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  • U. S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to study existing Sediment Flushing Project to reduce uncertainty in the Lewis and Clark Lake Sediment Study

    The Omaha District is evaluating sediment flushing at Gavins Point Dam in Phase II of its Lewis and Clark Lake Sediment Management Study as part of the Missouri River Recovery Program. Phase II of the study began in late 2012 and the initial numerical modeling analysis of 10 different management scenarios ranging from annual flushing to major dam modifications and dredging is complete. To help ensure the modeling results are as accurate as possible, USACE is expanding the study and building a numerical model of the annual reservoir flush that occurs on the Niobrara River at Spencer Dam, near Spencer, Neb.

  • Gavins Point Dam Road Closed September 22-26, 2014

    Crest Road, the road that crosses the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, S.D., will be closed 8 a.m. Monday, September 22 through 3:30 p.m. Friday, September 26. This closure will include nighttime hours. The public is asked to plan on an alternate route of travel during this time.

  • Crest road will be closed Monday

    Crest road will be closed Monday, Sept. 15 at 8 a.m. through Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 3:30 p.m. Plan an alternate route.

  • Lake Yankton facilities closed due to fisheries renovation

    Some facilities around Lake Yankton, near Yankton, SD, will be closed on Sept. 9-10 as part of the fisheries renovation. Closures will include all of Cottonwood Day Use area and Training Dike boat ramp. There will also be restrictions on entering the water or shoreline.

  • Contract awarded for chute repairs at Middle Decatur Bend, Burt County, Neb. and backwater repairs at Hole-in-the-Rock, Thurston County, Neb.

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract to Newt Marine Service of Dubuque, Iowa for $972,142.25 for repairs to existing chute and backwater projects at Middle Decatur Bend near Decatur in Burt County, Neb. and Hole-in-the-Rock located on the Omaha Indian Reservation north of Macy in Thurston County, Neb. The proposed projects will repair damages to existing shallow water habitat features caused by the 2011 Missouri River Flood.