4 Mar 2019

Huntsville Center workshop good for taxpayers, environment

Resource efficiency managers from around the world attended Huntsville Center’s REM workshop in Huntsville, Alabama, Feb. 26-28. Huntsville Center’s REM program provides contracted subject-matter experts to Department of Defense branch installations to increase energy program effectiveness by identifying programs and practices to reduce energy and water costs and meet resilience and security requirements.

4 Mar 2019

Be better than you were last year with the Commander’s Challenge

Despite an unusually busy start to 2019 for Huntsville Center, Season 3 of the Commander’s Challenge is off and running.

2 Mar 2019

TENN-TOM WATERWAY, BLACK WARRIOR/TOMBIGBEE RIVER LOCK CLOSURE, NAVIGATION OBSTRUCTIONS

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District announces that due to continued heavy rainfall in the northern regions of Alabama and Mississippi, river levels have reached major flood stages, impacting navigation traffic on inland waterway systems. The high water levels have caused the closure of several locks, as well as creating shoal areas obstructing as water levels drop.

1 Mar 2019

DAY USE AREA CLOSURES AT CARTERS LAKE

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, announced today that select recreational Day Use areas at the Carters Lake Project site have closed due to high waters impacting the region.

27 Feb 2019

NR 19-014: Lake Cumberland hits record lake level, begins to recede

JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Feb. 27, 2019) – Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announce that Lake Cumberland hit a record lake level Tuesday, Feb. 26, and Wolf Creek Dam has also reached record releases today. Water levels are beginning to recede.

26 Feb 2019

19-018 Ice Harbor navigation lock returns to service Feb. 27

BURBANK, Wash. – Ice Harbor Dam's navigation will reopen to provide limited operations for commercial vessel traffic Feb. 27 through March 1, from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.

26 Feb 2019

NR 19-013: High-river flows prompt extended closure of Cheatham Lock

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 26, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that Cheatham Lock in Ashland City, Tenn., will likely remain closed to navigation for at least 30 days due to high water levels at the project.

26 Feb 2019

19-017 Navigation locks on Columbia, Snake rivers to close March 2 for annual maintenance; Ice Harbor lock currently remains temporarily out of service for urgent machinery repairs

COLUMBIA & SNAKE RIVERS, Ore. & Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct routine annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs at all navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers during March.

26 Feb 2019

USACE gives a small token of thanks for a big gesture of support

A generous donation to help care packages continue to be delivered to military members and civilians deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq prompts a flag-flying ceremony at Kandahar.

25 Feb 2019

19-016 Ice Harbor Dam’s navigation lock temporarily closed

BURBANK, Wash. – Ice Harbor Dam’s navigation lock, located at Snake River Mile 9.7 near Burbank, Wash., closed to all river traffic on Saturday, Feb. 23, according to operations officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District.