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  • McGlinn Island Jetty emergency repairs underway to protect endangered salmon

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. lead emergency repairs to the McGlinn Island Jetty and resident endangered salmon, near La Conner, Washington.

  • ORBIT stakeholders navigate Kentucky Lock Addition Project

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (May 19, 2023) – The Ohio River Basin Inspection Tour visited western Kentucky this week where stakeholders of the basin highlighted healthy and productive ecosystems, reliable flood risk management, and resilience of the Ohio River waterway system for inland navigation. They also navigated to the Kentucky Lock Addition Project for a construction update and better understanding of how the larger lock will help unlock congested commercial barge traffic.

  • Corps of Engineers to begin dredging near Winona, Minnesota

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is scheduled to begin dredging the Mississippi River navigation channel near Winona, Minnesota, this week to ensure the channel remains open for commercial navigation.

  • Three Illinois Waterway locks to close temporarily June 1

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is temporarily closing the Brandon Road, Dresden Island and Marseilles locks on the Illinois Waterway, June 1, to facilitate needed repairs and maintenance. The closures are scheduled to last through Sept. 30 and are being conducted simultaneously to limit impacts to navigation.

  • NAVIGATION NOTICE SWL 23-22 McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System

    The tow haulage equipment at Arthur V. Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 has returned to service

  • Fort Peck releases to decline during maintenance

    Releases from Fort Peck Dam will be reduced from 9,000 cubic feet per second to 6,000 cfs on May 22. Releases will be increased back to 9,000 cfs on June 2. If the maintenance work is completed early, releases will return to 9,000 cfs as soon as possible.

  • NAVIGATION NOTICE SWL 23-21 McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System

    The tow haulage equipment at Arthur V. Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 is currently out of service.

  • Spring precipitation improves Missouri River Basin runoff forecast

    Late season plains snowpack accumulation and subsequent melting led to increased runoff throughout the upper Missouri River Basin during April. For the month, runoff was 4.7 million acre-feet, 159% of average, for the basin above Sioux City, IA. The annual runoff forecast for the upper Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, IA is 26.9 MAF, 105% of average, and 0.5 MAF higher than last month’s forecast. However, soil moisture remains slightly below normal in eastern Montana and the western Dakotas, and well below normal in Nebraska. Even with the plains snowmelt, soils dried out in late April over a large portion of the upper basin.

  • USACE awards contract to dredge Baltimore Harbor and Channels

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has awarded a $23.9 million contract to Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. LLC, out of Quincy, Massachusetts, for Baltimore Harbor and channels maintenance dredging for Fiscal Year 2023.

  • NAVIGATION NOTICE SWL 23-20 McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System

    The tow haulage equipment at Arthur V. Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 has returned to service.