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  • District Offers First STEM Internship

    This summer the District collaborated with the University of New Mexico to launch the District’s first eight-week STEM internship. Civil engineering student Corey Bowen started the internship May 28 and spent her time helping on several on-going design projects.

  • Continued heavy rain prompts additional increase in flows from lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has announced increases in flows from Lake Okeechobee as part of the ongoing effort to manage the runoff from several days of heavy rain in south Florida.

  • 13-051 Lucky Peak to begin irrigation water releases; watersport enthusiasts advised to be aware of changing lake elevations

    BOISE – Water levels at Lucky Peak Dam and Lake will begin to drop about a month earlier than usual as water operations managers for the Boise River reservoir system begin releasing water from the lake on Monday, July 22, to meet irrigation commitments.

  • Corps to temporarily close Lakeshore Drive - Permanent Canal Closure and Pump (PCCP), London Avenue Canal

    NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, and its contractor will

  • Army Corps of Engineers signs first cooperation agreement with Nicholls State University

    THIBODAUX, La.-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, signed its first Memorandum of Agreement with Nicholls State University, July 17. The Memorandum of Agreement, or MOA, establishes the basis for mutual understanding and cooperation between the corps and the university, with a focus on the school's Department of Applied Science, Geomatics Program.

  • Stolen artifacts returned to Navajo Nation

    On July 9, the Corps of Engineers repatriated a large cache of sacred artifacts to the Navajo Nation. The Omaha District, with some assistance from the Albuquerque District, returned the artifacts in accordance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. The artifacts were looted from Corps of Engineers-managed land and Navajo tribal lands. A total of 710 artifacts were recovered from lands managed both by the Corps of Engineers and the Navajo Nation. Out of these, 425 were determined to be the property of the Navajo Nation, and were returned.

  • Debris management planning underway in Bangladesh

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with its debris mission experience under Emergency Support Function #3 of the U.S. National Response Framework, is sharing its experience and lessons-learned to assist Bangladesh with the development of a draft plan to manage post-disaster debris recovery.

  • IWR Deputy Director Retires, Receives Award

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  Lillian Almodovar, IWR Senior Manager and Deputy Director, received the

  • Ethiopian Delegation on Energy and Water Visits IWR

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  A delegation from the Ethiopian Ministry of Urban Development & Construction

  • Debris Management Planning Underway in Bangladesh

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), with its debris mission experience under Emergency Support Function #3 of the U.S. National Response Framework, is sharing its experience and lessons-learned to assist Bangladesh with the development of a draft plan to manage post-disaster debris recovery.