• Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Rhonda Brown

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 1, 2015) – Sifting through artifacts dating back to the Roman era, discovered while excavating a roadway for a $200 million Army housing project in Wiesbaden, Germany, is the most interesting job assignment Rhonda Brown has overseen during her 21 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • New England District, MassBay sign educational agreement

    Col. Christopher Barron, New England District Commander, entered into an education partnership
  • Releases from Tri-Lakes Dams ramping down

    Releases for all three Tri-Lakes Dams will start ramping down this week as the flood pools continue to be evacuated. Chatfield Dam reduced releases on June 30 from 3,000 to 2,500 cubic feet per second, and on July 1 Cherry Creek Dam will drop releases from 250 cfs to 50 cfs. On July 2, Chatfield Dam will further reduce releases to 1,800 cfs and Bear Creek Dam releases will be reduced from 350 to 225 cfs. Releases will hold steady through the holiday weekend.
  • CORPS REOPENS SWIM BEACH ON LAKE DARDANELLE

    RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Corps of Engineers, Russellville Project Office has announced that Piney Bay swim beach on Lake Dardanelle has been cleared of higher than acceptable E. coli levels. Water samples from the swim beach have been retested and determined that it is safe for public use.
  • Corps Schedules Signing of Partnership Project Agreements

    Vicksburg, Miss…The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District will enter a Partnership Project Agreement with mayors of several Mississippi communities. This signing, to be held at District Headquarters Building on July 2, 2015, is a part of the Mississippi Environmental Infrastructure Program (Section 592) as authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.
  • Charleston Harbor Post-45 Funded for Pre-construction

    Charleston Harbor Post 45 Receives Funding forPre-construction Engineering and Design
  • Charleston Harbor Post 45 Receives Funding for Pre-Construction Engineering and Design Phase

    Charleston, SC- Today, the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Deepening Project received $1.3 million in
  • Turner Visits South Florida

    TURNER VISITS SOUTH FLORIDAStory by John H CampbellThe commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • $3 million Yuba River ecosystem restoration feasibility study begins

    A federal cost-sharing agreement has been approved between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Yuba County Water Agency, the non-federal partner, for a $3 million Yuba River ecosystem restoration feasibility study.
  • Turner visits south Florida

    USACE South Atlantic Division Commander Brig. Gen. David Turner visited ecosystem restoration and flood risk reduction projects in south Florida on June 23-24.