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  • Army Corps of Engineers christens Motor Vessel Clinton

    Rock Island, Ill. -- (May 30,2012) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, invites the public and media to join the Mayor of Clinton and the Corps for a christening ceremony of its newest vessel, the Motor Vessel Clinton, on June 1 at 2 p.m., at the Clinton Marina, 511 Riverview Drive, Clinton, Iowa.

  • Corps of Engineers awards major contract to repair floodway levee

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 30, 2012 – The Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, today awarded a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for repairs to the Birds Point-New Madrid frontline levee to three firms: Young’s General Contracting, of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; Kingridge Enterprises, Inc., of Little Rock, Ark.; and Harold Coffey Construction Co., of Hickman, Ky. The total contract amount is not to exceed $20 million.

  • Corps to implement interim corrective measures for Fort Peck Spillway

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is currently designing interim repairs to the spillway structure of Fort Peck Dam in Montana. A contract for the repairs is anticipated to be awarded by the end of September.

  • Corps to implement interim corrective measures for Fort Peck Spillway

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is currently designing interim repairs to the spillway structure of Fort Peck Dam in Montana. A contract for the repairs is anticipated to be awarded by the end of September.

  • Corps of Engineers’ Big Sandy reservoir rising rapidly

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, anticipates that Big Sandy Lake, north of McGreggor, Minn., will rise an additional two to three feet.

  • Minneapolis locks and dams now closed to all traffic

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, closed the three Twin Cities lock and dams to commercial traffic last night due to increasing high water flows in the Mississippi River.

  • Corps offers free fishing clinic at Spearfish Park June 9

    The public is invited to a family fishing event at Spearfish Park, near Dallesport, Wash., on June 9, 2012, from 9 a.m. to noon, in conjunction with Washington's free fishing weekend.

  • Traffic alert: Sellwood area street closures

    Portions of S.E. Tenino and Umatilla streets and S.E. 21st Ave. near Crystal Springs Creek will be closed starting June 11 when construction begins to restore a portion of Crystal Springs Creek. Access will be closed to through traffic until the end of September.

  • Corps resumes water releases for Caloosahatchee Estuary

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has started releasing small amounts of water from Lake Okeechobee in a continued effort to reduce saltwater content in the Caloosahatchee Estuary.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to hold public hearing on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for proposed King Road Limestone Mine

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Titan/Tarmac America LLC, King Road Limestone Mine in west-central Florida.