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  • Canadian A Recreation Area benefits from Public Lands Day cleanup

    The Canton Lake staff and a group of volunteers observed National Public Lands Day September 27 with a cleanup of the Canadian A Recreation Area at the lake.

  • Mission not impossible: responding to disaster

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District is part of a broad Planning and Response Team, a special team of individuals who respond to disasters like flooding and hurricanes within days of the end of a disaster.

  • Media Advisory: Army Corps and Partners to Celebrate Estuary Day

    What:       Estuary Day Celebration - Students to experience environmental educational science

  • What is the USACE Galveston District’s Levee Safety Program?

    A. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines a levee as a “man-made structure, usually an earthen embankment, designed and constructed in accordance with sound engineering practices to contain, control, or divert the flow of water so as to provide protection from temporary flooding.” The terms dike and levee are sometimes used interchangeably. Examples of levee systems in the Houston area are the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-constructed Texas City and Vicinity Hurricane Protection System, Freeport and Vicinity Hurricane Protection System, the Port Arthur and Vicinity Hurricane Protection System and the locally constructed levee systems in Fort Bend County.

  • USACE Galveston District invests in the Corps’ Leadership Development Program

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 10, 2012) - When it comes to leadership development, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District managers understand that growing leaders will produce a substantial return on investment and enable the agency to remain relevant during tough economic times.

  • District one step closer to being accepted into OSHA program

    The Voluntary Protection Program uses performance-based criteria and requires extensive documentation in order to be in compliance. The program uses different models and tools to try and identify problematic areas so agencies can attempt to minimize and eliminate as many accidents as possible.

  • Ecology, Cowlitz County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agree on joint environmental review of Millennium coal export proposal

    Cowlitz County, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) have signed a formal agreement to jointly oversee the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposal from Millennium Bulk Terminals - Longview, LLC (MBTL) to develop a coal export terminal at the site of the previous Reynolds aluminum smelter near Longview.

  • Burcham tours one of Nashville District’s major rehabilitation projects

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Oct. 10, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District welcomed Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, on her first visit to Wolf Creek Dam’s Foundation Remediation Project.

  • 24th Annual Mississippi River Eco-Meet

    Pleasant Valley, IA - October 18thThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi River Project will

  • Tulsa District named single point of entry for Air Force real estate actions

    Recently, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District real estate office was named as the single point of entry for all U.S. Air Force real estate actions. A meeting will be held in the near future with the Air Force to discuss specific details.