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  • Natural treasures protected through GLFER and GLRI

    Resources like the Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration program and Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding allow the Corps of Engineers to protect and restore our natural treasures, from the smallest wetlands to our Great Lakes. The Chicago District manages an extensive ecosystem restoration program that restores and protects over 2,600 acres of streams, lakes and wetlands and opens up over 58 miles of free-flowing river.

  • Vicksburg District Team Member Returns From Deployment

    Vicksburg, Miss… David Carraway, Environmental Specialist with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Vicksburg District, recently returned from deployment in Kabul, Afghanistan, in support of Overseas Contingency Operations. While deployed, he worked as a cartographic specialist and became the geographic information system team lead for the Corps’ Transatlantic District North. As a cartographer, he supported the Army through the analysis of a variety of geospatial resources.

  • Dove Hunt for Sportsmen with Disabilities

    CARLYLE LAKE – Sportsmen with disabilities can now reserve access to handicapped-accessible dove hunting blinds for September 1 and September 2, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. to sunset. The blinds are located among bountiful sunflowers at Lotus Field Access within the Coles Creek Recreation Area. All Lotus Field’s will open to other hunters on September 3, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. to sunset.

  • Weekend Activities at Carlyle Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Carlyle Lake Project offers an abundance of recreation opportunities for lake visitors. Dam West, Coles Creek, and Boulder Campgrounds are open with sites available on a first-come-first-serve basis and through reservation by calling the National Recreation Reservation Service at 1-877-444-6777 or online at www.recreation.gov. McNair and Dam East Campgrounds are open on a first-come-first-serve basis. The Eldon Hazlet State Park is also open and has sites available first-come, first-serve or online at www.reserveamerica.com

  • USACE, Army Reserve partner for project improvement, cost saving, training opportunities

         An ongoing Army Corps and Army Reserve partnership could result in significant savings on a

  • Agencies set scope of environmental impact statement for proposed Cherry Point export project

    An environmental review of proposed bulk cargo and railroad spur projects at Cherry Point in Whatcom County will closely study their direct effects at the site and evaluate a broad range of indirect and cumulative impacts likely to occur within and beyond Washington.

  • Paying homage at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    Solemn, silent and humbling are words not often used in earnest by most of society these days, but

  • Coyote Island Terminal regulatory permit application review

    A Corps Message update on the current status of the review process for the Coyote Island Terminal regulatory permit application.

  • Southwestern Division personnel volunteer for overseas deployment

    The Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has volunteered and deployed in support of military contingencies and humanitarian missions for more than 20 years.

  • SWD conducts Hurricane Exercise

    DALLAS—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division, joined by Corps Headquarters personnel, State of Texas officials, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal agencies, held a hurricane “table top” exercise today to help prepare for response in the event of a hurricane making landfall along the Texas Coast.