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  • Garrison powerhouse summer tour schedule updated

    Walk-in tours of the Garrison Dam will be available from June 5 through August 2. Tours will be held on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 2 p.m., Central Daylight Time. Due to increased security, visitors for powerhouse tours should arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the tour and visitors over 18 years old must show a government issued photo ID. Scheduled tours are also available by calling (701) 654-7411.

  • 14-009 - Corps celebrates E-Week with Walla Walla-area students

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will help seven Walla Walla-area schools celebrate National Engineers Week Feb. 18-20 by sponsoring in engineering design contests.

  • Corps invites public to open house to discuss habitat improvement in North and Sturgeon lakes

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house in Red Wing, Minn., March 6, to discuss ways of improving habitat in and around North and Sturgeon lakes.

  • District Promotes Engineering to Students

    Vicksburg, Miss… The Vicksburg District of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is promoting the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to students in local junior high and high schools during the annual Engineering Week (E-Week). This year, E-Week is being celebrated February 16-22, although activities at the District began about two weeks in advance. A math competition was held at the District with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders from Porters Chapel Academy, St. Francis and St. Aloysius Catholic schools, Vicksburg and Warren Central Junior High schools.

  • Army Corps announces availability of Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Statement of Conformity for proposed Long Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) and Draft Statement of Conformity (DSOC) for the Atlantic Coast of Long Island, Jones Inlet to East Rockaway Inlet, Long Beach Island, New York Coastal Storm Risk Management Project and the opening of the window for the public to submit written comments regarding them.

  • Corps cancels Feb. 20 McGregor Lake habitat meeting due to weather

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is cancelling an open house it had planned to host in Prairie du Chien Feb. 20 because of a forecasted winter storm.

  • Dam West Boat Ramp Closed for Polar Plunge

    CARLYLE LAKE – The Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge is being held at Carlyle Lake on Saturday, February 22, 2014 in the Dam West Day Use Area. In order to accommodate the Polar Plunge activities, the Dam West Boat Ramp will be closed to the general public from Friday, February 21st at noon through Saturday, February 22nd at 4:00 p.m. The closest available boat ramps to Dam West are the Allen Branch Boat Ramp and the Apache Boat Ramp located in Eldon Hazlet State Park or the Dam East Boat Ramp which will be available to the general public during this period.

  • Kaskaskia Watershed Association to hold Annual Summit

    CARLYLE LAKE - The Kaskaskia Watershed Association, Inc (KWA) will hold its Annual Summit on Monday, March 3, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Mariner’s Village Convention Center, 1 Resort Drive, Carlyle, Illinois. This year’s theme “A River Runs Through It,” will focus on the important roles of the Kaskaskia River and the Kaskaskia Watershed.

  • Corps of Engineers hosts ceremonial signing with Friends of Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District held a ceremonial signing of the cooperative agreement with the Friends of Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes at the Ives Run Visitor Center.

  • Corps of Engineers hosts ceremonial signing with Friends of Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District held a ceremonial signing of the cooperative