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  • Corps supports rafters, canoeists on Blackwater River with white water releases from Blackwater Dam in Webster, Salisbury

    CONCORD, Mass. – Controlled releases of water are planned by the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers, New

  • New England federal recreation areas to open

    CONCORD, Mass. – Mostrecreation areas at the 31 federal flood risk management reservoirs in

  • Mile Point: New flow-way open to boaters

    A new flow-way is now open in Chicopit Bay on the St. Johns River, and boaters there are helping the Mile Point construction crew by remaining alert in the busy construction area. Restoring the historical flow-way in Chicopit Bay and its connection to the Intracoastal Waterway system is necessary for the Mile Point project, which will improve vessel navigation on the St. Johns River.

  • Avery Park (West) Limited to Day Use and Walk-In Only

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has temporarily limited access to the west portion of Avery Park, to day use and walk-in only.

  • The Dalles Dam Visitor Center and Tours Reopen for Summer

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites guests to visit The Dalles Dam Visitor Center and tour the dam this summer. The Dalles Dam Visitor Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday through Sunday, between May 1 and Memorial Day weekend. After Memorial Day, the center begins daily operations, seven days a week through Labor Day weekend.

  • Officials developing Calumet Township drainage project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with state and local agencies to develop a drainage and sewer project that will improve drainage and reduce flooding within unincorporated Calumet Township between Whitcomb and Marshall streets, north of 41st Avenue and south of Ridge Road.

  • Corps to accept duck blind applications May 1-June 30, 2016

    WALLISVILLE, Texas (April 20, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Wallisville Lake Project Office’s Waterfowl Management Program will accept seasonal duck blind applications May 1- June 30, 2016, for the upcoming 2016-17 waterfowl hunting season. Applicants must apply for the duck blind drawing using the Wallisville Lake Waterfowl Management Program website to complete the 2016-17 duck blind drawing application.

  • Honolulu District Ohana Celebrates 111th Anniversary of Founding With Sunrise Hike to Makapu'u Lighthouse

    Led by Honolulu District Commander Lt. Col. Christopher Crary, District Deputy Commander Maj. Brennan Wallace, and Pacific Ocean Division Command Sgt. Maj. Yolanda Tate, more than 25 District teammates, friends and families and Pacific Ocean Division employees, hiked to Oahu's Makapu'u Lighthouse to view the sunrise on April 15 in celebration of the 111th anniversary of the District’s founding. The Corps’ history in Hawaii and the Pacific began in 1905 when Lt. John Slattery became the District’s first commander. His original mission was to construct lighthouses for navigation, like Makapu’u.

  • 16-020 LoMo navigation lock repairs to temporarily affect navigators, cross-dam drivers

    LoMo navigation lock repairs to temporarily affect navigators, cross-dam drivers – NavLock to temporarily close April 21 for valve repairs – Public traffic may experience crossing delays KAHLOTUS, Wash. – Lower Monumental Dam’s navigation lock will be temporarily out of service April. 21 to allow repair of the lock’s tainter fill valves, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers navigation officials at the Walla Walla District.

  • District to hold Houston Ship Channel Expansion Channel Improvement Project public scoping meeting

    GALVESTON, Texas (April 19, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will host two public scoping meetings May 17 and 19, 2016, to inform the public about the proposed study to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Houston Ship Channel 45-Foot Expansion Channel Improvement Project (HSC ECIP) in Harris and Galveston counties, Texas, which will study the feasibility of improvements to the HSC.