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  • ONE LANE OF HIGHWAY 178 BRIDGE ACROSS BULL SHOALS DAM TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – The Corps of Engineers will close one lane of Highway 178 across Bull Shoals Dam from 7:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Jan. 8 to remove hatch covers for refurbishment.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin $25.6 million Baltimore Harbor maintenance dredging contract

    Starting this month, crews under contract of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, will begin dredging roughly 2.6 million cubic yards of material from the Baltimore Harbor and Channels navigation project via a $25.6 million contract awarded this past fall.

  • Public scoping meeting scheduled for Intake Diversion Dam fish passage project in Montana

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation will hold a public meeting on Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 6-8 p.m. at the Dawson County High School Auditorium, 900 N. Merrill Avenue, Glendive, Mont. to gather input on the development of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Intake Diversion Dam fish passage project. Comments must be postmarked or received by February 18, 2016.

  • Unstable Ice on Coralville Reservoir

    Iowa City, IA - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning individuals to be careful on frozen lakes. Due to heavy precipitation during the month of December, the Coralville Lake level is currently more than 10 feet above the normal elevation for this time of year. This high water level during the winter is extremely unusual and brings with it some very real hidden dangers.

  • Corps releases plan for restoring project site after new auxiliary spillway completion

    Proposed plans to restore lands disturbed by construction of the new Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway were announced today by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and Central Valley Flood Protection Board in a draft environmental report available for public review and comment.

  • 16-001 Mill Creek Levee paved trail reopens; Phase-1 maintenance work completed

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The paved trail on the north side of the federally managed section of the Mill Creek Levee System reopened to visitors Wednesday, Jan. 6, following the completion of Phase-1 work to remove overgrown vegetation which encroached into the levee’s maintenance-access zone, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced today.

  • Corps begins inspections, repairs to Bona Dea Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

    RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Russellville Site Office advises the public that recent flooding has damaged many bridges at Bona Dea Park and Wildlife Sanctuary.

  • Technical assistance training available to the public for Atlas D Missile Site 4

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, will conduct four training sessions through the Technical Assistance for Public Participation program for the public and Restoration Advisory Board regarding Atlas D Missile Site 4.

  • Lake Shelbyville to Increase Downstream Releases

    As of 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday January 6, 2016 the pool elevation at Lake Shelbyville was 617.37. feet, referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD), with a release of approximately 3,130 cubic feet per second (cfs). The inflow for Wednesday January 6, 2016 was approximately 2,860 day second feet (dsf). With current precipitation on the ground, Lake Shelbyville crested at 617.4 feet NGVD on Tuesday January 5, 2016. With the high pool levels, projected releases will be increased to 3,500 cfs today, 4,000 cfs on Thursday January 7th, and 4,500 cfs on Friday January 8th.

  • USACE Galveston District spotlight on Paulino Hernandez Sandoval

    GALVESTON, Texas (Jan. 6, 2016) – Growing up in Mexico, Paulino Hernandez Sandoval spent his days working in the vineyards to pay for night school. While picking grapes and thinking about what he planned to do with his future, he often paused to notice the busy engineers working on a nearby dam construction project. Interested in what they were doing, he would devote his breaks to talking with the engineers and learning about the field. By the end of the summer he surmised that if they could do it, so could he and thus began his journey to becoming an engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District.