19 Mar 2012

Nashville District announces employee of the month for January 2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 19, 2012) – Lesslie Y. Williams, a budget technician in the Mid Cumberland Area office at Center Hill Lake in Lancaster, Tenn., is the Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for January 2012.

18 Mar 2012

CERL Team Claims Honor

A team from the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory received the Program Development Achievement Award for developing a robust basic research program in biosensing and bioenergy.

18 Mar 2012

Navigation season begins; first tow makes its way to St. Paul, Minn.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The first up-bound tow boat and barges for the opening of 2012 navigation season made it to St. Paul, Minn., yesterday evening, March 17.

17 Mar 2012

Navigation locks on Columbia, Snake rivers to close for annual maintenance

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close navigation locks at dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in March to conduct annual inspections, repairs and maintenance.

17 Mar 2012

Corps celebrates E-Week with Walla Walla Valley students; Walla Walla District engineers to hold bridge building contests

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Seven Walla Walla River Valley schools will help the Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, celebrate National Engineers Week, Feb. 19-25, by participating in engineering design contests.

17 Mar 2012

First tow breaks through Lake Pepin, on its way to St. Paul, Minn.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The first up-bound tow boat and barges for the opening of 2012 navigation season crunched through up to 10 inches of ice at Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River early this morning.

16 Mar 2012

Corps to continue water releases from Lake Okeechobee

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has announced it will begin another release of water from Lake Okeechobee this weekend in a continued effort to reduce saltwater levels in the Caloosahatchee Estuary.

16 Mar 2012

Corps completes work on Rushville-Sugar Lake Levee

The Kansas City District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is pleased to announce that it has completed work on the Rushville-Sugar Lake Levee located between Buchanan and Platte counties.

16 Mar 2012

Corps announces milestone on Wakenda Levee Repairs

The Kansas City District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is pleased to announce that it has restored the Wakenda Levee located in Carroll County, Mo. to Its 2011 pre-flood level of protection.

16 Mar 2012

Corps resolves two Clean Water Act violations in Cook Inlet Basin

 On March 15, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, resolved two separate violations of