28 Sep 2023

LA District planners highlight Corps’ Environmental Justice, Engineering with Nature initiatives

Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Planning Division team members participated in the 2023 State of the Los Angeles River Watershed Symposium Sept. 19 at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles.

28 Sep 2023

Corps team conducts the official kickoff meeting for the Little Colorado River at Winslow

Representatives with the City of Winslow, Navajo County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District met Sept. 19 to discuss the Little Colorado River at Winslow Flood-Control project in Winslow, Ariz.

28 Sep 2023

USACE opens public comment on proposed FONSI for C-111 South Dade Conveyance Project S-332B & S-332C pump station replacements

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will accept public comment on the supplemental proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the design changes to the C-111 South Dade Conveyance Project, S-332B and S-332C pump station replacements. The pump stations will be constructed in Miami-Dade County, approximately 300 feet south of the current temporary pump stations. Comments are due October 30.

28 Sep 2023

Corps seeks comments on proposed Lac qui Parle spillway repair project

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for a proposed spillway repair project at Lac qui Parle dam in Montevideo, Minnesota.

27 Sep 2023

Chickamauga’s upstream approach wall piers get solid start

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Sept. 27, 2023) – The Upstream Approach Walls for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project got a solid start when work crews placed 148 cubic yards of tremie concrete Sept. 20 into the drilled shaft on the bottom of the Tennessee River.

27 Sep 2023

POW relative’s remains coming home spurs pride in family, service and sacrifice

Bee Spring, Kentucky – Darren Smith, a natural resource specialist with Nolin River Lake in Bee Spring, Kentucky, has deep ties to the area around the lake, and those ties are about to become even deeper as the remains of his great uncle, a World War II Veteran, are to be brought home and buried at a local cemetery Oct. 1.

25 Sep 2023

Veteran emergency manager leads USACE Recovery Field Office on Maui

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has established a Recovery Field Office on Maui in support of the Hawai'i wildfires disaster response, and veteran emergency manager from the USACE Nashville District Jerry Breznican has assumed a key role managing the hub of USACE response activities.

25 Sep 2023

NR 23-37: Public invited to Cordell Hull Dam’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 25, 2023) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invites the public to attend Cordell Hull Dam’s 50th Anniversary Celebration 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, at the dam.

25 Sep 2023

Resource Efficiency Managers expand partnership with Navy installations

REMs have been working with energy managers at Naval Base Guam for over six years to conduct building audits, identify energy conservation measures and develop project documentation for third-party financed energy projects, said Russell Moebes, REM Program project manager.

25 Sep 2023

Group Picnic Shelter Reservations Extended at Hartwell Lake

HARTWELL, GA. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District’s, Hartwell Lake Project Office, announces Group Picnic Shelter Reservations have been extended at Big Oaks and Broyles Recreation Areas.