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  • Corps to host public informational meeting in Prairie du Chien, Wis., May 13

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host an informational meeting to introduce the public to its ongoing work in the areas of Pools 8 through 10 of the Upper Mississippi Area, May 13, from 4-5:30 p.m. A presentation will begin at 4:30 p.m.

  • Corps to host public informational meeting in Hastings, Minn., May 8

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host an informational meeting to introduce the public to its ongoing work in the areas of Pools 2 and 3 of the Upper Mississippi Area, May 8, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. A presentation will begin at 6 p.m.

  • Corps to host public informational meeting in Wabasha, Minn., May 6

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will hold an informational meeting to introduce the public to its ongoing work in the areas of Pools 4 through 7 of the Upper Mississippi Area, May 6, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. A presentation will begin at 6 p.m.

  • Carlyle Lake Increasing Downstream Releases and Pool Elevation Update

    In response to current weather conditions and rising water levels, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Carlyle Lake will begin increasing water releases from the main dam on Friday, April 4, 2025. Releases will be limited to 5,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to reduce downstream flooding along the Kaskaskia River and other nearby tributaries.

  • Corps of Engineers managing water runoff in Cumberland River Basin

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District reports that its dam projects in the Cumberland River Basin are operating as designed in the wake of heavy rains that fell overnight and this morning.

  • Managing the Cumberland River: How the Corps works to reduce flood risk

    When heavy rain falls across Tennessee and Kentucky, many people wonder: What is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers doing to manage the water? The answer is a complex, coordinated effort involving monitoring, real-time decision-making, and strategic dam operations designed to reduce flood risks along the Cumberland River system. While flood control is one of the Corps’ primary missions, the reality is that nature does not always cooperate. The USACE Nashville District’s highly trained engineers, dam operators, and other water management professionals carefully balance the flow of water through the system—holding back water when possible and releasing it in a controlled manner to minimize damage downstream.

  • Army Corps announces refill date, hosts spring operations public information meetings

    Army Corps of Engineers will operate Water Year 2025 at the normal summer band of 2062.0-2062.5 feet, and discuss this change, and other updates on snowpack, inflow forecasts and restricted Albeni Falls Dam spillway gate operations, during its public information meetings May 1-2, 2025.

  • New report suggests FIRO could be viable at Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar Reservoir

    A new report suggests that implementing Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations, or FIRO, at Lake

  • Weekend weather was wet, wasn’t worrisome

    Dry January is typically associated with people making New Years resolutions to stop drinking alcohol for the month, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the original instigator of this fad. Many USACE dams have flood risk management as an authorized purpose, which means the agency uses them to help reduce flooding to downstream communities.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides update on water management and project operations

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District continues active water management operations across the Cumberland River Basin following recent rainfall. Releases over the last several days have allowed the district to regain up to 78.7% of flood storage capacity above Nashville.