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Despite the challenges related to COVID-19, we are still working aggressively to restore the federal levee system. Our contractors and staff are taking extra precautions to stay safe as they continue to do repairs. Elevated risk remains on the levee system so please continue to exercise extreme caution. Stay in close contact with your local emergency management agency for more information.

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Army Corps of Engineers begins gradual reopening of recreation areas closed due to Coronavirus

5/22/2020 UPDATED

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday that it has begun the gradual reopening of some USACE-managed recreation areas that were closed to protect against the further spread of coronavirus...

Corps awards contract to complete levee repairs on the Missouri River L-536 levee system north of Corning, Missouri

5/21/2020 UPDATED

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, awarded a $8.74 million construction contract to AECOM Technical Services, Inc. of Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, to close the remaining breaches and...

Annual sediment flushing exercise scheduled at Cherry Creek Reservoir

5/20/2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, will conduct its annual sediment flushing exercise at Cherry Creek Reservoir, Colorado, May 27....

Poster with a photo of a bald eagle along with dates and times of the event.

Bald Eagle Days 2018

Join us at the Lewis & Clark Visitor Center for Bald Eagle Days Jan. 26-28, 2018. Program times are 4 and 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Omaha Outlook 2018

Omaha Outlook 2018 Year in Review Magazine

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A group of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspect the permanent earth retention system (PERSWALL) surrounding the U.S. Strategic Command command-and-control facility on Offutt Air Base, Omaha, Neb., March 28. To mitigate the potential for flooding, District engineers constructed a PERSWALL around the building essentially constructing it in a bathtub.

USSTRATCOM new home

After nearly six years of construction and many challenges, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is more than 98% complete with the U.S. Strategic Command command-and-control facilities at Offutt Air Base, Omaha, Nebraska.

VA Medical Center nears completion

The new 1.2 million-square-foot Aurora, Colo., Veterans Affairs Medical Center replaces an older, dated VA hospital built in Denver in the 1950s and offers Colorado’s veterans state-of-the-art facilities.

4th CAB gets new assault hangar

The Assault hangar is the newest upgrade to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade and Butts Airfield. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District completes the hangar, an Apache unit will move in and begin training for future operations. (Photo by Capt. Ryan Hignight, USACE Public Affairs Officer)

USA Today USACE Edition

In this issue: Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, the Army’s chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, took office in May 2016, accepting responsibility for much of America’s aging infrastructure in the midst of government cuts.

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News from around USACE

USACE awards contract to Virginia company to construct jetty at Tangier

5/27/2020 UPDATED

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awarded a contract for more than $2.9 million to Gloucester-based Coastal Design & Construction Inc. to construct an approximately 685-foot-long...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District, completes construction of 3rd generation hardened aircraft shelters at Kunsan Air Base

5/27/2020

With the joint effort of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) of the Far East District (FED) and the Republic of Korea, 20 newly constructed third generation hardened aircraft shelters (HAS) will...

Memorial Day: Remembering Memphis District employees who made the ultimate sacrifice

5/25/2020

Today is Memorial Day. For 152 years, America has set aside a day to pay tribute to our Patriots who gave their last full measure of devotion for this country. This Memorial Day, we remember three...

District park rangers want public to know recreating at Mojave River Dam is not authorized

5/24/2020 UPDATED

LOS ANGELES – As COVID19 state and local government shelter-in-place restrictions loosen, local high desert residents may be for sure heading to their favorite watering hole, known to local residents...