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  • Old Hickory Lake Visitor Center phone number restored

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 14. 2024) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that the Old Hickory Lake Visitor Center phone number has been restored from an extended outage after a tornado struck facilities and knocked down trees on the shoreline of the lake in December 2023.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will increase releases from Lake Okeechobee due to El Niño conditions

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will make releases east, west and south out of Lake Okeechobee, beginning Feb. 17, 2024, due to heavier-than-normal El Niño rainfall that has kept the lake at an abnormally high level this dry season.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 24-17 WREC Differentials

    This is to advise mariners transiting the White River Entrance Channel (WREC) of increased head differentials between Norrell Lock and Dam and Montgomery Point Lock and Dam.

  • Corps seeks comments on draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, posted a copy of its draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment, or SEA, and Draft Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Evaluation Supplement for the Fargo, North Dakota / Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management project online for public comment today.

  • Assessing Atwood’s Spillway

    Engineers from USACE Huntington District had a site visit to Atwood Lake to assess any issues with the spillway and what work needs to be done to fix those issues.

  • B-21 Raider program offers project opportunities for the Fort Worth District

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District is partnering with multiple Department of the Air Force organizations to facilitate the programming, design, and construction of 25 new or renovated facilities to support the B-21 Raider, the Air Force’s newest strategic bomber.

  • District holds flood fight training as it pours outside

    As atmospheric rivers drenched California once again, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District held their annual Flood Fight Team training Feb. 5 to enhance their technical expertise in understanding USACE and state existing emergency and flood fight related policies and best practices. Emergency Management Chief Holly Costa and Dam and Levee Safety Program Manager Cyrus Yaghobi taught the half-day training, which was attended by the San Francisco team in-person at the district’s headquarters and joined by the Sacramento District’s flood fight team virtually.

  • Army Corps of Engineers publishes proposed rule on protection of historic properties

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works released a proposed rule to remove Appendix C from the United States Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program’s permitting regulations. The Corps will instead follow Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act implementing regulations, at 36 C.F.R. § 800 (800 regulations), when processing permit applications.

  • ERDC researchers assess time-of-year restrictions for James River dredging

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) are conducting field studies along the lower James River in Virginia to assess the environmental impacts of dredging and if they continue to justify the existing time-of-year restrictions (TOYR) for dredging in the area.

  • USACE Headquarters Supplemental Team meets with Task Force Virgin Islands Puerto Rico

    San Juan, Puerto Rico – Feb. 9, 2024 – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) headquarters Supplemental team traveled to Puerto Rico to meet with the recently commissioned Task Force Virgin Islands Puerto Rico (TF-VIPR).