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  • Corps suspends water releases to St. Lucie; reduces flows to west

    As levels at Lake Okeechobee continue to fall, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville

  • PA12-71 Sutton Lake’s Gerald R. Freeman Campground to Reopen

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reopen Gerald R. Freeman Campground at

  • Ice Harbor navigation lock to be closed to recreational vessels for channel maintenance work Nov. 12 – 16

    BURBANK, Wash. – Ice Harbor Dam’s navigation lock, located at Snake River Mile 9.7 near Burbank, Wash., is planned to be temporarily closed to all recreational river traffic beginning Monday morning, Nov. 12, and ending Friday evening, Nov. 16. The closure is for channel maintenance work to remove and dispose of an accumulation of rocks and earthen materials within the downstream lock approach area identified during a recent Corps survey. Commercial navigation traffic will be allowed only during evening hours.

  • Youth deer hunt held at Tenkiller Lake

    The Tenkiller Lake Project Office welcomed parents and youth hunters during its annual controlled youth deer hunt November 2-4.

  • FEMA assigns infrastructure assessment mission to Corps of Engineers

    Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning and Response Teams are coordinating damage assessments of public buildings, waste and waste water treatment plants, and transportation infrastructure in areas of New York and New Jersey impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

  • USACE ramps up NYC debris removal work

    Sixty large dump trucks are now moving 150,000 cubic yards of debris from New York City to disposal sites around the city, with oversight from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in this Federal Emergency Management Agency-assigned mission.

  • Corps of Engineers restores power to Rockaways public housing

    BROOKLYN, New York – As the sun set at the Redfern Housing Complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 6, cheers erupted from the windows. Residents in the complex had been without power since Hurricane Sandy devastated the northeast a week prior. But because of a joint effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, other branch components and federal and state partners working through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, power is continuing to be restored in Rockaway and other hard-hit areas throughout New York and New Jersey.

  • Hurricane Sandy Rehabilitation Assistance Program for Hurricane Shore Protection Projects Now Open

    Non-federal sponsors of Federally Authorized and Constructed Hurricane/Shore Protection Projects (HSPP) which sustained damages resulting from Hurricane Sandy have until December 2nd to apply for Rehabilitation Assistance under Public Law 84-99.

  • Corps of Engineers restores power to Rockaway's public housing

    Power was restored Nov. 6 at the Redfern Housing Complex in Far Rockaway, N.Y. for residents who had been without power since Hurricane Sandy devastated the northeast a week before. A joint effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working with other partners through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is restoring power in Rockaway and other hard-hit areas throughout New York and New Jersey.

  • The Southwestern Division responds to Hurricane Sandy

    by LaDonna Davis SWD Public Affairs DALLAS-- Always ready to lend a helping hand when needed, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division has deployed 36 volunteers from their Division Headquarters and four Districts to help with the recovery and response effort after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. As part of the federal government’s national response framework, the Corps of Engineers is the responsible agency for public works and engineering during times of national disaster and emergencies.