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  • Barren River Lake climbs to new record high pool

    Barren River Lake in Glasgow, Kentucky, has set a record high pool as of today, April 7, 2025. As of 6:00 a.m., Barren River Lake was at 583.6 feet MSL (mean sea level) and utilizing 81 percent of flood storage, and still rising. The previous record was set 36 years ago in March 1989 when the pool reached 583 feet MSL.

  • Dr. Beth Fleming named fourth ERDC director

    Dr. Beth Fleming has been named director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), assuming the position in March. As director, she leads one of the most diverse research organizations in the world, comprising seven laboratories located across four states, with more than 2,600 employees, $1 billion in facilities and an annual program valued at $2.2 billion.

  • Army Corps replaces Libby Dam’s intake crane equipment

    U.S. Army Corps begin intake crane replacement project at Libby Dam, to enhance overall efficiency, reliability and performance of the operating project’s infrastructure.

  • Corps of Engineers managing water as storm front moves through Cumberland River Basin

    As storms begin to move out of the Cumberland River Basin in Tennessee and Kentucky, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District continues its focus on moving water through the system while reducing flood risk.

  • Barren, Green, and Nolin River dams operating as intended, providing flood damage reduction

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District is actively monitoring water levels at reservoirs in the Green River Area, including Barren River, Green River, and Nolin River lakes, following significant rainfall over the last 48-72 hours. Each of the reservoirs still have flood storage capacity to manage additional runoff and reduce downstream flooding risks. These reservoirs are part of a broader system managed by USACE, designed to temporarily store excess water from heavy rainfall until river and stream levels recede, preventing further downstream flooding.

  • USACE and Partners Break Ground on New Barracks at Fort Johnson

    Brig. Gen. Jason Curl, Commanding General of the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, and Arnold “Rob” Newman, the Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District Deputy District Engineer, leaned onto their shovels March 13th to break ground with their teammates on the new unaccompanied enlisted personnel housing facility.

  • Central City North Bypass Channel Construction Contract Solicitation

    Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently soliciting contractor bids for the Fort Worth Central City North Bypass Channel construction contract. Offers are due by May 29 with an anticipated contract award date in September 2025.

  • Army Corps and contractor begin construction of new dredge

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joined contractors Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Royal IHC on April 4, 2025, in Panama City, FL for a steel cutting ceremony, kicking off construction of a Medium Class Hopper Dredge (MCHD) to replace the Dredge McFARLAND of the Army Corps’ Philadelphia District. The event was attended by USACE Headquarters, North Atlantic Division, Marine Design Center, and Philadelphia District leadership as well as Royal IHC and Eastern Shipbuilding Group leadership.

  • Corps of Engineers managing water runoff in Cumberland River Basin

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District reports that its dam projects in the Cumberland River Basin are operating as designed in the wake of heavy rains that fell overnight and this morning.

  • Corps of Engineers hosts Lower Pool 10 restoration project groundbreaking

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is celebrating the start of the Lower Pool 10 habitat rehabilitation and enhancement project with a groundbreaking ceremony April 22, at 1 p.m. at the North Gazebo in Guttenberg, Iowa.