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  • Black Butte Lake is ready for guests

    Have no reservations -- there’s plenty of gorgeous blue water, camping and updated facilities ready for use at Black Butte Lake. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District recreation park near Orland now has 85,000 acre-feet of water -- seven times as much as the seasonal low from back when photos of the dry, cracked lakebed came to symbolize California’s drought.

  • Corps participates in Interagency Mall Exhibition Program as part of Federal Executive Board’s Public Service Recognition Week

    NEW ORLEANS, LA – As part of the Federal Executive Board’s Public Service Recognition Week, the U.S.

  • IL DNR Boating Safety Education Class

    Quincy, IL - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi River Project announces that the Quincy Park Rangers will be teaching an Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IL DNR) Boating Safety Education Class. The eight (8) hour class is free and course subjects include: Basic boating safety; Equipment requirements; Motorboat registration and titling; Illinois boating laws; Navigation; Personal watercraft (PWC); and Emergency measures.

  • R.D. Bailey Lake Opens Guyandotte Campground

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at R.D. Bailey Lake will open Guyandotte Campground on May 19, 2014, at 9 a.m.

  • Minneapolis locks reopened to commercial traffic today

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, reopened its three Minneapolis locks to commercial traffic today, at 8 a.m., as flows drop below 40,000 cubic feet per second, or cfs.

  • Two more giant spillway gates set to arrive at Folsom Dam

    Two more giant gates for the new auxiliary spillway at Folsom Dam are scheduled to complete the 600-mile journey from Vancouver, Wash., to Folsom this month with the first one scheduled to arrive early in the morning Saturday, May 10. A second delivery this month is scheduled to arrive early in the morning on May 17.

  • National Safe Boating Week, May 17-23, 2014

    National Safe Boating Week is the official launch of the 2014 Safe Boating Campaign. This yearlong campaign promotes safe and responsible boating and the value of life jacket wear by recreational boaters.

  • New access point at Shenango

    Shenango Lake partners completed a project to provide another access point to the river for paddle sport enthusiasts and anglers.

  • 14-034 Dworshak Visitor Center announces new summer season and dam tour hours; Full-service and primitive camping also available

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dworshak Dam Visitor Center announced new hours and dam tours for the 2014 summer recreation season. The Visitor Center will be open seven days a week starting on Saturday, May 24, on Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Dam tours will be offered daily at the Visitor Center starting May 23 through Labor Day weekend. Start times for dam tours are at 9:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 2:30 p.m. at the Visitor Center.

  • Retirement keeps former Corps employee busy for the past 26 years.

    Bernard “Bernie” Malamud retired from the Detroit District in 1988 as chief of the Design Branch and