11 Jun 2021

Bouys on the horizon: Pittsburgh District installs more buoys to increase warning visibility

The Pittsburgh District added horizontal safety buoys to two locks and dams locations, one on the Ohio and one on the Allegheny River, to increase visibility and warn boaters away from the dams.

10 Jun 2021

Illinois Waterway Visitor Center reopens to public

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center at Starved Rock Lock and Dam in Ottawa, Illinois, has reopened to the public. Operating hours are from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. seven days a week.

9 Jun 2021

Building a robust safety program through customer service, not finger pointing

In recent years, the Safety Office for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District and grown in size and scope.

17 May 2021

Corps invites public review and comment on Lock and Dam 22 Fish Passage Improvement Project report

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, has released the Lock and Dam 22 Fish Passage Improvement Project Implementation Report with Integrated Supplemental Environmental Assessment and is seeking public review through June 19.

1 Mar 2021

21-006 Columbia and Snake river navigation locks will close March 6 for annual maintenance

COLUMBIA & SNAKE RIVERS, Ore. & Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland and Walla Walla districts will close all Corps navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers March 6 at 6 a.m. for regularly-scheduled annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs.

17 Feb 2021

Corps to hold virtual public meeting on Upper St. Anthony Falls lock study

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host a virtual public meeting Wednesday, March. 3, starting at 2 p.m. central time, to solicit feedback on its draft Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam disposition study.

16 Dec 2020

Corps of Engineers seeks public comments on its Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam Disposition Study

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public input from now until Feb. 16, 2021, on its recently completed draft disposition study for the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam.

30 Nov 2020

Upper Mississippi River 2020 navigation season comes to an end

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, locked its last tow of the season today, Nov. 30, to end the navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River.

2 Oct 2020

Corps to lower Mississippi River levels in Minneapolis to conduct inspections

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Mississippi River will look significantly different next week as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, prepares to conduct periodic inspections at two of its locks in Minneapolis.

17 Jul 2020

20-035 Revised Master Plan and EA for Lower Monumental and Little Goose open for public comment

SNAKE RIVER, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Walla Walla District, has released drafts of the revised Lower Monumental and Little Goose Project Master Plans, each with an accompanying draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Environmental Assessment (EA). The public comment period will run from July 20 to Aug. 21.