31 Dec 2025

Restoring Biscayne’s Delicate Balance

The brackish water was still as glass. As the sun rose from beneath a glaucous, marbled blanket of clouds, it saluted those waiting to see her display her fiery red-orange dress. If you focused solely on the magic transpiring in the bay, you could almost forget the traffic building nearby as 2.7 million residents set about their daily lives.

10 Sep 2025

Light Availability Calculator for Identifying Suitable Habitat for Light-Limited Aquatic Vegetation

Purpose: The purpose of this Ecosystem Management and Restoration Research Program Technical Note (EMRRP TN) is to introduce a geospatial Light Availability Calculator, designed to inform suitable habitat selection for light-limited, submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) species. The need and intended use for the Light Availability Calculator is first described. Then, the scientific and mathematical formulations underpinning the calculator are explained. Finally, recommendations for calculator inputs reflective of various user needs (simple and rapid versus complex and time intensive) are described.

10 Sep 2025

Corps of Engineers reduces Lake Ashtabula water releases

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reducing water releases at Baldhill Dam, near Valley City, North Dakota.

12 Dec 2024

Don’t bet on the weather: The role hydropower plays in balancing the grid during extreme circumstances

The power grid produces as it is consumed. Energy production rises and falls in tandem with human activity, allowing electricity to flow continuously into homes and businesses . However, this flow can be interrupted.

19 Sep 2024

Army Corps of Engineers comes to Roseburg for a good time (not a long time)

Army Corps of Engineers comes to Roseburg for a good time (not a long time)

13 Aug 2024

USACE, SFWMD begins implementation of schedule adjustments intended to restore hydrologic conditions within Kissimmee River Basin

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- (Aug. 14, 2024) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District in coordination with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) begins implementation of the Increment one Planned Temporary Deviation to the Interim Regulation Schedule for Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress (Lakes KHC), which includes adjustments to the regulation schedule for these lakes. 

24 Jul 2024

Pittsburgh District makes a splash with motorboat training

Park rangers, lock operators and maintenance mechanics from across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District attended a multi-day motorboat operator training at Crooked Creek Lake in Ford City, Pennsylvania, in June 2024.

11 Jul 2024

A blast from the past: Pittsburgh District completes first demolition on historic Monongahela River dam

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District successfully breached the fixed-crest dam at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 using controlled explosives near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, July 10, 2024.

24 May 2024

It could have been so much worse: How the Pittsburgh District prevented six feet of water from reaching downtown

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District faced back-to-back high-water events due to heavy rains in April, holding back an estimated six feet of flooding from reaching the Point of Pittsburgh.

1 May 2024

LRD teammate earns prestigious award

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division is pleased to honor Charles Sawyer, Ph.D., for his remarkable achievement in receiving the American Society of Civil Engineers Lifetime Achievement Award.