9 Feb 2021

ERDC’s Pittman honored with FLC’s Laboratory Director of the Year award

Dr. David Pittman, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), has been chosen for the 2021 Director of the Year award by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC).

9 Feb 2021

Defining Hydropower: a glimpse into the world of a power plant operator

Power plant operators are an integral to running a dam. But what does it mean to be an operator? To gain a better understanding of the job, we interviewed three power plant operators who work at dams in the Walla Walla District: Telzey Bartley, Billie Guille and Summer Dellamater.

9 Feb 2021

Divers perform inspection of Ice Harbor’s Removable Spillway Weir

For the Corps of Engineers, the onset of colder weather signals the beginning of dive season. While perhaps not an official season, most dive work is scheduled between November and March, when salmon runs are at their lowest. On November 17, a team of divers suited up at Ice Harbor Dam to perform the required 3-year inspection of the Removable Spillway Weir.

9 Feb 2021

‘He is focus and he’s freedom;’

“I am 10th generation to serve,” Emily Klinefelter, Park Ranger with Lower Granite Natural Resource Office, said. “My grandmother filled my head with dreams about being a sailor. She served in WWII teaching young Americans and Russians how to use the anti-aircraft guns.”

9 Feb 2021

USACE hosting virtual workshop for Paintsville Lake Master Plan Update

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of updating its 1974 Master Plan for Paintsville Lake located in Staffordsville, Kentucky. A Master Plan is the document that conceptually establishes and guides the orderly development, administration, maintenance, preservation, enhancement, and management of all natural, cultural and recreational resources of a Corps water resource project. Public input is critical in the Master Plan update process. USACE will be hosting a virtual workshop to provide the public with an opportunity to comment. The public comment period will be open until March 25, 2021.

9 Feb 2021

Jacksonville District to begin dredging Okeechobee Waterway near Jensen Beach, Stuart and Palm City, advises mariners

The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will begin dredging sections of the Okeechobee Waterway (OWW) in the vicinity of Jensen Beach and Stuart (Reach 3) and Palm City (Reach 4) by the end of February 2021.

9 Feb 2021

Muddy River Flood Risk Management project to cause temporary lane closures February 12

 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today upcoming temporary lane

9 Feb 2021

Soundwaters, Inc. seeks permit for proposed work offshore of Stamford, Connecticut

 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application from

9 Feb 2021

Supervisory Training Sessions get underway with teaching roles, responsibilities

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District kicked off a new supervisory training with its

8 Feb 2021

Corps of Engineers releases 2020 Lock and Dam 10 navigation stats 2020

​ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8.