20 Sep 2021

Conservation Partners Celebrate Green River Dam Removal

Today, five conservation partners celebrated the largest dam removal in Kentucky history—the

20 Sep 2021

Louisville District completes battle course at Fort Campbell

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District completed construction of a $6.3 million Automated Infantry Platoon Battle Course with Range Operations Control Area at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, which will allow platoons to conduct individual and collective maneuvers to defeat a variety of threats.

17 Sep 2021

Kickoff event for Johnson County flood mitigation brings together USACE, community leaders

The kickoff event for a flood mitigation project was held in Johnson County, Kentucky, Sept. 16,

16 Sep 2021

Logistics team removes area offices’ excess equipment

In the early morning hours of their five-day trip to Duluth, Minnesota, the Detroit District Logistics team were quietly loading excess equipment onto a flat-bed truck headed south. The equipment’s destination was the UNICOR facility in Kansas, an electronics recycling center that converts electronics into recyclable materials for resale to registered vendors. “By using UNICOR, we estimate $8,000 in savings to the district based on acquisition cost,” said Detroit District Logistics Manager Jena Graham. “Due to the area offices being spread out, it was not cost effective to consolidate their excess at one location for a typical pick-up.” A one-way trip from the District Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan to the Duluth Area Office in Minnesota is nearly a 12-hour drive.

15 Sep 2021

Corps hosting virtual informational public meeting for Section 202 Johnson County Flood Risk Management Project update

15 Sep 2021

Olmsted Locks and Dam sets record, replaces first wickets

Near the confluence of the Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers is where more commerce passes through than any other location on the entire U.S. inland waterways, making the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District’s Olmsted Locks and Dam one of the busiest locks in the country. More than 70 million tons of commerce passes through the Olmsted, Illinois, facility each year. Olmsted Locks and Dam is very different from the other locks and dams on the Ohio River because it is the only one with a wicket dam.

13 Sep 2021

Corps of Engineers video explains monthly water level bulletin

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases its second ‘On the Level,’ Great Lakes water level and forecast video today. Great Lakes Watershed Hydrology Chief Keith Kompoltowicz talks through interpreting the Detroit District’s most popular product, the Great Lakes water levels monthly bulletin. Property owners, boaters, industries and many others use the bulletin as a source for water level information. “Each lake’s water level is portrayed in a hydrograph, or a plot of water surface elevation over time,” according to Kompoltowicz. “The District is happy to offer this edition of ‘On the Level’ to help anyone better understand the information the Corps of Engineers regularly provides.”

8 Sep 2021

Corps hosting virtual workshop for Taylorsville Lake Master Plan Update

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of updating its 1978 Master Plan for Taylorsville

1 Sep 2021

TEST News Release - LRB

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1 Sep 2021

TEST News Release - LRC

This is a test to see the best solution to display and sort news releases.