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Meet Our Team: Chicago Lock Operators
Meet two of our best and brightest Chicago Lock operators: Richard Munoz Jr., and Richard Detert. Discover more about their careers, interesting facts about the Chicago Lock, and what USACE has done for them and their careers.
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USACE waives fees for Veterans Day
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,850 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of Veterans Day, November 11.

News Stories

LRD Employee Spotlight: Barry Wright
4/21/2021
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division LRD Employee Spotlight: Barry Wright, Safety and Occupational Health Manager...
Avid Crossfitter joins the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
3/25/2021
New Employee Spotlight: John Allis, Chief, Water Management Division...
ERDC University 2021 selectees announced
3/24/2021
Engineers from four U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) districts have been selected for the 2021 session of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Now in its...
Employee Spotlight: 20 questions in 60 seconds with Suzanne Chubb
12/30/2020
Suzanne Chubb, Regulatory Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD), was recently selected as the October Employee of the Month...
Employee Spotlight: 28 Questions in 60 Seconds with Gaurav Dhital
12/28/2020
"I am very happy to be the part of this great institution(USACE) and I am thankful to all for appreciating my effort to accomplish the goal of USACE," said Gaurav Dhital, LRD November Employee of the...
Nashville District deputy district engineer culminates impactful career
12/11/2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 11, 2020) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District honored its retiring deputy district engineer yesterday. Few people were physically present due to COVID-19...
USACE restores nature with nature
12/9/2020
The Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, recently implemented multiple projects to restore aquatic habitat along 2,412 linear feet of the Buffalo River’s hardened shoreline. These projects...
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Latest News Releases

Thirty-day public comment period for South Branch Pike River Ecosystem Restoration Project begins today
12/6/2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District has released for public comment the draft Integrated Feasibility Report/Environmental Assessment on the potential impacts associated with ecosystem...
FIVE-YEAR REVIEW OF SELECTED REMEDIES LUCKEY FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM SITE
12/6/2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is performing a five-year review of the selected remedies for the soils and groundwater operable units of the Luckey Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial...
NR 21-36: Corps streambank stabilization project to address erosion near Carthage Wastewater Treatment Plant
12/3/2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 3, 2021) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently received an appropriation to initiate an emergency streambank stabilization project in Carthage,...
MacArthur Lock closing for seasonal repair, maintenance
12/2/2021
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., - The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will close to marine traffic 7:00 a.m. Dec. 15, 2021 through 12:01 a.m. April 30, 2022 to perform critical maintenance.The Poe Lock will remain...
Measuring Great Lakes flows helps forecast water levels
12/1/2021
DETROIT- Monitoring the amount of water moving through the Great Lakes system is important to help forecast Great Lakes water levels and support international monitoring efforts.U.S. Army Corps of...
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