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  • Corps to reduce flows from Lake Okeechobee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has announced plans to reduce flows from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Estuaries over the coming week. The new target flow for the Caloosahatchee Estuary will be a seven-day average of 1,400 cubic feet per second (cfs) as measured at W.P. Franklin Lock (S-79) near Fort Myers. The new target flow for the St. Lucie Estuary will be a seven-day average of 200 cfs as measured at St. Lucie Lock & Dam (S-80) near Stuart.

  • Corps of Engineers asks everyone to practice smart water safety over Memorial Day weekend

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Memorial Day weekend is fast approaching and many families will be heading to area lakes or rivers.

  • Boating Safety Q&As

    Below are some frequently asked questions of the United States Coast Guard about boating.

  • Bonneville Dam rocks on with Geology Day May 23

    Bonneville Lock and Dam invites future geologists and their families to Geology Day, May 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bradford Island Visitor Center.

  • Enjoy America’s Waterways, Play It Safe and Return Home Alive

    Before you head out for a day on or near the water this Memorial Day weekend, the Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers encourages you to make sure you have life jackets for everyone and that they are worn.

  • Corps to issue draft Rogue water management plan for public review

    The Corps will issue its draft Rogue Basin summer water management plan next week for public review and comment.

  • Turning Plans Into Progress On The Big Muddy

    Near Missouri River mile 282 you can see progress of a new side-channel chute. This project is the

  • Notice of Availability for Lease of Agricultural Land at Upper Yazoo Project

    VICKSBURG, Miss…The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District will lease an agricultural tract in the Upper Yazoo Project Mitigation, Tract No. 401, in Washington County. This tract of real property to be leased for crops contains 273 acres in two sections.

  • Jared Gartman selected as Emergency Management Accreditation Program Commissioner

    VICKSBURG, Miss., May 19, 2015 -- Jared Gartman, Chief of Readiness and Contingency Operations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division, was selected to serve as an Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) Commissioner, as the Federal Agency Representative to the Commission. EMAP’s mission fosters excellence and accountability in emergency management and homeland security programs, by establishing credible standards applied in a peer review accreditation process.

  • Beech Fork Lake to Offer Public Tours May 29

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va – As part of the celebration of National Dam Safety Awareness Day, Beech Fork Dam will offer tours of the dam to the public on May 29, 2015, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.