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  • Three Rivers Study, Southeast Arkansas

    A “new start” and funding of $100,000 is needed to complete a 905(b) reconnaissance study of the water resource problems in south-east Arkansas where the Arkansas, Mississippi, and White Rivers converge. The study will determine potential solutions, scope, further federal participation, and identify nonfederal sponsors to provide a comprehensive watershed analysis of basin conditions and alternatives. The study is authorized by Section 216 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1970.

  • 5 CORPS CAMPGROUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH OCTOBER ON TABLE ROCK LAKE

    Branson, Mo. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Table Rock Project Office reminds visitors that the recreation season for five parks at Table Rock Lake continues through October.

  • CORPS’ REVIEW OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AFFECTS TABLE ROCK LAKE RECREATION AREAS

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it has performed a legal review

  • Corps Partners with Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

    OZARK, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers’ Russellville Project Office is partnering with Franklin County Sheriff’s Office to assist in maintenance and upkeep of White Oak Park on the Arkansas River.

  • CORPS URGES WATER SAFETY OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Labor Day weekend is among the top three busiest weekends of the year at the region’s lakes and rivers, and officials of the Army Corps of Engineers say they expect this year will be no exception.

  • CORPS LIFTS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ARKANSAS RIVER

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers has lifted the small craft advisory for the Arkansas River. Advisories are issued when flows reach 70,000 cubic feet per second. Even though flows have receded below that threshold, Corps officials urge boaters to always use caution when on the river.

  • CORPS ANNOUNCES OPEN HOUSES FOR MASTER PLAN REVISIONS

    Branson, Mo. -- The Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District will hold four open houses Aug. 14-17 in Shell Knob, Kimberling City and twice in Branson to discuss and seek input on the draft Table Rock Master Plan. All interested persons are invited.

  • SWD conducts Hurricane Exercise

    DALLAS—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division, joined by Corps Headquarters personnel, State of Texas officials, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal agencies, held a hurricane “table top” exercise today to help prepare for response in the event of a hurricane making landfall along the Texas Coast.

  • Jacksonville District prepares for potential emergency

    The exercise tested the COOP plan, which identifies critical actions that must continue in the event the district’s headquarters building was no longer inhabitable because of fire, flood or some other event.

  • The relationship between the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

    The first of this series of four stories about the history of Jacksonville District’s Antilles Office described the location of the archipelago of islands that includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This installment will look at how Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are related to the United States.