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  • Corps’ officials meet with Illinois leaders to discuss low water operations

    VICKSBURG, Miss., December 18, 2012 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. John Peabody and St. Louis District Commander Col. Chris Hall met with state and local representatives yesterday in Alton, Ill., to discuss current and future actions the Corps will take to maintain a safe and reliable navigation channel during low water.

  • Fern Ridge's endangered butterfly population doubles

    The population of endangered Fender’s blue butterflies has doubled at Fern Ridge Reservoir since last year, continuing a trend of positive population growth since it was first detected on Corps lands.

  • District Regulator Receives Two Awards for Water Work

    Marcy Leavitt, Texas/New Mexico Branch Chief of the Albuquerque District’s Regulatory Division, recently received two honors recognizing her work that has helped protect not just water quality, but also watersheds and headwaters – precious resources in an arid state.

  • Chinese delegation tours Washington Aqueduct as part of Corps' program

    A 20-member delegation of scientists and water professionals from the Peoples Republic of China received a presentation and tour on area water production methods during a Dec. 7 tour at Washington Aqueduct in northwest Washington, D.C.

  • Army Corps of Engineers releases additional water from lake to aid Mississippi River traffic

    ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District began increasing releases from Carlyle Lake in Southwest Illinois, Dec. 15, in support of safe navigation on the Mississippi River.

  • Corps and Diversion Authority to host landowner meeting on proposed Oxbow area levee alternative

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Flood Diversion Board of Authority will host a meeting Jan. 8 for landowners of the Oxbow, Bakke and Hickson area affected by the proposed Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., diversion channel.

  • Incoming cold weather prompts Corps to increase releases from Gavins Point dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Missouri River Basin Water Management Division plans to step up Gavins Point dam releases by 4,000 cubic feet per second this week in response to colder temperatures moving into the region. We will monitor the situation closely and make additional adjustments if necessary to maintain intakes along the lower river.

  • USACE delivers NATO Special Operations Headquarters in Belgium

    MONS, Belgium -- U.S. and international military officials have cut the ribbon on a state-of-the-art facility constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District that will enable the NATO special operations forces community to plan, coordinate and conduct vital missions around the globe.

  • Joint project develops airfield damage repair materials, techniques

    Wanted: Airfield Damage Repair material, equipment and procedures to repair runways used by U.S. Air Force (USAF) fighter jets and cargo planes. The goal is to repair 120 craters in 6.5 hours using up to eight teams.

  • 11-Step program repairs airfield damage

    The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is seeking technologies to repair 120 airfield craters in 6.5 hours using eight repair teams. Researchers with ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) are currently working with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center to develop the materials and techniques, tactics and procedures (TTP) to reach that goal.