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  • Obama stresses importance of ports during visit to Jacksonville

    Addressing a standing-room-only audience at JAXPORT July 25, President Barack Obama stressed the importance of maintaining the nation’s ports and aging infrastructure. Hundreds gathered to hear Obama’s plan for moving the economy forward, starting with passing legislation to authorize two local port projects that would put people back to work in Jacksonville. “In a couple of years, new supertankers are going to start coming through the Panama Canal,” said Obama. “We want those supertankers to come here, to Jacksonville.”

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Kenneth Finley

    WALLISVILLE, Texas (Aug. 1, 2013) – Meeting people from different parts of the world is just one fascinating aspect of working at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Wallisville Lake Project according to Department of the Army Intern and Park Ranger Kenneth Finley.

  • NR 13-032 Corps host National Public Lands Day projects at Old Hickory Lake

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (Aug. 2, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Old Hickory Lake invites the public to lend their support in the restoration and refurbishment of local public lands by giving a helping volunteer hand on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at Rockland Recreation Area, Hendersonville, Tenn. and at the Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail located within the old Shutes Branch Campground, Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

  • NR 13-031 Lake Cumberland Annual Drawdown has begun

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 1, 2013) – The annual drawdown of Lake Cumberland has been initiated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. If no significant rainfall events are experienced, then the lake level is expected to drop below elevation 700 feet by mid-August.

  • USACE, Army Reserve partner for project improvement, cost saving, training opportunities

         An ongoing Army Corps and Army Reserve partnership could result in significant savings on a

  • SWD conducts Hurricane Exercise

    DALLAS—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division, joined by Corps Headquarters personnel, State of Texas officials, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal agencies, held a hurricane “table top” exercise today to help prepare for response in the event of a hurricane making landfall along the Texas Coast.

  • USACE poised to meet significant L.A. River study milestone

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is finalizing preparation of a draft report for the Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration study and anticipates releasing the report to the public in early September. The action will trigger a 45-day public comment period that will help inform a final report, which will include a recommendation to Congress.

  • USACE poised to meet significant L.A. River study milestone

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is finalizing preparation of a draft report for the Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration study and anticipates releasing the report to the public in early September. The action will trigger a 45-day public comment period that will help inform a final report, which will include a recommendation to Congress.

  • Middle East District Awards Maintenance Facilities, Mubarak AB Kuwait

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District awarded a task order on July 23, for KC-130J aircraft maintenance facilities at Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait. The task order was awarded for $17.1 million to Contrack International, Inc., of McLean, Va. The period of performance is one year.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $4.6 million contract to dredge Freeport Harbor entrance and jetty channels

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 25, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $4,610,600 to Manson Construction Company for maintenance dredging of the Freeport Harbor Entrance and Jetty channels in Brazoria County, Texas.