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  • Ideal fall-like weather draws visitors to Corps lakes

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 9, 2016) – With the hot days of summer behind us and the cooler weather around the corner, now is a perfect time to enjoy life at a Corps campground.

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

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 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 today. 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 regulator earns top recognition

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Headquarters selected St. Paul District employee and Burnsville, Minnesota, resident Steve Eggers as its 2016 Don Lawyer Regulator of the Year award recipient.

  • Dead Sea Savior

    Once known as the Dead Sea of Elk County, East Branch Lake is having a resurgence of life.

  • Safety alert: Corps construction near The Dalles Dam North Shore boat launch may cause delays

    Access to the North Shore boat launch may be delayed due to construction until the estimated completion in March 2017.

  • Oceanside Harbor dredging update

    Navigational dredging within Oceanside Harbor continued this week with the contractor, CJW Construction, reporting having removed approximately 22,380 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels from September 1 through 7.

  • Public meetings scheduled to discuss Cherry Creek Dam studies

    Three public meetings to provide an update on the status of two studies taking place at Cherry Creek Dam are scheduled for the week of September 20. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host meetings to provide a status update on alternatives under consideration to address risks from extreme storm events associated with Cherry Creek Dam including a study to modify the dam’s water control plan.

  • Missouri Basin runoff below average in August; corps to hold public meetings in early October

    August runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 1.0 million acre feet (MAF),

  • Third highest inflows ever recorded lift Wilson Lake out of five-year slump

    The third highest inflows ever recorded at a river gage upstream of Wilson Lake raised the water level by almost seven feet, helping the lake replenish from the effects of a five-year drought. Heavy rains from a Sept. 2 storm produced inflows at the Saline River gage north of Russell, Kan. of nearly 23,000 cubic feet per second. This brought the lake to 1.28 feet above the normal water level, and one foot above the seasonal water level management plan target.

  • Racing Solo together

    Take a fast ride with Sacramento District’s Josh Garcia and his father Ron at a sports car event in Stockton, California. The younger Garcia is chief of the environmental analysis section of planning for the district. His weekend office is the driver’s seat of the Datsun 510 racecar he and his father built and race together.