25 Mar 2011

Partnering builds framework for success

For the first time in almost ten years, representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District (MED) attended partnering sessions for several of its projects.

25 Mar 2011

Communications Center in Kuwait is ahead of schedule

The Communications Center here is ahead of schedule and setting a high bar for future U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in the country.

24 Mar 2011

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers holds flood-fight training for local responders

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, Emergency Management team, is providing flood-fight training to communities along the Mississippi River from Lock and Dam 14, Pleasant Valley, Iowa, to Lock and Dam 10, Dubuque, Iowa, at the Clinton Public Works Building, Friday, March 25 at 1 p.m.

24 Mar 2011

Mississippi River Commission schedules high-water inspection trip

Memphis, Tenn., March 24, 2011 -- The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) will conduct the Memphis District portion of its annual high-water inspection trip on the Mississippi River April 11-12, 2011.

24 Mar 2011

Corps of Engineers returns to floodfight response Phase I level in northern areas

MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 24, 2011 – With falling Ohio and Mississippi River levels, the Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lowered their floodfight activation level to Phase I in the Cairo (Illinois), Missouri (bootheel) and Reelfoot-Obion (Tennessee) areas at 1 a.m. on March 23.

24 Mar 2011

MED part of Shenandoah Valley community

“We are your neighbors and your partners in the Shenandoah Valley,” said Col. Ron Light, MED commander.

24 Mar 2011

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requests public input

TULSA – In its continued commitment to transparency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting

23 Mar 2011

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosts public meeting on Everglades restoration transition plan

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will host a public meeting March 24 on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Everglades Restoration Transition Plan (ERTP).

23 Mar 2011

Lake Sidney Lanier Shoreline Management update for Community Docks

The U.S. Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, invites the public to participate in one of three meetings to provide input and comments to proposed policy changes to the community docks portion of the Shoreline Management Plan for Lake Sidney Lanier.

22 Mar 2011

Community Organizations, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hold the first America’s Great Outdoors Event in Hawaii

In order to promote President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative, the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii (TNC); community group Kāko’o Ōiwi; the UH Institute of Marine Biology; Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy and leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held Hawaii’s first ever America’s Great Outdoors Event at Heeia Wetland adjacent to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, March 17, 2011.