4 Dec 2024

2024 Missouri River operations come to a close

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has finished work on the Missouri River for 2024.

4 Dec 2024

USACE Rock Island District awards first construction contract for Brandon Road Interbasin Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, awarded the first construction contract for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on November 27. The $15.5 million contract was awarded to Miami Marine Services for site preparation and riverbed rock removal for the engineered channel. Miami Marine will partner with Michels Construction, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for completion of this contract.

4 Dec 2024

USACE announces new management of select day-use areas in Green River Area

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District announces new management of day-use areas at select sites for the 2025 recreation season at the following lakes in the Green River Area, which includes Green River Lake in Campbellsville, Barren River Lake in Glasgow and Nolin River Lake in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

4 Dec 2024

Army Corps begins Everett Harbor and Snohomish River Federal Navigation Channel maintenance dredging Dec. 16

USACE begins dredging the Everett Harbor and Snohomish River federal navigational channels the week of Dec. 16, 2024. The 24/7 dredging operations, expected to be completed by Feb 14, 2025, will make it safer for local boaters to navigate.

4 Dec 2024

Corps of Engineers begins installing FUSRAP signs

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, began installing signs along Coldwater Creek in North St. Louis County on properties that still need to be cleaned up because of contamination from our nation’s early atomic energy program. These properties are being addressed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, also known as FUSRAP.

4 Dec 2024

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks scoping comments on the Central and Southern Florida Flood Resiliency Section 203 Study – Broward Basins (CORRECTED)

- CORRECTED - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 4, 2024) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District announces a 30-day public National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) scoping comment period for the Central and Southern Florida (C&SF) Flood Resiliency Study (Section 203) - Broward Basins, being conducted by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). Official NEPA scoping letters will be sent out to agencies and Tribes and published on the project webpage. Comments will be due 30 days from the date of those letters.

4 Dec 2024

Conway Lake Ecosystem Restoration: Soil Investigations to Support Engineering With Nature and Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment

Purpose: The purpose of this Technical Note is to describe Conway Lake ecosystem restoration adaptive management investigations to evaluate forest planting and soil response to three depths of fine sediment placed over a sand base.

4 Dec 2024

Gavins Point Dam releases reduced to winter release rate

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began reducing the Gavins Point releases to the winter release rate on Nov. 23 with the navigation flow support season ending on Dec. 1 at St. Louis. “Releases from Gavins Point Dam are being reduced to the 12,000 cubic feet per second winter release rate by mid-December,” said John Remus, Chief of the Missouri River Water Management Division. “We will closely monitor river conditions, and releases will be adjusted to the extent practical to lessen the impacts of river ice formation on stages in the lower river.” Releases were at 32,000 cfs prior to the reductions.

3 Dec 2024

U.S. Army Fort Wingate Depot Activity announces public interest survey for participation in re-activating a Restoration Advisory Board

The U.S. Army Fort Wingate Depot Activity (FWDA) is conducting a survey to determine if there is enough public interest to re-activate the FWDA Restoration Advisory Board (RAB). The RAB provides a public venue for citizens to provide input on the decisions that are made by the Army to clean up the installation and meet the permit requirements.

3 Dec 2024

Large lock gates closed to pedestrian traffic Dec. 4 between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.

The walkways over the large lock will be closed to pedestrian traffic on Dec. 4 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Please plan alternative routes for commutes or other activities during the closure.