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  • September

    Corps completes 14-year environmental cleanup at Marion Engineer Depot

    After more than 14 years of investigative and cleanup activities, the former Marion Engineer Depot
  • The low water revealed vast sand bars making it look more like a desert than a river.

    How low can we go?

    Last spring we were battling some of the worst flooding on record from one end of our District to the other. This year the opposite is true with drought and extreme low water plaguing the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
  • Left to right, a power contractor representative, Arthur Miller and Jack Wilkerson prepare 20 and 60 kilowatt emergency generators for return to storage as the emergency power mission ramps down.

    Memphis District teams respond to Hurricane Isaac

    Taking a path that eerily resembled Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the 2012 storm named Isaac formed in the Caribbean in late August, rapidly grew to hurricane strength, then put greater New Orleans directly in its crosshairs. Isaac made landfall in southern Louisiana on Aug. 28 – almost seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina’s Aug. 29, 2005, assault.
  • Camping at Cherry Glen Recreation area at Saylorville Lake.

    Master Plan updates underway

    (September 2012) An effort is underway to update the Corps Master Plans for Saylorville Lake and Lake Red Rock, two of the Districts flood risk management reservoirs. The current plans were completed in 1984 and 1976 respectively, serving as guides for recreational and environmental stewardship decisions. Many things have since changed including land use changes within the watershed and on project lands, adjacent community growth and development, as well as an increasing demand for recreational opportunities.

  • Army Corps releases Focus Area 2 Aquatic Pathways Summary Report, solicits public comment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) today released for public comment the Focus Area 2 Aquatic