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  • Kentucky Lock team receives Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A construction team at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, which stepped up to manage the repair of a hydropower unit at Barkley Power Plant, received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award Feb. 11 at the district’s headquarters.

  • Utah, Army Corps partner on major flood mapping study

    The Utah Geological Survey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District signed an agreement Feb. 20, 2014, to conduct a comprehensive study of potential flood hazards in Utah’s Wasatch Front and Cache Valley.

  • Students Study STEM through Interactive Presentations

    Seventy students from two area schools gathered at the District’s main office to learn more about the importance of STEM and some of the various ways these subjects are essential in what the Corps of Engineers does on a daily basis.

  • Corps solicits input on proposed changes to Homme Dam operations

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host a public meeting to solicit feedback on a Corps proposal to update the water control plan for the Homme Reservoir on the Park River.

  • A Monument Man

    When Deputy Counsel Ralph Allen from the Little Rock District Corps of Engineers was 13-years-old his grandfather took him on a tour through Europe explaining what the United States and Allies endured during World War II. What Allen didn’t know as boy is that his grandfather was a Monuments Man charged with preserving the history and architecture of the war torn country during the world’s darkest hours. The recent release of George Clooney’s new film “Monuments Men,” has propelled Allen and his family to research the legacy of their beloved grandfather.

  • MILLWOOD LAKE’S WHITE CLIFFS PARK NOW RESERVABLE

    ASHDOWN, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Millwood Project Office announces that campsites at White Cliffs Park on Millwood Lake will be reservable beginning Feb. 12. Campers can reserve a site online at www.recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. Visitors can make reservations at the park beginning March 1.

  • Corps to discuss changes to Folsom Dam facilities at public meetings

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will host public scoping meetings Feb. 19 and Feb. 24 to discuss and solicit comments for the Folsom Dam Raise Project.

  • Old Hickory hydropower sparks interest of medical students

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 6, 2014) – Seventeen students from Nashville General Hospital School of Radiology at Murrey Medical College received a hands-on review of principles in electricity when they took an in-depth tour of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Old Hickory Lock and Dam.

  • Regulator Receives Earth Science Achievement Award

    On Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, Marcy Leavitt, branch chief of the Texas/New Mexico Regulatory Division in the District, was the recipient of the 2014 New Mexico Earth Science Achievement Award.

  • CORPS TO HOST WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS VINEY CREEK PARK CLOSURE

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District is hosting a public workshop Feb. 5 to discuss the closure of Viney Creek Park because of budget constraints.