News from December 2022

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District will begin dredging the lower Snake River navigation channel beginning in January.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, announces Hartwell, Richard B. Russell and J. Strom Thurmond Lakes are no longer in drought operations due to the recent rain events over the Savannah River System Basin.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the first levee reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently named Mark Koenig of St. Paul, Minnesota, as its 2022 hall of fame inductee.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
Chittenden Locks schedules Large Lock closures, Small Lock available

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District in cooperation with the city of Watertown, South Dakota, will hold a public meeting on Tues., Jan. 31, 2023, at 1901 Ninth Ave. SW in Watertown.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, recently removed numerous dead ash trees from recreation areas at Lake Red Rock.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is transitioning the operating hours of the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center in Canal Park to its holiday and winter schedule.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Officials at Canyon Lake announced today the temporary closure of Overlook parking which began on November 7 is now scheduled through January 31.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is lifting the small craft advisory for the Arkansas River

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will hold a two-day planning charrette meeting for the Central and South Florida (C&SF) Flood Resiliency Study on Jan. 11-12 in Fort Lauderdale. Options for virtual and in-person attendance will be provided.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division and New Orleans District proffered a Department of Army permit and Section 408 permission to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) for construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
Don’t let your Christmas tree go to waste this year after the holidays. Extend your tree’s life by donating it for Fish Habitat Improvement Day at Lake Shelbyville.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently performing annual routine maintenance to the Government’s boundary line around Lake Shelbyville.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, announces fee increases for camping and shelter reservations as well as special event permits at the J. Strom Thurmond and Hartwell Lake Projects effective Jan. 1, 2023.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
With the approach of freezing temperatures this weekend along the Texas coast, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and local partners are urging citizens to report any sea turtles seen on shorelines so that the turtles can be rescued, transported, and cared for by Service-permitted rehabilitation facilities.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is designating approximately 4,195 acres on 10 parcels as critical habitat for the rare Florida bristle fern under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft environmental assessment for the proposed experimental population of sihek (Guam kingfisher) to the Nature Conservancy's Cooper Island nature preserve and the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
On Nov. 24, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was notified of a lone polar bear cub roaming the Prudhoe Bay area of Alaska. The Service sent a team of polar bear program biologists to the area to assess the situation

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022
ort Donelson National Battlefield roads will re-open to the public on December 25th, 2022 at 8:00am.