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  • June is National Great Outdoors Month, Celebrate at Carlyle Lake!

    CARLYLE LAKE – President Obama has proclaimed June as National Great Outdoors Month! The President’s proclamation urges all Americans to spend time in the great outdoors and to uphold our nation’s legacy of conserving our lands for future generations.

  • NAV NOTICE SWL 13-17 MKARNS - NOTICE OF SAFETY ZONE - RIVERFEST FIREWORKS DISPLAY

    LITTLE ROCK, AR - To ensure the safety of life and property on the navigable waters during the Riverfest fireworks display, a safety zone will be established by the Coast Guard for the Arkansas River from mile marker 118.8 to mile marker 119.5. The safety zone will be in effect from 9:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on May 26, 2013.

  • Minneapolis locks closed to recreational traffic for the second time this spring

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, closed its three Twin Cities locks to recreational boats today, May 23, due to increasing high water flows in the Mississippi River.

  • Coral Creek Restoration Project may serve as regional prototype

    Under the Clean Water Act of 1972, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for regulating

  • USACE-TVA 80-year partnership a definite plus for Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers Basin

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Although creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority by Congressional Act on May 18, 1933 relieved the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of most of its role in developing the economic potential of the Tennessee River and its tributaries, the Corps retained a development and operational role on the Cumberland River and its tributaries.

  • New STEM agreement strengthens USACE support of DODEA

    STUTTGART, Germany – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general made a pitch to spur more interest in science, technology, engineering and math among American students during a visit May 14 to Patch High School.

  • New STEM agreement strengthens USACE support of DODEA

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general made a pitch to spur more interest in science, technology, engineering and math among American students during a visit May 14 to Patch High School.

  • USACE temporarily closes day-use beach areas

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District’s Bay Springs Site Office in Dennis, Miss. has temporarily closed Old Bridge Beach and Piney Grove Beach on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Watery due to high water level impacts effective May 22 until further notice.

  • Special Activity Permit Fee for Hunting at Allatoona Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Allatoona Lake Project announced today that, beginning in the 2013/2014 hunting season, a $20 special activity fee will be assessed for hunting on certain Allatoona Lake lands. This fee is necessary to offset increasing costs in administering the program and for some future improvements of wildlife habitat.

  • Life jacket loaner stations can save lives, if used

    Public safety is something the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) takes very seriously. From the project level up to headquarters, the Corps is constantly thinking of ways to better provide a friendly and safe experience for our visitors. The success of these innovative public safety campaigns and strategies can be seen in the reduction in fatalities on Corps projects in the past 40 years but, unfortunately, the number of fatalities has leveled off to an average of 164 per year for the past 14 years.