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  • Protecting a ‘gem’ on Lake Ontario through Partnership

    Along the southern shore of Lake Ontario, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, and the Village of Sodus Point are working together to maintain safe navigation, protect critical infrastructure and preserve a waterfront community for generations to come. That partnership is visible along the Great Sodus Harbor East Breakwater, where the Buffalo District completed a $7.3 million repair project to strengthen approximately 1,625 feet of the structure.

  • CRREL researchers honored with USACE Environmental Quality Award

    Two researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire, have been awarded a national environmental award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

  • USACE Chicago District Conducts Electric Dispersal Barrier Testing to Enhance Safety and Preparedness

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District recently completed a series of comprehensive tests on the Electric Dispersal Barrier System to better understand the system's operating limits and evaluate the effects of increased stray electrical currents should higher voltage levels ever be required to control the transfer of invasive carp species into the Great Lakes.

  • Register to participate in youth, adult dove hunts at Richard B. Russell Lake

    Elberton, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Richard B. Russell Project, will host dove hunts for youth and adults Sept. 12 and 19, 2026, at two fields in Elbert County, Georgia, and one field in Abbeville County, South Carolina.

  • Largest Great Lakes Dredging Operation Starting Fall 2026

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and its contractor Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Company will begin the largest dredging operation on the Great Lakes this fall. This year’s dredging of Toledo Harbor’s federal navigation channel – which requires the largest quantity of material to be dredged from any Great Lakes harbor – is part of a two-year contract totaling $11.1 million, and ensures accessible depths for large vessels, the continued flow of commodities across the Great Lakes, and the economic viability of United States waterways.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins North Fork Skagit River Levee Repairs

    Repairs to the North Fork Skagit River levee system to provide 50-year flood protection for residential and agricultural lands in the Skagit Delta in the city of Mount Vernon, Washington, begins today. 

  • Locks and Dam 14 Auxiliary Lock to Open for Tugfest Weekend

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces the auxiliary lock at Locks and Dam 14 in Pleasant Valley, Iowa, will be open for public use from 4 p.m. to midnight, Friday, August 14 and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, August 15, to assist boaters traveling to and from Tugfest.

  • New issue of Crosscurrents now available

    The Spring 2026 issue of Crosscurrents is now available! Read it here: https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/Crosscurrents/

  • Record of Decision Released for Former Superior Steel Corporation Site

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District completed and has published the Record of Decision for the Former Superior Steel Site located at 500 Superior Street, Scott Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, approximately five miles southwest of downtown Pittsburgh. USACE, as lead agency under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, determined that no action is necessary at the Superior Steel Site to protect human health and the environment from FUSRAP materials.

  • FIRST DEPLOYMENT STORIES: The Volunteer Spirit

    The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) was devastated by back-to-back Category 5 storms, Super Typhoons Sinlaku and Bavi, prompting a rapid joint response from FEMA, the Red Cross, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Operating from the Recovery Field Office, USACE volunteer project engineer, Sarah L. Rhoton, managed critical personnel logistics and helped assess damaged power and school infrastructure on Tinian island. Throughout the extensive rebuilding process, the local CNMI residents deeply moved responders with their remarkable positivity, hospitality, and resilience despite enduring severe destruction and power outages.