• READY to go REMOTE?! Seeking Program Analyst for the Water Resources Center

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  • Stockton Lake officials to temporarily limit access to Hawker Point campground and boat ramp

    Officials will be closing the boat ramp and encouraging the public to limit access at the Hawker Point campground from March 18 to March 29, 2024. The boat ramp will be closed while lake staff and the Missouri Department of Conservation complete their annual fish habitat project. The campground will remain open, but Stockton Lake staff are encouraging the public to reduce road traffic at the campground while the project is ongoing.
  • Mobile District launches fish tagging study in Lower Alabama River

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District announces the commencement of a comprehensive fish tagging study in the lower Alabama River. This initiative aims to understand the movement patterns of fish through the locks and dams in the region, particularly during spring migration.
  • ERDC team helps preserve history for Colorado’s Burgess-Capps Cabin

    With the help of an interdisciplinary team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the U.S. Air Force Academy Cultural Resources Management Office has plans for future rehabilitation and preservation of the historic Burgess-Capps Cabin in Colorado, keeping it standing for years to come.
  • Dale Hollow Dam Road closing for scheduled maintenance

    CELINA, Tenn. (March 1, 2024) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces Dale Hollow Dam Road is closing to all traffic across the dam 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 5 through Monday March 11, 2024, for preventative maintenance on and around the roadway. The dates are subject to change based on contractor schedule.
  • Corps releases for review the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Reach A, Morganza to the Gulf Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District released today the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (DPEA #598) for the Reach A, Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Project, Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico (MTG), Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana for public review and comment.
  • Former Allatoona Ranger wins USACE Water Safety Award

    According to the Centers for Disease Control, an estimated 4,000 people drown to death each year in the United States.
  • Litigation stay agreement increasing Columbia River spill, begins

    After an agreement to stay the Columbia River Basin litigation for up to 10 years, federal water managers will begin spilling more water over basin dams this spring than in past years. In the agreement, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has committed to spill more water over spillways instead of through turbines during its annual “spring spill” operations at dams on the lower Snake and Columbia rivers as well as expanding spill in the fall and early spring.
  • Army Corps Announces Temporary Tatman Run Recreation Area Closure

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, in coordination with Pennsylvania Department
  • Application of Limited-Field-Data Methods in Reservoir Volume Estimation: A Case Study

    Abstract: The conventional approach to estimating lake or reservoir water volumes hinges on field data collection; however, volume estimation methods are available that use little or no field data. Two such methods—the simplified V-A-h (volume-area-height) and the power function—were applied to a set of six anthropogenic reservoirs on the Fort Jackson, South Carolina, installation and checked against a validation data set. Additionally, seven interpolation methods were compared for differences in total volume estimation based on sonar data collected at each reservoir. The simplified V-A-h method overestimated reservoir volume more than each technique in the power function method, and the categorical technique underestimated the most reservoir volumes of all three techniques. Each method demonstrates high Vₑᵣᵣ variability among reservoirs, and Vₑᵣᵣ for the Power Function techniques applied here is consistent with that found in previous research in that it is near or less than 30%. Compared with Vₑᵣᵣ in other studies evaluating the simplified V-A-h method, Vₑᵣᵣ in this study was found to be 10%–20% higher.