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Jamestown, Pipestem reservoirs beginning to drop

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:15 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says releases from Jamestown Reservoir will be decreased to 900 cubic feet per second and Pipestem Reservoir releases will be increased to 300 cubic feet per second.

No open guns at federal Corps of Engineers sites

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:46:34 -0400

VICKSBURG, Mississippi - Even after a new Mississippi gun law takes effect July 1, federal law will still prohibit people from openly carrying weapons on property run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Army Corps won't do overall study of coal exports

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:12:03 -0400

SEATTLE - An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday that the agency doesn't plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the Western United States.

Nebraska missile site contamination spreads

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:41:30 -0400

FIRTH, Nebraska - A southeast Nebraska builder who says he's losing thousands of dollars a month wants the federal government to sink a new well for his housing development because water beneath it has been contaminated by a chemical used at a nearby nuclear missile site.

Corps completes $3 billion flood system

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:08:52 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - The Army Corps of Engineers says it has completed all permanent structures in a $3 billion system of levees and floodwalls around the west Bank of New Orleans and Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Charles parishes.

Storms boost OKC water supply; drained lake hurt

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:31:16 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - The ongoing drought prompted Oklahoma City officials in January to begin diverting billions of gallons of water from Canton Lake to Lake Hefner, replenishing the drinking water supply for about 1.2 million people in the metro area.

Dredging to begin at Rudee Inlet in Va Beach

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:25:04 -0400

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia - The Army Corps of Engineers is set to begin dredging the Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach.

Blennerhassett Island shoreline project complete

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:05:37 -0400

PARKERSBURG, West Virginia - A project to stabilize the shoreline on Blennerhassett Island is complete.

Officials again close Steele Bayou floodgate

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:26:05 -0400

VICKSBURG, Mississippi - A Mississippi floodgate is closing again because water levels are rising on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers.

Corps looks at new ways of managing Lanier parks

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:10:10 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Georgia - Budget concerns could soon lead to new ways of managing several parks at Lake Lanier which are now operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

New program for locks along Arkansas River

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:06:12 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Little Rock District has started a new program for recreational boaters on 11 of the 13 Arkansas locks along the Arkansas River.

1st female general appointed to river commission

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:07:44 -0400

VICKSBURG, Mississippi - Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham has become the first female general officer appointed to serve on the Mississippi River Commission.

Lawsuit filed to block bridge to Alaska reserve

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:26:57 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Army Corps of Engineers permit granting ConocoPhillips permission to build a bridge across the Colville River to reach oil leases within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska was challenged in federal court Wednesday by an environmental group.

Swimming could return soon to Vt. lake

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:23:06 -0400

TOWNSHEND, Vermont - A Vermont lake closed to swimmers after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 filled it with silt that left it too shallow for swimming will be re-opened this summer after a dredging project is completed, officials said.

Volunteers needed for W.Va. lake cleanup June 15

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:04:12 -0400

ELK GARDEN, West Virginia - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for volunteers to help with the third annual cleanup of Jennings Randolph Lake.

Entergy does 'balancing act' with rainfall

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:44:30 -0400

HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas - Entergy Arkansas Inc.'s Hydro Operations was performing a "balancing act" with Carpenter and Remmel dams on Saturday after heavy rain prompted a flash flood warning.

Flooding closes several campsites in Wis. park

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:56:13 -0400

DESOTO, Wisconsin - A southwestern Wisconsin park is offering only limited camping this weekend due to minor flooding.

Savannah harbor deal hinges on oxygen machines

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 13:16:05 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - A settlement that ends court challenges to deepening the Port of Savannah's busy shipping channel could still fall apart if a federal agency doesn't prove machines are capable of artificially boosting oxygen in the water to help fish breathe.

2 more Mississippi River locks closing

Fri, 31 May 2013 11:56:05 -0400

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is closing two more locks on the Mississippi River due to flooding.

Boat ramp fee dropped at W.Va.'s R.D. Bailey Lake

Thu, 30 May 2013 02:34:18 -0400

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will no longer charge a fee for the use of the boat ramp at R.D. Bailey Lake.

Judge approves Savannah dredging suit settlement

Wed, 29 May 2013 15:19:43 -0400

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel on Wednesday approved a settlement ending a legal challenge to the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel that could have delayed the project for years.

Maine seaside village seeks solution to erosion

Mon, 27 May 2013 11:14:22 -0400

SACO, Maine - Through the decades, the ocean has destroyed more than 30 homes in the seaside village of Camp Ellis. It's washed away roadways, utility poles and wires, seawalls, and sewer and water lines.

Small craft advisory issued for Arkansas River

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:55:38 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a small craft advisory for the Arkansas River in Arkansas.

Corps takes flood study to St. James

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:35:42 -0400

LUTCHER, Louisiana - St. James Parish residents are getting a look at an Army Corps of Engineers plan to reduce storm-surge risk from area lakes.

Corps study addresses Missouri River sediment

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14:04 -0400

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a new study indicates that high discharge, short duration reservoir releases out of Fort Randall Dam could help flush fine sediment out of the Missouri River.