• The Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) hosts GEMS camp

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) recently held a Gains in Education in Mathematics & Science (GEMS) camp. The program is part of the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP), which exposes young people to career paths in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and which offers many options ranging from middle school to graduate studies. Traditionally, CERL hosts a middle school and a high school GEMS camp each summer.
  • 43 fish die in Mud Mountain Dam fish passage facility

    Two physical barrier mishaps occurred at the new Mud Mountain Dam fish passage facility June 22 and June 26, which left 42 Chinook salmon and one bull trout dead.
  • USACE, Omaha District announces Lower Yellowstone project ribbon cutting ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will be co-hosting an official ribbon cutting ceremony for the Lower Yellowstone Intake Diversion Dam Fish Passage Project, July 26, on Joe’s Island in Montana.
  • Sarah Sullivan named Employee of the Month and shares SHARP highlights

    On Wednesday June 15, 2022, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Commander, Col. Kimberly Peeples, named Sarah Sullivan, Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Coordinator, as Employee of the Month. Sullivan was nominated by Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, Tracy Baker.
  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 22-24 Lock 5 Sailing Instruction

    MKARNS - Due to shoaling, mariners are advised that upbound and downbound tows need to favor the long wall in the downstream approach to Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock (No. 5).
  • Potential Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) concerns at Clendening Lake

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that conditions exist in the outlet works area at Clendening Lake in southwestern Harrison County in Washington and Nottingham townships, Ohio that could result in the presence and possible release of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gases.
  • The Cave: Bringing Pfc. John Quinn Home

    The last time anyone saw Pfc. John B. Quinn, Jr, a 29th Regiment Marine, he was headed into a cave on the island of Okinawa, some 7,600 miles away from his home in New York. The year was 1945.
  • USACE announces BBSEER Project Delivery Team Meeting on June 30

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District announces a Project Delivery Team (PDT) Meeting for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (BBSEER) Project Study on Thursday, June 30, 2022, from 1 to 3 p.m. “The purpose of this Project Delivery Team Meeting is to review model assumptions for the existing condition and future without project baselines prior to completing development and modeling in the Regional Simulation Model. The model assumptions were developed by the Interagency Modeling Center in collaboration with the BBSEER plan formulation and model subteams. The existing condition and future without project baselines will be used to measure the performance of the alternative plans. BBSEER alternative plans are intended to restore freshwater flows to terrestrial and coastal wetlands in Biscayne Bay and the Southeastern Everglades,” said April Patterson, BBSEER Senior Project Manager. “We appreciate the continued engagement of the interagency Project Delivery Team and members of the public during the planning phase of this complex project. Your participation during our extended meetings and workshops, your input, local knowledge, expertise and shared data are absolutely critical to the development and success of this project.”
  • Corps adds additional closure date to Lock and Dam 8 miter gate replacement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is adding additional navigation closure date to install new miter gates at Lock and Dam 8, in Genoa, Wisconsin.
  • Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers Experiencing Widespread and Regional Changes

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District; and the U.S. Geological Survey, in partnership with others, have released a report regarding the Ecological Status and Trends of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. The Status and Trends report is the third of its kind produced as part of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) program and includes information on long term changes in water quality, aquatic vegetation and fish from six study areas spread across the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. The report also summarizes trends in possible drivers of long-term changes in the river including river discharge and floodplain land cover.