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  • NR 13-010: Rockland Recreation Area shelters now reserved through National Recreation Reservation Service

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (April 10, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District at Old Hickory Lake has announced that all Rockland Recreation Area shelters have been added to the National Recreation Reservation Service gateway.

  • Okatibbee Lake reduces Operations at a Campground, a Day Use Area and Four Beaches

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, announced today that one campground, a day use area and four beaches at Okatibbee Lake will have reduced hours for the upcoming recreation season.

  • Corps awards contract for Nogales bridge design

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded a contract for approximately $476,000 on March 29 to redesign the Old Tucson Road bridge over Nogales Wash.

  • USACE Galveston District awards small business contract for security guard booth replacement

    GALVESTON, Texas (April 9, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, awarded a small business contract to First Liner Technologies Inc., in the amount of $79,554 for replacement of the existing security guard booth at the district’s headquarters building.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partners with FLW Outdoors to connect America’s youth with the outdoors

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will partner with FLW Outdoors and the FLW Foundation on future events and activities designed to connect America’s youth to their natural resources while promoting education, conservation and an active lifestyle.

  • Residents learn about proposed confined blasting for Jacksonville Harbor

    When most people hear the term “blasting,” they imagine a cosmic explosion of material that shoots into the earth’s atmosphere and shakes foundations. However, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Study, the proposed confined blasting technique to remove rock obstacles will sound more like a bullet as it is fired from a gun and will barely cause a blip on the radar.

  • Lake Lanier reduces operations at four campgrounds

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, announced today that four camping areas at Lake Sidney Lanier will be open only four days per week for the upcoming recreation season.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Simon DeSoto earns recognition for water safety PSAs

    GALVESTON, Texas (April 5, 2013) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Simon DeSoto, Colorado River lockmaster, earned second and third place awards for his radio water safety public service announcements during the 17th International Boating & Water Safety Summit in San Antonio, Texas.

  • A brief history of the Antilles Office through the eyes of the people

    If the responsibility for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Puerto Rico was a dance, it would probably be closer to the currently popular “Harlem Shuffle” than a salsa. Though responsibility for the office was shuffled over the years from New York to Panama, then to Puerto Rico, and finally to Jacksonville District, the importance of having a Corps office located on the island has never shifted. Corps civilian and military activities in Puerto Rico include administration, coastal defense projects, facilities construction on military bases and flood risk reduction, as well as maintenance and improvement of inland waterways and harbors. Specific navigation projects have included Arecibo Harbor, San Juan Harbor, and Mayaguez Harbor in Puerto Rico.

  • USACE begins Dam Safety Modification Study on Herbert Hoover Dike

    “The Dam Safety Modification Study is a comprehensive, system-wide study intended to identify risks in the system, and to recommend the necessary measures that can reduce the risk of failure,” said Tim Willadsen, HHD project manager. While certain sections of the dike have been studied before, HHD has never undergone a review this comprehensive and detailed. Each segment of the dike will be thoroughly reviewed for its geology and geometry, with particular attention given to scenarios that would cause the dike to fail.