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  • Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Veterans Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today 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.

  • Pilot project tests new technology for collecting sediment from Niobrara River

    A joint research pilot project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and the Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition was recently conducted on the Niobrara River in northeast Nebraska to test new technology designed to intercept sediment from the riverbed before it reaches Lewis and Clark Lake.

  • USACE seeks public comment for Draft Environmental Assessment for Sand Creek Flowlines at Garrison Project, ND

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District announced a draft environmental assessment is available to review for Rough Rider Operating, LLC and Oasis Petroleum North America, LLC requesting the reissuance of a real estate easement from USACE for the continued occupation of six existing oil- and gas-related production flowlines installed in 2014 via horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and put into service in 2015. These flowlines cross under Sand Creek, on federal lands administered by the USACE Garrison Dam/ Lake Sakakawea Civil Works Project near the City of Williston, Williams County, North Dakota.

  • USACE seeks public comment for Draft Environmental Assessment for Sand Creek Flowlines at Garrison Project, ND

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District announced a draft environmental assessment is available to review for Rough Rider Operating, LLC and Oasis Petroleum North America, LLC requesting the reissuance of a real estate easement from USACE for the continued occupation of six existing oil- and gas-related production flowlines installed in 2014 via horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and put into service in 2015. These flowlines cross under Sand Creek, on federal lands administered by the USACE Garrison Dam/ Lake Sakakawea Civil Works Project near the City of Williston, Williams County, North Dakota.

  • Fort Randall trail dedication honors beloved employee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Fort Randall Project held a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Sept. 20, 2024, in Pickstown, South Dakota for a newly constructed trail system. The trail system, named the Lisa M. Durham Memorial Trail, honors Lisa Durham, a longtime Fort Randall employee who passed away in 2022 following her battle with cancer.

  • Yes, the outlet tunnels at Oahe are releasing water

    A combination of planned maintenance and an unscheduled turbine outage at Oahe will result in outlet tunnel operations beginning today. Starting at 10 a.m. today, Sept. 16, the outlet tunnels at Oahe will be releasing 8,000 cubic feet per second of the daily average 31,300 cfs releases.

  • Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee to hold fall plenary session in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, announced that the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) will hold a plenary session Sep. 17-19, 2024, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The meeting will be held at the Best Western Plus Ramkota Hotel beginning at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Sep. 17, and concluding at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sep. 19. The draft MRRIC meeting agenda can be requested by emailing mrric@usace.army.mil. The MRRIC meets two to three times each year. All sessions are open for the public to observe the proceedings, unless noted as ‘executive’. Additionally, at least one session each day is open to members of the public wishing to address the committee and the lead federal agencies—the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  All public sessions are noted in the agenda.

  • Vegetation control to begin on Missouri River sandbars between Garrison Dam and Huff, N.D.

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct vegetation management activities during August and September on sandbars in the Missouri River between Garrison Dam and Huff, N.D. The Bismarck-Mandan river reach (river miles 1325 to 1310) will not be sprayed. This work is being done to keep the sandbars free of vegetation and usable by the threatened piping plover for nesting.

  • Vegetation control to begin on Missouri River sandbars between Yankton and Vermillion, S.D.

    During September, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct vegetation management activities on sandbars in the Missouri River between Yankton and Vermillion, S.D., the upper portion of Lewis and Clark Lake near Springfield S.D. and Niobrara, N.E., and as far upstream as Pickstown, S.D. This work is being done to keep the sandbars free of vegetation and usable by the threatened piping plover for nesting as well to control invasive common reed that has become prevalent in the lake area.

  • Monitoring of pallid sturgeon response to test flow continues with some surprising news

    The 2024 test flow from Fort Peck Dam was the first in a series of test flows intended to comply with the 2018 Biological Opinion. The test flow began April 26 with an initial flow peak in early May and a second flow peak in late June.