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  • Alum Creek Lake Named LRD Water Safety Award Winner

    For the past year the ranger and maintenance staff at Alum Creek Lake has continued to set a high standard for water and boating safety education and promotion in the Huntington District. Alum Creek Lake is located in Delaware County, Ohio, north of the City of Columbus between I-71 and US 23. Alum Creek flows south joining Big Walnut Creek, in southeast Columbus, which joins the Scioto River. In addition to Flood Risk Management, Alum Creek Lake supplies water to the metropolitan area of Columbus, Ohio. Other benefits of the lake project are recreation, fish and wildlife management, and downstream water quality. The majority of the lake property is leased to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to operate as a State Park. The Corps of Engineers manages and operates a Visitor Center and the Below Dam Recreation Area, as well as the dam.

  • A growing partnership blossoming in "The Land of the Blue Sky"

    Instructors from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) worked side-by-side with leaders from the Mongolian Ministry of Environment, Green Development, & Tourism (MEGDT) and the Mongolian University of Science & Technology (MUST) April 20-24 as part of a continuing effort to aide Mongolia as they develop their national water resource management strategies.

  • 15-034 Triathlon to affect Lucky Peak Dam area access

    BOISE, Idaho – A community-sponsored triathlon athletic event will be held at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lucky Peak Dam and Lake June 10 through June 13, affecting visitor access to some recreation areas during those days.

  • Local Corps unit sets change of command

    Colonel David A. Caldwell assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, during a formal change of command ceremony on June 8, 2015. Colonel Paul E. Owen, who has commanded the district since September 2012, relinquished command during the event at Castle Williams on Governor’s Island. Colonel Caldwell was commissioned into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1992 upon graduating from Wheaton College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology.

  • Lewis and Clark expedition program scheduled at Tuttle Creek Lake

    MANNHATTAN, Kan.,— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Tuttle Creek Lake invites the public to attend the Lewis and Clark Expedition program on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at 7 p.m. The program will be held at the Roadside Shelter in Tuttle Creek Cove Park. The program is free and no vehicle permits are required. All ages are invited to attend.

  • Corps of Engineers' Harsha Lake rangers seek kids age 8-12 who like nature!

    Batavia, OH.  – The Park Rangers at William H. Harsha Lake are looking for children aged 8-12 who

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-39 Lock 8 Reopened

    Toad Suck Ferry L&D - Toad Suck Ferry Lock (No. 8) NM 155.9 has reopened to Navigation traffic.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-38 Lock 9 Reopened

    Ormond L&D - The Arthur V. Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 has reopened to Navigation traffic.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-37 Locks 5 & 6 Reopened

    MKARNS - The Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock (No. 5) and David D. Terry Lock and Dam (No. 6) have reopened to Navigation traffic.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-36 Lifting of USCG River Closure NM 118-NM 116

    Little Rock - Mariners are advised that the U.S. Coast Guard is lifting the closure on the Arkansas River between Navigation Miles 118.0 and 116.0.