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  • Corps of Engineers invites public aboard the largest diesel towboat on the Mississippi River

    ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District offers the public two opportunities to tour the largest diesel towboat operating on the Mississippi River. Tours are offered to the public at no cost. Public open houses aboard the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI will take place: • Friday, Aug. 14 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., along the riverfront in Cape Girardeau, Mo. • Saturday, Aug. 15 from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m., along the riverfront in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

  • Jennings Randolph Lake hosts 3-D archery tournament

    In coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jennings Randolph Lake, the Friends of

  • Corps of Engineers plans brief outflow reduction at Orwell Dam

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reducing outflows into the Otter Tail River at Orwell Dam, located southwest of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, to 80 cubic feet per second, or cfs, Wednesday, Aug. 26.

  • NR 15-029: Media invited to tour Motor Vessel Mississippi in Nashville

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 10, 2015) – The media is invited to tour the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI when it is docked at Riverfront in Nashville 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 12. The vessel is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ largest diesel towboat and flagship to the Mississippi River Commission, which is inspecting Corps of Engineers projects along the Cumberland River as part of the commission’s annual low water inspection trip.

  • Pile installation beginning at Chittenden Locks August 17

    SEATTLE – A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor will begin replacing piles at the nearly 100-year-old Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard August 17.

  • Chittenden Locks to close 4 hours August 14

    SEATTLE – The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard will close to all marine traffic 12:30 to 4:30 a.m., August 14 for electrical upgrades.

  • Corps of Engineers re-aligns Regulatory Branch to improve service

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Regulatory Branch has restructured its organization to better serve the public. Seattle District is re-aligning individual regulators with specific regions and counties to better serve the public and placing all technical staff together in one unit to allow for easier collaboration among them and therefore consistency for the regulated public.

  • Missouri River runoff below normal in July

    Runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, for the month of July was 2.7 million acre feet (MAF), 81 percent of normal. The 2015 runoff forecast is 25.0 MAF, 99 percent of normal. Average annual runoff is 25.2 MAF. The total volume of water stored in the Mainstem Reservoir System is currently 61.3 MAF, occupying 5.2 MAF of the 16.3 MAF combined flood control storage zones. System storage peaked on July 9 at 61.9 MAF and is gradually declining. The water currently stored in the annual flood control zone will be released during the remainder of the year to serve navigation, water supply and other downstream purposes and will be completely evacuated prior to the start of next year’s runoff season.

  • Summer Hire students receive firsthand Corps experience

    For Zama High School students Amanda Davis, Logan Perera and Jake Bayardo, working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District means an opportunity to learn logistics, administrative duties and visit construction sites.

  • 15-049 Corps invites public to learn more about upcoming Mill Creek levee maintenance; comments on draft FONSI and EA due Aug. 24

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District (Corps) will host a public meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 12, to provide information and solicit written comments on a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for maintenance to occur along the landward-side of the Corps-managed portion of the Mill Creek Levee System in Walla Walla.