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  • Fern Ridge controlled burn may impact Highway 126

    The Corps alerts motorists in the Eugene, Ore., area that a controlled ecological burn planned for southeast of Fern Ridge Reservoir this week may cause intermittent delays to traffic on Oregon State Highway 126 between Eugene and Veneta.

  • Additional meeting scheduled for Central Everglades Planning Project public meeting series; Meetings begin this week

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has scheduled an additional public meeting to discuss the draft report for the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) and give all interested individuals, groups and agencies an opportunity to comment and ask questions.

  • Coastal Risk Reduction and Resilience: Using the Full Array of Measures

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  Coastal areas are especially vulnerable to hazards now and in the future

  • Oil Spill at St. Stephen Powerhouse

    CHARLESTON, SC- A relatively minor oil spill occurred today at approximately 8:30 a.m. at the U.S.

  • Corps announces dates for public meetings to discuss Des Plaines River report

    The dates and locations have been announced for public meetings to discuss the “Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries, Illinois and Wisconsin Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment,” released for public comment on Sept. 3, 2013. The document outlines a variety of potential flood risk management and ecosystem restoration projects that could be implemented along the Upper Des Plaines River – an area that extends approximately from southern Racine County, Wis., to Riverside, Ill.

  • Cherry Creek and Bear Creek Dams begin making small water releases

    To meet water supply requirements in the Denver area, two of the three Denver-area reservoirs operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District will begin making small water releases today. Chatfield Lake remains 5.5 feet below the base of the flood control pool and no releases are scheduled. Releases from Bear Creek Dam will be 250 cubic feet per second and releases from Cherry Creek Dam will be 40 cfs, both beginning today. Over the next several days, coordination with the State of Colorado will continue, and it is likely releases will be gradually increased in order to evacuate flood control storage from these reservoirs.

  • 5 CORPS CAMPGROUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH OCTOBER ON TABLE ROCK LAKE

    Branson, Mo. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Table Rock Project Office reminds visitors that the recreation season for five parks at Table Rock Lake continues through October.

  • Corps awards another contract for HHD improvements

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded its second contract in the past two weeks to replace two water control structures in Herbert Hoover Dike as part of the ongoing rehabilitation project for the earthen structure surrounding Lake Okeechobee.

  • Army Corps of Engineers waives fees on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 28

    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,400 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in recognition of National Public Lands Day on Sept. 28. On this day, fees normally charged at boat launch ramps and swimming beaches will be waived.

  • Recognizing volunteer’s 10 years as Fort Peck fixture

    Meet Duane Johnson. Of course, anyone camping at Fort Peck Lake in the last 10 years probably knows him. He has been the volunteer campground host at the Downstream and West End Campgrounds in Fort Peck, Mont., since 2003. Every year, for the last 10 years, April through October, he has been a mainstay.