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  • CORPS TO HOST WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS LICK CREEK PARK PARTIAL CLOSURE

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District is hosting a public workshop Feb. 5 to discuss the partial closure of Lick Creek Park because of budget constraints. The park’s boat launch ramp and parking lot will remain open.

  • NR 14-003: Corps, Fish and Wildlife Service address compliance requirements at Lake Cumberland

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 29, 2014) – In compliance with federal environmental laws and regulations, the Corps of Engineers Nashville District is actively consulting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the discovery of new populations of an existing endangered species in Lake Cumberland, Kentucky. Until this consultation is completed, the Corps will target a maximum pool elevation of 705 feet, which is the same as the 2013 recreation season’s elevation.

  • Carmen named District Employee of the Month for December 2013

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 28, 2014) -- Sondra Carmen, a park ranger and environmental protection specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Dale Hollow Lake in Celina, Tenn., is the District Employee of the Month for December 2013.

  • Ozark Isle Park Causeway to Temporarily Close

    Mountain Home, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers’ Mountain Home Project Office is closing the causeway at Ozark Isle Park on Bull Shoals Lake beginning Monday, Jan. 27. The road into the park will be closed for about one month while maintenance crews repair the road.

  • Human services company enlists Corps for water safety education

    SOMERSET, Ky. (Jan. 23, 2014) – A local human services company recently enlisted the support of park rangers at Lake Cumberland to assist with educating employees about water safety.

  • NR 14-002: Corps withdraws Notice of Availability for Rowena Landing South on Lake Cumberland

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 21, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has withdrawn its Notice of Availability for the development and operation of a new commercial marina at Rowena Landing South on Lake Cumberland, just north of Albany, Ky.

  • Army Corps seeks public comment on proposed revisions to Des Plaines River report

    The Corps has released for public review Documentation of Changes to the Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment for the “Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries, Illinois and Wisconsin Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment,” originally released to the public on Sept. 3, 2013. The document was prepared based on public comment and outlines proposed changes to the variety of potential flood risk management and ecosystem restoration projects that could be implemented along the Upper Des Plaines River – an area that extends approximately from southern Racine County, Wis., to Riverside, Ill.

  • 2014 New Mexico Earth Science Achievement Awards

    The winners of the 2014 New Mexico Earth Science Achievement Awards were recently announced. This year the awards will go to Marcy L. Leavitt of the Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for outstanding contributions advancing the role of earth science in areas of public service and public policy in New Mexico, and to Dr. David S. Gutzler of the University of New Mexico for outstanding contributions advancing the role of earth science in areas of applied science and education in New Mexico.

  • 2013 Ozark Isle Youth Hunt

    Park rangers from the Mountain Home Project Office braved 20 mph winds and 30 degree temperatures on Jan. 4 to ensure 10 youth hunters from around the state could participate in the 2013 Ozark Isle Youth Hunt.

  • 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.