURING TRIATHLON

    ROGERS, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Beaver Project Office advise Prairie Creek Park visitors that traffic in and out of the park will be restricted to registered campers and marina patrons from 5:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept 25 while a triathlon is competing in the area.

  • “Missouri Skies” Presentation at Mark Twain Lake

    September 22, 2016, Mark Twain Lake –Dr. Robert Sadler from Culver-Stockton College will give a

  • Army Corps of Engineers waives fees, holds events in observance of National Public Lands Day, Sept. 24

    National Public Lands Day, the largest annual volunteer hands-on restoration activity of its kind, is Saturday, Sept. 24. The Albuquerque District is hosting five events at Abiquiu, Cochiti, Conchas and Santa Rosa lakes in New Mexico and John Martin Reservoir in southern Colorado. Day use fees will be waived.