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  • January

    The South Boat Ramp at Lake Mendocino on Jan. 13, 2023.

    USACE announces high-flow release at Coyote Valley Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District (USACE) will begin a series of high-flow releases from Coyote Valley Dam at Lake Mendocino starting mid-day on Monday, Jan. 16, in response to reservoir levels and improving downstream conditions on the Russian River. No increased releases will occur at Warm Springs Dam at Lake Sonoma during this time.
  • Wolf Creek Dam Russell County, Kentucky, 2019. USACE Photo

    Flood Risk Management: Protecting people from water

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 13, 2023)— USACE's Flood Risk Management Program is designed to reduce overall flood risk through policies, programs, and expertise. By using structures like flood control storage dams and implementing preventative planning measures which can reduce loss of life, and economic damages or improve the natural environment, the Nashville District is helping to prevent flood risk damages.
  • Immediately following the presentation of the USACE Peer Supporter of the Year 2022 to Lorie Polk for her role in the Critical Incident Stress Management Team, Polk is surrounded by USACE Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Patrickson Toussaint, USACE Command Surgeon Navy Captain Thomas Janisko, and TAM members Marcie Piper and Matthew Kenney.

    Transatlantic Middle East District Employee honored for support to others

    Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) Resource Management team member Lorie Polk was recently named the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team Peer Supporter of the Year.
  • Wolf Creek Dam at Cumberland River mile 460.9 in Jamestown, Kentucky, forms Lake Cumberland. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operates and maintains the project, which provides enormous flood risk management benefits. The dam is seen here the early morning of Jan. 10, 2023. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Wolf Creek Dam provides enormous flood risk management benefits

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Jan. 13, 2023) – When the Cumberland River Basin in southeastern Kentucky experiences storms and waters rise, Wolf Creek Dam on the Cumberland River provides enormous flood risk management benefits.

  • Portion of Columbia Pike at Arlington National Cemetery to Be Closed Beginning Jan 23

    Road closure is part of ongoing construction for Arlington National Cemetery’s Southern Expansion Project.