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  • Barkley Unit 1 generator is back in operation after major repairs

    KUTTAWA, Ky., (Dec. 6, 2013) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Barkley Hydropower Plant Unit 1 here is back in operation after a phase-to-ground fault caused a fire that damaged the 32.5 Megawatt generator stator windings in Dec. 19, 2010.

  • Huntsville Center conducts Annual Ethics Training

    Ethics training, an annual mandatory face-to-face requirement for all government employees at the

  • Final environmental mitigation report available online

    Greater New Orleans Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction MitigationNEW ORLEANS, LA – After review

  • Corps partners with local brigade to expand training opportunities for Soldiers

    With every nugget of engineering expertise his mentors share with him, Sgt. 1st Class Ron Albert’s confidence grows as he performs his temporary duties with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District.

  • NAV NOTICE SWL 13-54 MKARNS - SAILING INSTRUCTIONS NM 178.0 TO NM 178.8

    MKARNS - Due to dredging, mariners are advised that until further notice, both upbound and downbound tows should run the red line between NM 178.0 and NM 178.8. No passing is advised while transiting through this reach.

  • 2014 Arkabutla Lake Youth Raccoon Hunt

    Vicksburg, Miss… The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District (Corps) will host the 19th annual Arkabutla Lake youth raccoon hunt. These hunts will take place on 31 January, 1 February, 7 and 8 February and 14 and 15 February. All applications to participate must be received at the Arkabutla Lake Field Office by 4:30 p. m on Thursday, 16 January 2014.

  • This week in history…Army Engineers fought and lived through the attack on Pearl Harbor

    Seven December 1941 was the opening scene of World War II, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was there. At 7:55 a.m., two waves of Japanese warplanes from a naval task force about 250 miles north of Hawaii appeared over Oahu. Some headed for American warships at Pearl Harbor and the planes on the ground at nearby Hickam Field; others hit Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Field, and Bellows Field. The Corps of Engineers in Hawaii consisted of Soldier-engineers in the Army’s Hawaiian Department, and the Corps’ Honolulu Engineer District, then part of the South Pacific Division.

  • STEM: Little Rock District teams up with University of Pine Bluff

    The Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District recently signed a partnership agreement with the oldest historically black institution of higher education in Arkansas. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, established in 1873, and the district signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics enrichment programs to increase the number of well‐prepared underrepresented minority STEM graduates for careers in STEM professions.

  • Corps steps down releases from Gavins Point Dam, November runoff slightly below normal

    Gavins Point releases are currently being stepped down to minimum winter release rates as part of

  • Extremely low inflows result in record low levels at Clinton Lake

    LAWRENCE, Kan.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Clinton Lake reports that lake elevation is currently at elevation 871.55, which is 4 feet below the normal multipurpose pool elevation. This is the lowest lake elevation since the lake was first filled in 1981. The previous recorded low was 871.6 in August of 1989.