• National Dam Safety Awareness Day

    On May 31, 1889 South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania failed, killing 2,200 people and leaving thousands more homeless. National Dam Safety Awareness Day occurs each year on May 31 to commemorate this disaster, which remains the worst dam failure in the history of the United States, and to encourage the public to learn about the benefits of dams and the risks associated with potential dam incidents and failures.
  • 14-040 Goats return to manage vegetation along Mill Creek channel

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The first of two herds of goats arrives tomorrow to remove weeds and other vegetation growing on levees that border the creek shoreline extending from the Mill Creek diversion dam downstream to the metal division works foot bridge near the Mill Creek Office.
  • Corps of Engineers rescheduling Harpers Slough public meeting

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has rescheduled the Harpers Slough Habitat and Rehabilitation public meeting to June 19.
  • Minneapolis locks reopened to recreation boaters

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reopening its three Minneapolis locks to recreation traffic today.
  • Site tour and open house at former Nebraska Ordnance Plant

    MEAD, Neb.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites the public to their annual Site Tour and Open House scheduled for Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2014, at the Main Groundwater Treatment Plant at the junction of County Road 6 and County Road F, in Ashland, Neb.
  • Roemhildt takes command of Great Lakes and Ohio River Division

    CINCINNATI, Ohio (May 28, 2014) – Col. Steven J. Roemhildt assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Great Lakes and Ohio River Division from outgoing commander Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham during a ceremony here today.
  • Reservations for camping during the annual Indian Creek Halloween Walk will be accepted starting June 4th

    Mark Twain Lake – Indian Creek Campground at Mark Twain Lake will again be the site of Mark Twain
  • UPDATE: HIGHWAY ACROSS TABLE ROCK DAM REDUCED TO ONE LANE

    BRANSON, Mo. – Because of scheduling conflicts one lane of Highway 165/265 between Table Rock Lake’s dam and spillway now will be closed from 1 p.m. till 4:30 p.m. today and 7 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. tomorrow to conduct a bridge inspection.
  • BOUNDARY LINE MAINTENANCE TO BE CONDUCTED ON BEAVER LAKE

    The Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands on Beaver Lake that maintenance crews will soon conduct boundary line maintenance along the east bank of the White River Arm beginning at Blue Springs, working south towards Goshen. They will also be working the middle lake areas of Rivercliff, Shaddox Hollow, Coppermine, and Rambo.
  • Public offered rare look inside Raystown Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is inviting the public to celebrate Raystown Lake’s 40th