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  • Davenport recreational trail opening soon

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (Aug. 28) – The City of Davenport’s Riverfront Trail alongside the Iowa American Water Company’s East River Station Treatment Plant will not reopen to public access for the Labor Day weekend due to the ongoing construction work required to complete the trail and its surroundings.

  • Fifth graders learn economic value of Savannah harbor deepening

    To a room full of fifth graders, a one dollar bill gets attention. But the idea of turning that $1 into $5.50 thrills them! That's the benefit-to-cost ratio for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP)—a plan to deepen the Savannah River shipping channel from 42 feet to 47 feet to accommodate larger ships and increase shipping efficiencies.

  • Army awards second technology under $7 billion renewable energy MATOC

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), awarded Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) to a group of 22 qualified solar technology contractors. The contractors that are qualified through this process will be able to compete for future projects within their approved technology area for any renewable energy task order issued under the MATOC by the Army or Department of Defense (DoD).

  • Army Corps Completes Bedrock Removal in the Kill Van Kull Channel

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has been deepening 38 miles of federal navigation channels in the New York Harbor to a depth of 50 feet.

  • District Team Member Receives Commander’s Special Emphasis Award

    Vicksburg, Miss…Phillip C. Rogers, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District’s (Corps) Engineering Division, recently received a Commander’s Special Emphasis Award at the District’s ninth annual Founder’s Day ceremony.

  • Pirates Return to Mark Twain Lake September 7th!

    Mark Twain Lake – Come set sail with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mark Twain Lake

  • Work begins on joint Corps of Engineers, Tulalip Tribes estuary habitat restoration

    SEATTLE – A major project to restore critical estuary habitat along the Snohomish River is underway

  • Corps to host public scoping webinars for the Missouri River Recovery Management Plan and EIS

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is hosting two scoping webinars on September 11th and 18th to listen and solicit comments on the Missouri River Recovery Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

  • Pipestem Reservoir Flood Storage Nears Evacuation

    As the flood control storage at Pipestem Reservoir nears evacuation, releases were reduced from 600 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 500 cfs on August 26. Jamestown Reservoir releases are 30 cfs, and the combined release of the two reservoirs is 530 cfs.

  • Labor Day Water Safety Tips

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The 2013 Labor Day Weekend is upon us and the Huntington District, U.S. Army