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  • Class equips Corps employees with tools to safeguard nation’s historical treasures

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 5, 2012) -- Some of the nation’s most valuable historical treasures are located on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lands right here in the Nashville District. Preserving and protecting these significant resources is so essential that Corps employees recently received specialized training that equipped them with the tools necessary to safeguard archaeological sites.

  • Daughter of Lake Barkley Corps employee wins top honors in National Essay Contest

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 4, 2011) -- Ashlee Smith, 17, a junior at Lyon County High School, Ky., and daughter of Troy Smith an Electrician with the U.S. Army of Engineers from the Lake Barkley Power Plant, won $5,000 and captured top honors representing the Mid-South region at the Bill of Rights Institute's Being an American Essay Contest Awards Gala Celebration on March 22, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

  • Bonnet Carré Spillway Test

    What: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District is scheduled to practice removing and

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues thorough review of Via Verde natural gas line permit application

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is continuing its thorough review of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) application for a Department of the Army permit to construct and install a 92-mile natural gas pipeline that traverses the island of Puerto Rico.

  • Weekly Eufaula Lake level

    TULSA, Okla. - In an effort to keep Lake Eufaula stakeholders up to date on lake conditions, the

  • Dale Hollow Lake volunteers spruce up recreational areas

    DALE HOLLOW LAKE, Tenn. (April 2, 2011) – With leaves budding and flowers blooming, local volunteers gathered here today for a spring cleaning event organized by The Friends of Dale Hollow Lake, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and conserving the lake’s environment and resources.

  • Corps Enforces Title 36 at Project Locations

    Stewardship is one of the guiding principles of the Corps of Engineers, which has the responsibility of managing close to 12 million acres of public lands and waters, on more than 400 lake and river projects in 43 states.

  • Remnants of U.S.’s Oldest Highway Crosses Corps’ Galisteo Project

    Route 66 may have its kicks, but a dusty, mostly hidden and sporadic trail winding its way from Mexico City to Santa Fe, N.M. is still king, as the oldest of the Southwest highway systems. For 400 years, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the nation’s oldest and longest “highway,” was the only road into New Mexico and the Southwest, bringing thousands of settlers from Mexico and Spain into the region.

  • When Disaster Strikes, We’ll Bring the Ice!

    In the event a disaster such as a hurricane hits the U.S. this year, Albuquerque District will ensure that ice is purchased and delivered to the affected area, when requested.

  • Longest Walk 3 Participants Stay at Cochiti

    On the weekend of March 19, Cochiti Lake had the unique opportunity to play host to participants of “The Longest Walk 3, Reversing Diabetes.”