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  • Volunteers Help Abiquiu Lake Staff Survey Bald Eagles

    District staff at Abiquiu Lake has partnered with volunteers for more than a decade to participate in the national midwinter bald eagle survey. This year’s results: 14 eagles counted Jan. 4, 2014.

  • Truckee Meadows final reports available for public review

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is scheduled to begin a 30-day public review period Jan. 17, following the release of its final general reevaluation report and environmental impact statement for the Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project.

  • Carlyle Lake Fishing Prospects Outstanding for 2014

    CARLYLE LAKE – With spring right around the corner, it is time to begin thinking about the big fish you’re going to catch this year at Carlyle Lake. Carlyle Lake provides a diverse and bountiful freshwater game fish population. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division recently provided the results of the annual 2013 fall survey of Carlyle Lake and these results indicate that fishing prospects are outstanding for the upcoming season.

  • Bald Eagle Presentation to be held at Carlyle High School

    CARLYLE LAKE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the Carlyle High School will be hosting a program presented by the World Bird Sanctuary. “All About Eagles” will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2014, beginning at 12:30 p.m. located in the Carlyle High School Gymnasium. The World Bird Sanctuary will have a live bald eagle to demonstrate the majestic flight and nature of this beautiful bird. After the presentation, eagle viewing will take place at the Carlyle Lake Main Dam and the General Dean Recreation Area. Maps of these locations will be available. Participants are encouraged to bring binoculars and dress accordingly for the weather.

  • Army Corps Battalion: Life Support for VA Hospital

    Patients at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, New York were pleasantly surprised recently to see active duty soldiers walking in their hallways. "It's so nice to see when they walk through the facility how the patients react to them. They look at their shoulders and see the rank and they ask ‘How are you Sarge?’

  • Bald Eagle Days at Gavins Point Dam scheduled for Jan. 25 and 26

    Bald Eagle Days, sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service, is set for Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 25 and 26 at the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center at Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, S.D. The programs will be at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. 3 p.m. each day and are free to the public. The programs will feature several live raptors, including a Bald Eagle. Each program is limited to 70 people.

  • Retired lock operator recalls rich history of navigation at Hales Bar

    JASPER, Tenn. (Jan. 13, 2014) — The decommissioned Hales Bar Navigation Lock is crumbling and in an obvious state of disrepair, but remains a historical landmark here on the bank of the Tennessee River for all boat captains who pass by it. A retired lock operator who served there a half a century ago visited recently to recall the days of old when the project operated in pristine condition and it was his job to lock through vessels delivering commerce up and down the waterway.

  • W3/W4 Server Change

    Starting Tuesday, January 21 the Detroit District will upgrade its Web servers for specific

  • Corps extends San Luis Rey habitat maintenance, bike trail closure

    LOS ANGELES – Efforts to establish recently planted native vegetation along a section of the San

  • International Red River Board to host public meeting

    Winnipeg, MB.—The International Red River Board will be hosting a public open house meeting at the Ramada Plaza Suites in Fargo, North Dakota on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, from 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.