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  • Army Corps of Engineers begins sand pumping at Rockaway Beach, restoring coastline severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy

    ws working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, began placing nearly 3 million cubic yards of sand onto Rockaway Beach in recent weeks as part of the second of two major sand placement contracts to repair and restore the engineered beach there to reduce coastal storm risks to the community there, which was left even more vulnerable to coastal storms after Hurricane Sandy.

  • 14-028 Corps seeks public input for Boise River Feasibility Study; Meetings set in Boise, Idaho City, Caldwell and Garden City

    BOISE, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Walla Walla District and the Idaho Water Resources Board (IWRB) will conduct a series of scoping meetings to support the Boise River Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Statement. The IWRB is the non-federal sponsor for the study, which will focus on ways to reduce flood risk, and meet current and future water supply in the lower Boise River watershed.

  • Army Corps Completes Blasting in the Arthur Kill Channel

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel observe shipping lane deepening being performed in the Arthur Kill Channel between the New York Container Terminal, Staten Island, New York and Elizabeth, New Jersey. Drilling and underwater blasting in the Arthur Kill Channel was completed on this contract during the last week in April 2014.

  • Lone Point Campground Open House

    Lake Shelbyville – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be holding an Open House at the Lone Point Campground on Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10, 2014. Lone Point Campground has become a little unknown secret among campgrounds at Lake Shelbyville. The Open House will allow visitors an opportunity to camp at one of 78 sites for free while enjoying some of the renovations within the park. Some of the renovations include a new park entrance and fee booth, electric upgrades to a few sites, extensive campsite and roadway pruning, comfort station painting and reroofing, and a fire pit constructed within the Walleye Group Camp.

  • Tulsa District announces changes to sales of Annual Day Use Passes and Navigation Charts

    TULSA, Okla. — Effective May 1, 2014 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District will

  • Corps closing Minneapolis locks to ALL traffic due to high flows on the Mississippi River

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will close its three twin cities locks to commercial navigation at 4 p.m. today, when flows surpass 40,000 cubic feet per second, or cfs. The three locks were closed to recreation boaters Sunday, April 27, when flows exceeded 30,000 cfs.

  • Army Corps Completes Blasting in the Arthur Kill Channel

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has completed planned drilling and underwater blasting in the Arthur Kill Channel between the New York Container Terminal, Staten Island NY and Elizabeth, NJ.

  • Knack for negotiating leads Soldier to military contracting

    In the early 1990s, a suspended driver’s license and roofing job were not going to support Master Sgt. Darnyell Parker’s future that was about to deliver a baby boy. Catching rides between home and work, and even walking at times, would lead the young Parker to a revelation that would set him on a path to excellence.

  • Summer Student Employment Available at Mark Twain Lake

    Mark Twain Lake  – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Mark Twain Lake is soliciting for summer

  • Knack for negotiating leads Soldier to military contracting

    If speeding tickets kindled his Army career, then an act of generosity provided the spark. For a 20-year-old young man from Suffolk, Va., this was the case when his father’s best friend paid the traffic citations barring him from serving his country.