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  • CORPS CLOSES OAKLAND SWIM BEACH ON BULL SHOALS LAKE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – The Corps of Engineers, Mountain Home Project Office has closed Oakland swim beach on Bull Shoals Lake until further notice. The temporary closure is the result of higher than acceptable E. coli levels that were found during routine testing conducted by the Arkansas Department of Health. Swimming is not recommended in areas with high bacteria levels.

  • CORPS CLOSES WAVELAND SWIM BEACH ON BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

    HAVANA, Ark. – The Corps of Engineers, Nimrod-Blue Mountain Project Office has closed Waveland Park swim beach on Blue Mountain Lake until further notice. The temporary closure is the result of higher than acceptable E. coli levels that were found during routine testing conducted by the Arkansas Department of Health. Swimming is not recommended in areas with high bacteria levels.

  • USACE Galveston District implements ESRI Operation Dashboard to monitor water levels

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 1, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District implemented the ESRI Operation Dashboard, a geographic information system (GIS) tool, that allows Corps employees, partners and the community to monitor water levels throughout the district’s area of operation along the Texas coast.

  • Army Corps hosts students at dam in Northeastern PA

    PROMPTON, PA (MAY 27, 2015) – High school students learned firsthand the importance of dam safety and emergency response practices during a visit to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Prompton Dam in Northeastern Pennsylvania on May 27. The students are members of the Wallenpaupack High School Emergency Responders Club. The group participated in a tour and mock tabletop exercise simulating a flood event at the dam.

  • Jamestown Dam flood storage nearly evacuated

    Jamestown Dam flood storage is nearly evacuated, with the pool elevation near the summer target of 1431 feet. Pipestem Dam releases will begin today to evacuate flood storage as outlined in the water control manual. Jamestown Dam releases are being decreased from 300 cubic feet per second to 125 cfs today while Pipestem Dam will increase releases to 160 cfs. The combined release will be 285 cfs.

  • Corps offers free fishing clinic at Spearfish Park June 6

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites the public to a family fishing event at Spearfish Park, near Dallesport, Washington, on June 6 from 9 a.m. to noon. The event coincides with the state of Washington’s free fishing weekend and national Get Outdoors Day.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-31 Intermittent Delays Lock & Dam 10 (NM 205.5)

    Dardanelle L&D - Mariners are advised that intermittent delays may be experienced at Dardanelle Lock and Dam (No. 10) NM 205.5, through September 30, 2015.

  • Corps of Engineers announces extended 2016-2017 Columbia River lock system closure beginning December 2016

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to conduct an extended navigation lock outage beginning

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District's Suhail Idriss

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 1, 2015) – Nearly three decades have passed since Suhail Idriss began working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District as a structural engineer. Co-workers have come and gone and technology continues to rapidly change but in the midst of all of these transformations, one thing remains the same - his devotion to civil service.

  • East Branch hosts tabletop exercise

    East Branch Lake hosted a First Responder and Safety Tabletop Exercise at the East Branch Resident Office, May 6.