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  • USACE Galveston District staff to adjust operations at Brazos River Floodgates, Colorado River Locks due to tightened budgets

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 29, 2012) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District staff prepare to adjust operations at the Brazos River Floodgates and Colorado River Locks following a reduction in the Corps’ nationwide inland navigation budget for fiscal year 2013.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $2.6 million contract to dredge Matagorda and Freeport Entrance Channel

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 27, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Weeks Marine Inc., in the amount of $2,635,000 for maintenance dredging of the Matagorda Ship Channel Entrance Channel and Freeport Harbor Entrance Channel.

  • USACE Galveston District collaborates with educational institution to enhance opportunities for minorities

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 15, 2012) – What do you get when you partner the world’s largest public engineering design and construction management agency with one the top university’s engineering technology programs in Texas? – An invaluable relationship between the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and Prairie View A&M University, committed to working together to enhance opportunities for minority students throughout the Corps.

  • USACE Galveston District monitors Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs

    HOUSTON (July 13, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, is closely monitoring the Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs in West Houston as part of stage one of an extended watch that calls for an increased surveillance of the flood risk management structures.

  • Enjoy your holiday, play it safe and return home alive

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 3, 2012) - Drowning is the nation’s second leading cause of accidental death. Statistics show that 90 percent of those who drown at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes and rivers may have survived if they had worn life jackets. Here are some safety tips from the USACE Galveston District to help you have a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July holiday.

  • USACE Galveston District boat operators hone their seamanship skills

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 29, 2012) - Keeping waterways open for the safe navigation of vessels is no

  • Spotlight on Sarah Xie-DeSoto (June 2012)

    Leaving the fast-paced world of international business behind to start a new life with her groom, Structural Engineer Sarah Xie-DeSoto packed her bags in 1998 and made the 7,000-mile journey from Sichuan, China, to Texas to embark on an adventure that would incorporate structure in her life in a way she hadn’t imagined.

  • Corps' partnership with Trinity River Authority saves time, money

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 18, 2012) – With a rich history of water management, the Trinity River Authority is known for providing services to more than 60 cities in the Trinity River basin and for supplying approximately 60 percent of the water for the City of Houston. But what you might not be aware of is that the TRA partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District in 1977 to issue permits at the Lake Livingston Project, saving permit applicants a substantial amount of time and taxpayers thousands of dollars each year.

  • USACE Galveston District awards small business task order for routine testing of dredged material

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 15, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a task order to Sol Engineering LLC, an 8(a) small business, in the amount of $239,380.19 for environmental services to include a study comprised of collection and chemical analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Brazos Island Harbor, Entrance Channel and Brazos Island Harbor, Brownsville Channel.

  • USACE Galveston District’s EEO Manager Earns 2012 Diversity Outreach Award

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 15, 2012) – Equal Employment Opportunity Manager Dr. Rose Caballero, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, was named the Department of the Army’s 2012 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award recipient.