• Corps delays opening recreation areas along navigation system

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District has delayed the official season opening of Corps-operated recreation areas along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System until at least May 1. Boat ramps will remain open where feasible.
  • March Movie Madness Competition

    The students from Buffalo’s City Honors High School received an award from the Buffalo District commander for placing first in the district-sponsored “March Movie Madness Competition," part of the district’s “Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics” (STEM) outreach program.
  • Army Corps Offers Update on Final Major Harbor 50 Foot Deepening Contract

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are improving the main shipping channels in the Port by deepening them to a depth of 50 feet, allowing more efficient access to the world’s largest oceangoing ships. The final major contract (S-AK-3) involves work in the Arthur Kill Channel between Elizabeth NJ and the New York Container Terminal; the Elizabeth Channel; the western 1,000 ft. of the Port Elizabeth Channel; and a small approximately two acre area in the Kill Van Kull Channel off of Bayonne NJ.
  • Corps to temporarily reroute traffic on Hwy. 23 near Oakville

    NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, in coordination with the
  • Report summarizes thousands of public comments about scope of environmental review for proposed Cherry Point export terminal

    The co-lead agencies reviewing a proposal for a bulk-cargo shipping terminal and rail spur improvements at Cherry Point have posted online a report summarizing and categorizing comments received during a recent public comment period.
  • Army Corps Offers Update on Final Major Harbor 50 Foot Deepening Contract

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are improving the main shipping channels in the Port by deepening them to a depth of 50 feet, allowing more efficient access to the world’s largest oceangoing ships.
  • Corps to initiate releases at Pipestem Reservoir

    Pipestem Reservoir will be initiating a water quality release of 25 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Tuesday, April 2. Pipestem Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1442.6 feet with approximately 2 cfs inflow and outflow.Jamestown Reservoir is currently at pool elevation 1429.7 feet with approximately 0 cfs inflow and outflow.
  • Engineering a difference

    Captain Antonio Pazos was in the Hurricane Sandy emergency operations center, simultaneously gathering progress reports for 14 projects which included the tunnels, preparing reports for the New York’s emergency operations center and controlling the flow of water. It was right where a self-identified adrenaline junkie was meant to be.
  • Bounds and Henry named Nashville District Employees of the Month for March 2013

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Marlon Bounds and Darryl Henry both mechanics on the fleet at the Cumberland River Operations Center are named as the employee of the month for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District for March 2013.
  • Cleaning up Jack Waite Mine

    Out of sight isn’t always out of mind, much like contamination from decades of mining in the Coeur D’Alene Mountains at Jack Waite Mine on the Montana-Idaho border.