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  • What is dredging?

    Q: What is dredging? A. Dredging is essentially the underwater excavation of a channel. Throughout the year, sediments within the water column will settle and accumulate within the channel, a process that is known as shoaling. The shoaled material is removed to the authorized project depth (plus advance maintenance and allowable overdepth) to allow for safe navigation between dredging cycles, a process known as maintenance dredging.

  • What are the Colorado River Locks?

    Q. What are the Colorado River Locks? A. USACE Galveston District locks provide navigation access through the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, assisting vessels crossing the intersection of the Colorado River.

  • Project Update: USACE Galveston District to remove remaining 150 feet of submerged pipeline from Houston Ship Channel

    HOUSTON (May 1, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District contracted with Weeks Marine Inc., for the removal of approximately 150 feet of submerged pipeline from the Houston Ship Channel which will begin at 8 a.m., May 2, 2012. The navigation channel is expected to remain closed until 2 p.m.

  • United States' Largest Hopper Dredge Takes Charleston Harbor

    Recently, the United States’ largest trailing suction hopper dredge, the Glenn Edwards, spent

  • USACE Galveston District to temporarily close GIWW

    GALVESTON, Texas (April 13, 2012) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, will temporarily close the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at the West Gate of the Brazos River Floodgates beginning April 17, 2012, to conduct repair work and ensure the structural integrity of the west floodgate and guide walls along the navigation channel.

  • Employee Spotlight: Tricia Campbell

    Galveston, Texas (April 11, 2012) — As a small child, building and figuring out how something worked appealed to Tricia Campbell.

  • Congressmen favor opening funding flow for Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (March 23, 2012) – An unfunded and stalled project to replace the crumbling Chickamauga Lock received noteworthy Congressional attention today and it included an expressed interest in opening up a funding flow.

  • High water to impact Corps recreation areas

    High water levels at Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes has resulted in the closure or planned closure of some Corps facilities at impacted lakes.

  • High water to impact Corps recreation areas and navigation system

    High water levels at Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes has resulted in the closure or planned closure of some Corps facilities at impacted lakes.

  • Navigation season opens with new leadership

    The district’s 2012 navigation season began March 17 with the arrival of Motor Vessel Deana Ann. The Paducah, Ky., based tow entered Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minn., around 3 p.m., with seven barges. The tow’s final destination was St. Paul, Minn.