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  • Corps closing Minneapolis locks to ALL traffic due to high flows on the Mississippi River

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will close its three twin cities locks to commercial navigation at 4 p.m. today, when flows surpass 40,000 cubic feet per second, or cfs. The three locks were closed to recreation boaters Sunday, April 27, when flows exceeded 30,000 cfs.

  • NR 14-006: Corps offers tours of Cordell Hull Dam Power Plant, Lock

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 28, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is offering the public free guided tours of the Cordell Hull Dam Power Plant and Lock in Carthage, Tenn. These are the first tours of the power plant since visitation was restricted after Sept. 11, 2001. Not all portions of the dam will be accessible to the public due to safety concerns.

  • Minneapolis locks closed to recreational vessels due to high Mississippi flows

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, closed its three Twin Cities locks yesterday, once again, to recreational boats due to increasing high water flows in the Mississippi River.

  • BULL SHOALS LAKE MASTER PLAN REVISIONS REQUIRE TEMPORARY HALT TO SHORELINE MANAGEMENT REQUESTS

    Mountain Home, Ark. -- The Army Corps of Engineers’ Mountain Home Project Office will suspend shoreline activity requests for Bull Shoals Lake beginning May 23 until Dec. 31, 2015 to establish a baseline of the lake for officials to use while revising its 40-year-old master plan.

  • CORPS DEFERS SHORELINE ACTIVITY REQUESTS AT NORFORK LAKE

    Mountain Home, Ark. – To provide the best value to the largest number of people possible during these austere economic times, the Army Corps of Engineers’ Mountain Home Project Office will stop accepting requests for shoreline use permits beginning May 1 through Oct. 1.

  • Corps of Engineers welcomes navigation season after historic delay

    The 2014 Mississippi River navigation season in the St. Paul District has arrived. The Motor Vessel Angela K locked through Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minn., around 5:30 p.m., April pushing 12 barges en route to St. Paul, Minn.

  • ARKANSAS GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS SAFE BOATING WEEK

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – At a proclamation ceremony today Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe declared May 18

  • CORPS REMINDS VISITORS OF VINEY CREEK PARK CLOSURE

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers Table Rock Project Office wants visitors to know that because of budget constraints Viney Creek Park will not open for camping this year.

  • Chief of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signs Lake Worth Inlet report

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) signed the Chief’s Report Apr. 16 on deepening and widening portions of the Lake Worth Inlet, Palm Beach Harbor. The Chief’s Report outlines the major national benefits of the project including transportation cost savings and increased economic efficiency of the port. The inlet’s primary problems include economic inefficiencies exacerbated by channel and turning basins that don’t meet current world fleet requirements.

  • ONE LANE OF HIGHWAY 60 ACROSS TOAD SUCK LOCK AND DAM TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE APRIL 21

    CONWAY, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District is closing one lane of Highway 60 across Toad Suck Lock and Dam from 7 a.m. till 5 p.m. April 21 to allow personnel to inspect the bridge.