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  • Corps releases Jackson Park draft study report for public comment

    The Corps has posted for a 30-day public review a draft study report and Environmental Assessment

  • Corps releases Jackson Park draft study report for public comment

    The Corps has posted for a 30-day public review a draft study report and Environmental Assessment for the Jackson Park Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration Project April 11, 2014. The project site consists of approximately 155 acres of natural land along the western coast of Lake Michigan between 56th and 67th streets. The Chicago Park District owns the land and requested the Corps’ study. Jackson Park was designed by Fredrick Olmsted in 1890 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • The Dalles rangers celebrate Earth Day with Seufert Park clean up

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites the public to join its park rangers for the annual Earth Day event at The Dalles Dam Visitor Center and Seufert Park April 27.

  • Kelly Barnes Receives Civilian Achievement Award

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  Institute for Water Resources (IWR) team member Kelly Barnes has received a

  • Nogales Wash bridge project back underway

    There’s a new $4M bridge being built here and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is overseeing its construction, which began March 30.The project will consist of constructing a two-span, I-girder concrete bridge, install associated road base and approach slabs, and placing grouted riprap both upstream and downstream of the project in the channel.

  • Release Plan Announced for Jamestown and Pipestem Reservoirs

    Pipestem Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1447.7 feet which results in 3.7 percent of the flood pool occupied. Inflows are currently 440 cfs with a reservoir release of 50 cfs. Jamestown Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1431.7 feet which results in 0.8 percent of the flood pool occupied. Inflows are currently 570 cfs with a reservoir release of 100 cfs. The combined release is 150 cfs. Maximum combined releases from the reservoirs are currently expected to be near 450 cubic feet per second (cfs). Additional significant rainfall or snow may necessitate higher release levels.

  • Tyrannosaurus Rex to embark on cross country journey

    OMAHA, Neb. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District’s Wankel Tyrannosaurus Rex will soon travel from Montana, where it has resided for the past 66 million years, to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

  • Corps reminds lake users to consider water conditions this spring

    KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to remind lake users to consider the risks of cold water conditions such as hypothermia.

  • Dinosaur loans and crowd-sourcing archaeology: How Army archaeology supports historic preservation and modern education

    ST. LOUIS - In an unassuming office in St. Louis, Dr. Michael "Sonny" Trimble and his team are working to get a 66-million-year-old, seven-ton tyrannosaurus safely packed and moved cross-country. This effort is just one part of a greater undertaking to preserve and share America's cultural and natural history.

  • Delicate dance with a dinosaur

    BOZEMAN, Montana - It plays like a dance...Open the crate, photograph the contents of the crate, inspect the fossil, document it's condition... 1,2,3,4… 1,2,3,4