23 Jan 2012

Upper and Lower Saint Anthony Falls lock and dam statistics released for the 2011 navigation season

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Exactly 3,709 vessels and 764,951 tons of cargo passed through Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and 2,582 vessels and 766,553 tons of cargo passed through Lower Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, both located in Minneapolis, during the 2011 navigation season from March 31-Dec. 3.

20 Jan 2012

Army Corps, partners, celebrate Cape May project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its state, federal and local partners marked the completion of a more than $9 million beach replenishment project, Jan. 18, 2012 with a ceremony at the Coast Guard base here.

20 Jan 2012

Corps to temporarily close Canal Point Recreation Area

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced it will temporarily close the Canal Point Recreation Area at Lake Okeechobee due to ongoing construction associated with the rehabilitation of Herbert Hoover Dike.

20 Jan 2012

Corps to continue water releases from Lake Okeechobee

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has announced it will continue releasing water from Lake Okeechobee, sending additional fresh water into the Caloosahatchee Estuary.

20 Jan 2012

Army Corps dredge rescues boater

Crew members of the Dredge McFarland rescued a boater who had reportedly been floating in 48 degree water for nearly three hours and was only minutes away from being carried out of the harbor and into the open ocean when the McFarland crew spotted him and plucked him out of the channel.

20 Jan 2012

Corps discusses environmental, economic benefits of restoration at Everglades Coalition Conference

Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District spoke at the 27th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference, Jan. 5-8, 2012, in Stuart, Fla., the largest annual forum for discourse on Everglades restoration and conservation.

20 Jan 2012

99 percent of 1st quarter 2012 construction goal met

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District-South exceeded its December goal by placing more than $64 million worth of construction, or 105.3 percent.

20 Jan 2012

Assistant Army Secretary meets with USACE, MCoE, and Fort Benning military and community leaders

The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment met with the South Atlantic Division - Corps of Engineers and Fort Benning leaders during a visit to U.S. army Maneuver Center of Excellence.

20 Jan 2012

USACE, DoDDS, SHAPE team up to deliver 21st century-style schools to international community

Representatives from SHAPE, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, Department of Defense Dependants Schools-Europe, Belgian Federal Government and City of Mons marked the beginning of the first phase of construction on new facilities that will replace the aging SHAPE American and International Schools with a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 11 on the SHAPE International School grounds.

20 Jan 2012

Corps of Engineers workers deliver donations to Kabul orphans

Eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees distributed two dozen boxes of donated jackets, hats, gloves and other winter clothes to a large orphanage on Jan. 14, a day when heavy snow fell and the temperature reached 32 degrees in the Afghan capital.