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  • NAV NOTICE SWL 13-11 REVISION TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

    MKARNS - The completion date has been extended until May 1 for construction on the new waste treatment plant downstream of Toad Suck Ferry L&D (Lock 8). Mariners should continue to use caution, transit along the green line and not moor on the left descending bank between NM 153.0 and NM 154.5.

  • Raystown Lake opens road, 2013 gobbler hunting season

    RAYSTOWN LAKE, Pa. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Raystown Lake announces the opening of the

  • Scientific Panel Finds River Diversions for Restoring Louisiana Wetlands Will Require Sediments, Scientific Guidance

    An independent technical panel reported March 11, 2013, in a newly concluded study, that existing Mississippi River freshwater diversions have not slowed the ongoing loss of Louisiana’s wetlands and that restoration of Louisiana wetlands may only be possible through significant inputs of sediment via large scale sediment diversions. The panel was organized by NOAA and the Louisiana Coastal Area Science and Technology Office in 2011.

  • Corps of Engineers authorizes Stillwater, Minn., bridge permit

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, issued a permit to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Friday, March 8 to complete the St. Croix River crossing project near Stillwater, Minn.

  • Scientists measure sea spray at Mount Desert Rock

    CONCORD, Mass. -- Scientists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and NorthWest Research Associates recently braved the wind and cold of the Gulf of Maine to collect data for an Office of Naval Research project on sea spray. The project, "Sea Spray Icing in the Emerging Open Waters of the Arctic Ocean," is an effort to better characterize sea spray formation in high winds and cold temperatures.

  • Corps reduces water releases from Lake Okeechobee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has reduced the amount of water flowing from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee River.

  • Corps to host public meeting on proposed rock removal for Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will host a public meeting on the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Study on Tuesday, March 12th beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Jacksonville Main Library at 303 North Laura Street, Jacksonville, Fla.

  • Army Corps of Engineers winds down power mission in Coney Island

    When Hurricane Sandy barreled into Coney Island on the night of Oct. 29, it left an entire community in the dark. With high winds and a 15-foot storm surge, Sandy stranded many Coney Island residents, a majority living in high-rises, without power, heat or hot water. At Coney Island Hospital, the basement flooded from floor to ceiling, shutting down the entire 371-bed medical facility. It has yet to reopen. Within two days of Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, at the request of the city, issued a tasker to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to install a two-megawatt generator at the hospital. So began the Army Corps' emergency power mission in Coney Island.

  • BLOCK RELEASE OF WATER FROM SANTA ROSA RESERVOIR

    SANTA ROSA, N.M., -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, will begin a routine release of water from Santa Rosa Lake and Dam starting Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at 8:00 a.m.

  • Ground Breaking Ceremony for Child Development Center at Holloman Air Force Base

    Maj. Gary Bonham, Deputy Commander, Albuquerque District, participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for a new Child Development Center at Holloman Air Force Base March 5, 2013.