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  • Projects in Benin increase both healthcare capacity and ability to document births

    Villagers in two communities in northeast Benin will no longer need to cross the border to give birth or receive other basic medical care with the delivery of two new medical facilities in the remote villages of Money and Godjekoara, both of which sit in the larger border region of the Commune of Malanville. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District implemented and managed the construction of the facilities. Project requirements and funding were provided by AFRICOM with onsite coordination provided by the U.S. Embassy and Office of Security Cooperation.

  • Mississippi River Commission and Corps of Engineers tour Missouri River

    Leaders from The Mississippi River Commission along with leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers toured the Missouri River Mar. 29 – Apr. 1. Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, chief of engineers and commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brig. Gen. D. Peter Hemlinger, commander, Northwestern Division, Col. William Hannan Jr., commander, Kansas City District and Col. Mark Himes, commander, Omaha District, met with partners and stakeholders and visited sites along the river.

  • Smith appointed new Memphis District Project Management Branch Chief

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District recently selected Derrick Smith to be the new Chief of the Project Management Branch. Highlights from Smith’s many years of service and achievements make clear how he earned this respectable position.

  • Little Rock District conducts flood fighting technique training

    The Little Rock District recently conducted flood fighting technique training at the Greers Ferry Lake Project Office.

  • ERDC team uses unique tool in Navy aircraft runway testing

    Since aircraft have been used as wartime weapons, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has led the charge of creating tools that allow those planes to land anywhere in the world. Today, that mission has not changed, and the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) is using a unique machine to better understand the Navy’s P-8 Poseidon and how it distresses temporary, rapidly constructed runways.  

  • Construction complete: East Branch Lake, campgrounds to reopen fully in upcoming ceremony

    After seven years of construction at the dam of East Branch Clarion River Lake, and more than a decade of lowered water levels, the reservoir and dam will reopen in late May with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an open house event.

  • Corps of Engineers to reduce traffic at Lac qui Parle Dam for repairs

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reducing traffic at the Lac qui Parle Dam, near Watson, Minnesota, starting April 5.

  • Entire Group Camp Reservations And Picnic Shelter Reservations Now Available Online

    Mark Twain Lake, April 2, 2021 - The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers announces group use areas/shelter reservations will now be available online. The Group Campgrounds will be reservable at one standard fee and all picnic shelters will now be available by calling 877-444-6777 or by visiting Recreation.gov. Below you can find a schedule and reservation policy for the affected areas:  Group Camp Reservations: Can be made twelve months in advance. Briscoe Group Campground is $100.00 per night. Indian Creek Group Campground is $125.00 per night. Group Campgrounds will open the third Friday of May and close on the last Monday of October.  Shelter Reservations: Can be made twelve months in advance. The fee for a shelter house is $30.00. Reservations can be made year-round. Reservations must be made at least one week in advance. 

  • USACE to reduce Lake Okeechobee releases beginning April 3

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will reduce Lake Okeechobee releases to coastal estuaries beginning Saturday in an effort to slow the lake’s recession rate. Releases to the Caloosahatchee will be reduced to 1,200 cubic feet per second (cfs) as measured at the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam (S-79) and to 300 cfs as measured at the St. Lucie Lock and Dam (S-80).

  • Corps to mobilize mid-April for Fort Pierce beach renourishment

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, will mobilize in mid-April to conduct a beach replenishment project at Fort Pierce, Florida. The shore protection project will entail sand replenishment of approximately 1.3 miles of beach immediately south of the Fort Pierce Inlet. It is the continuation of a federal project initially constructed in 1971 with an additional 14 periodic and emergency re-nourishments carried out since 1999.