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Work Life Balance — Army Corps of Engineers reminds visitors to practice water safety

'As millions of Americans plan visits to our nation’s lakes and rivers for the 2025 recreation season, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reminds visitors of the importance of practicing safe, sensible and thoughtful activities in, on and around open water. ...'

5/7/2025
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Archive: March, 2020

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17 Mar 2020
Today marks 16-year formal partnership with Dixon Elementary
Today marks the 16th anniversary of the district’s formal partnership agreement signing with Dixon Elementary, a Chicago Public School on the city’s South Side. But the relationship with the school began many years before that.
16 Mar 2020
How unmanned aircraft systems could be range project force-multipliers
A group of Huntsville Center professionals gathered Feb. 27 at the Rocket City Radio Controllers complex in southeast Huntsville to evaluate the capabilities of three different unmanned aircraft systems to find ways to make range projects more efficient and less costly.
16 Mar 2020
Kissane: Every project we build has a foundation
Understanding the nature of earth materials from soils and rock that are part of an excavation wall or used in embankments is pretty much imbedded in the mind of Joe Kissane, senior geologist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Chicago District. His 40-year career has taken him from tunnels around Niagara Falls in Ontario to the Chicago shoreline project.
13 Mar 2020
All CRSO EIS meetings switched to virtual
Evolving health and safety policies from our regional partners designed to hinder the spread of COVID-19 in Washington and Oregon have prompted federal officials to replace all scheduled in-person public comment meetings with phone-in meetings for the recently released Columbia River System Operation draft Environmental Impact Statement.
13 Mar 2020
A Civil Works titan retires from 40-year research career with the Corps
A noteworthy but humble figure exited the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory for the last time, February 28, 2020. Dr. Alfred Cofrancesco, Jr. retired from his position as senior scientific technical manager and director of the Civil Works environmental research area for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
13 Mar 2020
Norfolk District restricting access to facilities to help prevent spread of COVID-19
In order to help limit the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is restricting access to its properties to Corps personnel only.
12 Mar 2020
Grand Prairie Tainter gates ‘OK’ to proceed
Members of the Memphis District’s Construction, Mechanical and Structural Branches, Area and Resident Offices, and Southern Contractors, Inc., all recently gathered to witness the successful testing of four Tainter gates as part of the Grand Prairie Widened Canal Project near DeValls Bluff, Arkansas.
12 Mar 2020
Maintaining contracts vital to utility, energy program
A $52 million contract (with a capacity of more than $200 million), awarded in 2017, supports Warner Robins-Air Logistics Complex with energy savings, resilience and security improvements for the principal enterprise located at Warner Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
12 Mar 2020
USACE continues work on e Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule deviation
After he took charge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District in 2018, Col. Andrew Kelly charged his team to look for tools that would offer different options for the management of water in Lake Okeechobee during times when harmful algal blooms (HABs) were present. Significant HAB events affected Lake Okeechobee and the coastal estuaries in 2016 and 2018. Jacksonville District engineers and biologists reviewed the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule (LORS) and looked for potential tools to adjust operations in anticipation of possible future HAB events. Last summer, Jacksonville District rolled out a proposed deviation to LORS that would provide greater flexibility in the management of water with the goal of reducing the health risk to the public associated with HABs.
12 Mar 2020
Feds shift Seattle, Portland CRSO EIS meetings to 'phone only'
Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration decided that the in-person public comment meetings planned for Seattle and Portland will not be held due to the high number of COVID-19 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in those geographical areas and calls from local officials to limit public exposure. Phone-in options have been added to the formal comment choices for those avoiding crowded venues.

News Releases

Archive: March, 2020

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24 Mar 2020
MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 20-16 Scheduled Closures Locks 6 & 3
MKARNS - The locks identified below will be closed during the specified dates to perform pull tests on the center post receivers.
24 Mar 2020
USACE Galveston District switches over to new outlet control structures
HOUSTON – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District (USACE Galveston) switched the flow of water at Addicks Dam to new outlet control structures, constructed as part of a $75 million contract awarded to Granite Construction Company to improve and modernize Addicks and Barker Dams. USACE Galveston had already cut over to new outlet control structures at Barker Dam on February 14. The new structures have been under construction since 2015 and will replace the originals built in the 1940s. Completion of the entire contract is expected in summer 2020.
24 Mar 2020
20-016 Dworshak Dam postpones opening campgrounds
AHSAHKA, Idaho – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dworshak Dam Ranger staff announces that Dent Acres campground, as well as Canyon Creek and Dam View campgrounds will not open for the season in April as planned. Due to minimum staffing and for visitor safety during this COVID-19 outbreak, Dworshak staff has been directed to postpone opening the campgrounds until a later date. At this time, we cannot give a specific date when the campgrounds will open.
24 Mar 2020
Corps eager for spring rain in the Willamette and Rogue River Basins
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District is refilling its 13 Willamette Valley Project reservoirs and two Rogue River Basin Project reservoirs to prepare for the spring and summer conservation seasons.
24 Mar 2020
Corps of Engineers recognizes Pine Springs, Minnesota, resident
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, selected Tom Novak as one of its three Civil Servants of the Year for 2019.
24 Mar 2020
Corps of Engineers recognizes Winona, Minnesota, resident
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, selected Paul Machajewski as one of its three Civil Servants of the Year for 2019.
24 Mar 2020
Vicksburg District provides update on forecasts, conditions, flood fight operations across region – March 24
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District provided an update on forecasts, conditions and flood fight operations across the district’s jurisdiction March 24.
24 Mar 2020
Corps of Engineers recognizes Minneapolis resident
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, selected Paul Johnson as one of its three Civil Servants of the Year for 2019.
24 Mar 2020
Corps of Engineers squashes rumors about reservoir access
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Consistent rumors abound concerning access to Thurmond Lake, Russell Lake and Hartwell Lake on the upper Savannah River for boating and fishing. Boating and fishing remain OPEN. Campgrounds and day-use areas at Thurmond and Hartwell lakes operated by the Corps of Engineers are closed until further notice. Boat ramps inside campgrounds and other boat ramps with gates are closed. Boat ramps without gates remain OPEN. Bank fishing remains OPEN.
24 Mar 2020
Annual Step Outside Day cancelled
KROTZ SPRINGS, La. – The 16th Annual STEP OUTSIDE Day, which was scheduled for Saturday, April 25 at the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area in the Atchafalaya Basin has been cancelled in response to the novel coronavirus.