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  • Corps, volunteers collect more than 2,000 pounds of shoreline debris

    PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Sunglasses. Check! Bug spray. Check! Bottled water. Check! Trash bags. Check!

  • Volunteers to help with nature trails at Wappapello Lake

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake is pleased to announce they have recently recruited volunteers to assist with trail maintenance. All trails managed by the Corps of Engineers at Wappapello are part of the National Recreation Trail System.

  • Volunteers Help Abiquiu Lake Staff Survey Bald Eagles

    District staff at Abiquiu Lake has partnered with volunteers for more than a decade to participate in the national midwinter bald eagle survey. This year’s results: 14 eagles counted Jan. 4, 2014.

  • Corps, Friends of Jennings Randolph Lake sponsor annual clean-up event

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jennings Randolph Lake and the Friends of Jennings Randolph Lake invite volunteers to take part in the third annual Route 46 Cleanup day, scheduled for Saturday, September 21 at 10 a.m.

  • Partnerships result in successful National Public Lands Day event at J. Percy Priest Lake

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept 7, 2013) – In observance of National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands, the J. Percy Priest Lake team partnered with the Nashville Clean Water Project and a diverse group of willing volunteers to tidy up several areas around the lake.

  • NR13-035: Volunteers needed for Lake Cumberland Clean up

    SOMERSET, Ky. (Aug. 20, 2013) – Saturday, Sept. 21, is the 24th Annual Friends of Lake Cumberland Cleanup. This day has been set aside to remove debris from the lake and adjoining shoreline.

  • Corps park volunteers love giving back to others

    Thank a campground volunteer as you enjoy your Fourth of July campout! The smiling hosts at our district campgrounds are volunteers who enjoy nature, camping and travel. We talked with a few of our volunteers from years past to hear more about the RV lifestyle, sightseeing on a Harley and what “getting away from it all” really means in the digital age.

  • Volunteers take pride in accomplishments at Take Pride in America Day

    Like anything worthwhile, Jacksonville District’s observance of Take Pride in America Day took a lot of planning, preparation and hard work. For the Corps employees and volunteers who participated in the May 4 event, the results were well worth the effort again this year. It was a win-win for everyone involved.

  • Little Hoot Island tree planting

    On May 23, 2013, 19 tree planters representing individual volunteers, the Student Conservation Association, School on the Prairie from Holmen, Wis., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Environmental Section of the Corps of Engineers, converged on Little Hoot Island on the Mississippi River in Pool 8 near Brownsville, Minn., to plant 750 tree and shrub seedlings.

  • Jennings Randolph Lake hosts annual cleanup event, seeks volunteers

    Jennings Randolph Lake, W.Va. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jennings Randolph Lake and the Friends of Jennings Randolph invite the public to take part in the third annual Jennings Randolph Lake cleanup event, Saturday, June 15.