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  • 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.

  • Jamestown and Pipestem dams increasing releases following a wet pattern

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District will increase releases from Jamestown Dam and Pipestem Dam beginning July 25 in response to an active rainfall pattern over recent months.

  • USACE seeks public comment on BNSF Railway Bridge Removal Project

    A proposed removal of the BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) Bridge 2001-518, located on the Big Sioux River within Sioux City, Iowa and North Sioux City, South Dakota, is currently available for public review and comment. The purpose of the project is to remove BNSF Bridge 2001-518.9 due to a significant storm event that caused the structure, managed by the USACE Omaha District, to be damaged and dislodged from the pier in the center of the river.

  • USACE seeks public comment on Winnebago Tribe Broadband Fiber Optic Project

    A proposed alteration of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska/ Winnebago Tribe Broadband Fiber Optic Project, located on the Winnebago Reservation and in the adjacent communities of Emerson, Homer, and Wakefield in Thurston County, Nebraska, is currently available for public review and comment. The purpose of the project is to deploy a broadband infrastructure network to connect unserved/underserved tribal households, businesses, and community anchor institutions (i.e., schools, medical facilities) to reliable and affordable high-speed internet.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District media availability for June 2024 Severe Weather event

    Col. Robert J. Newbauer, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, will be available to provide updates regarding the June 2024 Severe Weather event to media at 1:30 p.m. today at the Missouri River Project Office located at 9901 John J Pershing Dr. near the Mormon Bridge in Omaha, Nebraska.

  • USACE Omaha District continues to support communities along the Missouri River during severe weather

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District continues to support communities along the Missouri River and its tributaries that have been impacted by flooding or soon might. Over the past 24 hours, the Omaha District has distributed sandbags, dispatched nine levee surveillance teams and dispersed flood fight materials to communities in Iowa and Nebraska as requested.

  • USACE Omaha District activates Emergency Operations Center to address severe weather incidents along Missouri River

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District has activated its emergency operations center and is supporting multiple communities who might be, or have already been, impacted by flooding along the Missouri River and its tributaries.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan

    Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joined more than 20 other federal agencies to release its 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan and expand the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to ensure federal operations are increasingly resilient to climate change impacts. The updated adaptation plans advance the administration’s National Climate Resilience Framework, which helps to align climate resilience investments across the public and private sector through common principles and opportunities for action to build a climate resilient nation.

  • Notice of Solicitation of Applications for Stakeholder Representative Members for the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee

    The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee is soliciting applications to fill vacant stakeholder representative member positions. Members are sought to fill vacancies on the committee to represent various categories of interests within the Missouri River basin. The MRRIC was formed to advise the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a study of the Missouri River and its tributaries and to provide guidance to USACE with respect to the Missouri River recovery and mitigation activities currently underway. USACE established MRRIC as required by U.S. Congress through the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Section 5018.