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  • Guided hunts at Russell Lake offer hope and healing for children facing illness

    Every Saturday during Georgia’s 2025–2026 youth deer hunting season, which runs from Oct. 11, 2025, through Jan. 11, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District partners with a foundation to provide hunting opportunities for children diagnosed with terminal or life-threatening illnesses at Richard B. Russell Lake.

  • USACE Managed Record Flood Response Operations Amid Severe Weather

    A series of powerful atmospheric river events struck western Washington in early December 2025, bringing over 10 inches of rainfall in some areas, leading to catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread infrastructure damage. Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish and King counties, where major rivers like the Skagit, Green and White overflowed, were hardest-hit, triggering extensive evacuations. The widespread flooding, compounded by saturated soils and unusually warm Pacific moisture that further intensified the impacts of the storm series, led to a state of emergency and 24-hour operations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District.

  • ERDC explores Nuclear Energy Systems to power future mission

    A strong, resilient energy supply is critical for military installations, and researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are evaluating domestically produced nuclear energy systems to provide critical research in support of the Army’s Janus Program.

  • New Senior Civilian Takes the Helm at the Charleston District

    For more than a decade, the Charleston District benefited from the steady leadership of a respected mentor, advocate, and champion. Under the guidance of Lisa Metheny, who served as the District’s Senior Civilian since 2014 and retired in July 2025, Charleston delivered some of the nation’s most important projects while building a culture recognized across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

  • Army Corps monitors widespread navigation hazards

    Army Corps monitors widespread navigation hazards caused by the recent accumulation of large woody debris carried into the Puget Sound and along the Washington coast, due to multiple atmospheric rivers and heavy precipitation impacting the region.

  • Mississippi River Visitor Center to Close for Holidays

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces the Mississippi River Visitor Center at Locks and Dam 15 in Rock Island, Illinois, will be closed December 24-26 and January 1, for federal holidays. With the exception of these dates, the facility will be open to the public Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

  • Coming Full Circle: Buffalo District Biologist Sam Knapp Builds a Career Rooted in Restoration

    There are moments when life and work come full circle. For Sam Knapp, a biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, that moment has already arrived early in her career. Sam, a native of Suffield, Ohio, and graduate of the University of Akron, has been connected to the Buffalo District since 2021—first through interagency work as an intern, and now as a full-time biologist with the Regulatory team in the Stow, Ohio, field office.

  • First ORTC buildings rising as USAG Bavaria breaks ground

    Leaders from the U.S. Army Installation Management Command – Europe, 7th Army Training Command, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, the German construction authority and other project partners held an official groundbreaking ceremony Dec. 19 for the first building of the ORTC.

  • Army Corps updates communities on record flood recovery, critical infrastructure status during state governor press conference

    Army Corps and Washington State leadership gave updates on their flood response efforts, during a joint press conference, Dec. 20. The press conference came on the heels of both entities' flood fight response due to back-to-back atmospheric river storms and record-breaking flooding that impacted the state over the past two weeks. 

  • USACE uses strategic safe reservoir drawdowns to protect Green, White River valleys amid winter storm cycles

    As Western Washington moves through the peak of flood season, Army Corps, Seattle District, water management team provides critical information on the process of "drawdowns" at Howard A. Hanson and Mud Mountain Dams, and why responsible drawdowns are necessary to protect communities in the Green and White River Valleys during flood season.