19 May 2014

National Safe Boating Week

Huntington, W.Va. – The Huntington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with its numerous lakes

19 May 2014

NASA partners with Marine Design Center to refurbish barge

NASA's Pegasus barge, which throughout the space shuttle era ferried shuttle external tanks and other hardware from NASA's manufacturing site in New Orleans to its Florida launch facilities, is about to cast off on a new mission as part of NASA's efforts to send humans to deep space.

19 May 2014

Kids Fishing Day at Mark Twain Lake

Mark Twain Lake - In celebration of National Fishing and Boating Week, the U.S. Army Corps of

16 May 2014

Newt Graham Lock and Dam 18 pipe replacement

Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers are replacing hydraulic pipes used to control

16 May 2014

Story of a missing bandstand

Nearly a century ago Fort Sill, like most Army installations, had a bandstand for parades and

16 May 2014

USACE Galveston District’s projects receive WRRDA authorization

GALVESTON, Texas (May 16, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District received authorization for construction for the deepening of the Freeport Ship Channel to 55 feet, deepening of the Sabine Neches Waterway to 48 feet and will reauthorize the Corpus Christi Ship Channel for widening and deepening to 52 feet following the U.S. Senate-House joint conference committee’s agreement on the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) yesterday.

16 May 2014

CORPS TO CLOSE BIGELOW PARK AFTER ORGANIZATION ASKS FOR LEASE MODIFICATION

The Army Corps of Engineers, Russellville Project Office and the Arkansas Wildlife Federation will close Bigelow Park May 19 because of lack of volunteers and funding. The day-use area and boat launch ramp have been operated and maintained by federation volunteers under a lease agreement with the Corps since 2012.

16 May 2014

Officials mark construction end for Gary Black Oak sewer improvement project

Rep. Peter Visclosky, local officials, and the Corps held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the

16 May 2014

SAME young members’ field trip provides exposure to real-life engineering

It wasn’t the average field trip recently when a group of students visited a construction site and got to see first-hand the implementation of engineering principles they’re learning in school.

16 May 2014

NR 14-013: Lake Barkley opens up powerhouse, lock, resource management office for public tours

GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (May 16, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is offering the public free guided tours of Lake Barkley’s Powerhouse, Lock and Natural Resource Management Office. Approximately two hours in length, tours are scheduled June 21, July 19 and Aug. 16, 2014, with tour start times of 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 2 p.m.