3 Apr 2024

MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 24-37 Lock 2 Tow Haulage Return to Service

TOW HAULAGE RETURN TO SERVICE LOCK No. 2 (NM 13.3) MCCLELLAN-KERR ARKANSAS RIVER NAVIGATION SYSTEM

2 Apr 2024

MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 24-36 Lock 2 Tow Haulage Out of Service

TOW HAULAGE OUT OF SERVICE LOCK No. 2 (NM 13.3) MCCLELLAN-KERR ARKANSAS RIVER NAVIGATION SYSTEM

1 Apr 2024

MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 24-34 Lock 8 Sailing Instructions Lifted

The sailing instructions for NM 155.4 to NM 155.6 and the downstream approach to Toad Suck Lock (No. 8) NM 155.9, noted in Nav Notice SWL 24-18 have been lifted.

1 Apr 2024

Little Rock District conducts Levee Sector Lead Training

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District held Levee Sector Lead training for 23 employees from around the district at the Jacksonport State Park Visitor Center in Jacksonport, Arkansas on March 27, 2024.

1 Apr 2024

MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 24-33 Lock 5 DS Appr - Sailing Instructions

Due to shoaling, mariners are advised that until further notice, both upbound and downbound tows should favor the long wall in the downstream approach to Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock (No. 5) NM 86.3.

26 Mar 2024

USACE issues small craft advisory for Arkansas River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issuing a small craft advisory for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Arkansas. Heavy rainfall in Arkansas over the last 24 hours resulted in Arkansas River flows exceeding 70,000 cubic feet per second at Dardanelle.

20 Mar 2024

USACE lifts small craft advisory for Arkansas River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is lifting the small craft advisory for the Arkansas River. Small craft advisories are issued when flows reach 70,000 cubic feet per second. While flows have receded, USACE officials urge boaters to always exercise caution when on the river.

15 Mar 2024

MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 24-28 Lock 13 Intermittent Delays

Mariners should expect to experience intermittent delays at James W. Trimble Lock (No. 13) NM 292.8 on March 19, 2024, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The intermittent delays are required to facilitate maintenance on the hydraulic system.

15 Mar 2024

USACE to conduct boundary line maintenance on Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 115-mile section of government boundary at Bull Shoals Lake and a 60-mile section at Norfork Lake.

15 Mar 2024

President’s FY25 Budget: $124.9 million for Little Rock District projects

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District reports that the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget includes $124.9 million in federal funding for the district’s civil works program. This is part of the $7.2 billion in discretionary funding for USACE’s civil works program worldwide.