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  • Holmes Lake pool levels rise

    Heavy rains recently caused pool rises at Holmes Lake (Salt Creek Dam #17). The reservoir is not currently expected to reach its record pool elevation of 1250.0 feet, which occurred on July 24, 1993. Pool elevation forecasts could change depending on future rainfall. The flood control pool begins at 1242.4 feet at which point the reservoir begins making releases over a weir. Current releases are around 80 cubic feet per second. The pool elevation is slowly dropping and will continue to fall as inflows recede and releases over the weir continue.

  • Army Corps awards $3.85 million for electrical upgrades at Dugway Proving Grounds

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $3.85 million contract Sept. 29 to Teehee-Straub Joint Venture of Oceanside to provide electrical upgrades at Dugway Proving Grounds, in Tooele County, Utah.

  • Traffic on Reedy Point Bridge to be reduced to one lane

    PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (October 1, 2014) –- Traffic on the Reedy Point Bridge will be reduced to one lane

  • Corps awards $116K contract to improve visitor amenities at Black Butte Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $116,531 contract to improve access to restroom facilities at Black Butte Lake, the Corps park near Orland. Patterson Taber General Engineering of Marysville was awarded the contract Sept. 30, 2014.

  • Wetlands aren’t always wet!

    Contrary to popular belief, wetlands are not always wet. And there may be a difference between what the Army Corps of Engineers and state and other regulatory agencies consider a wetland.

  • Regulatory takes its show on the road

    For the first time in four years, Regulatory Division traveled Jacksonville District’s territory, from the Florida Panhandle to the Antilles, to offer a full day of information to stakeholders, partners, consultants and the public.

  • Harbor channel maintenance benefits navigation and island treasures

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a $13.4 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill., to perform maintenance dredging of the Tampa Harbor Egmont and Mullet Key channel cuts. The project will beneficially place dredged sand and install geotextile tubes on Egmont Key to help stabilize the beach and protect historic structures.

  • Corps invites public to Missouri River operations meetings

    OMAHA, Neb. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Missouri River Basin Water Management Division will hold five public meetings in late October to discuss the draft 2014-2015 Annual Operating Plan for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System.

  • Impassioned community packs Regulatory public meeting

    More than 250 people – some carrying signs and posters; some wearing shirts expressing their opinions; all of them fervently in favor of or opposed to the project – packed the Charles Turnbull Regional Library well beyond its capacity.

  • Corps makes determination regarding permit application public hearing

    NEW ORLEANS – After evaluating all comments and requests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New