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  • Comments sought on watercraft inspection program

    A draft integrated letter report and programmatic environmental assessment has been developed to determine the economic and environmental impacts of Federal participation in state-managed watercraft inspection programs along the South Platte River Basin in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. Public comments on the draft EA will be accepted until Jan. 1, 2021.
  • Corps of Engineers awards contract to restore levee at Camp Ashland, Nebraska

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, awarded a $6.9 million construction contract to Western Contracting Corporation of Sioux City, Iowa, Monday to repair a section of flood wall and levee that was damaged during the 2019 flooding at Camp Ashland, Nebraska.
  • Corps of Engineers begins construction at Holmes Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is modifying a portion of the dam embankment at Salt Creek Dam Site 17, commonly referred to as Holmes Lake in Lincoln, Nebraska.
  • Glenn Cunningham Reservoir to begin to fill naturally

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will shut the outflow gate at Glenn Cunningham Reservoir on June 1, to allow the lake to begin to refill naturally. It is anticipated that with typical weather conditions the lake will reach full conservation pool by early spring 2021.
  • Corps awards contract to complete levee repairs on the Missouri River L-536 levee system north of Corning, Missouri

    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 making final repairs on the Missouri River L-536 levee system north of Corning, Missouri.  The L-536 system is the last remaining Missouri River levee damaged by the March 2019 flood event in need of full repair.
  • USACE awards contract to complete levee repairs on the Pender – Logan Creek Right Bank Levee System in Pender, Nebraska.

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, awarded a $7.1 million construction contract Wednesday to Michels Corporation of Brownsville, Wisconsin, to repair the Pender – Logan Creek Right Bank levee system in Pender, Nebraska. This is the 17th contract the Omaha District has awarded to repair the tributary systems damaged during the March 2019 flood. This contract will fully repair this damaged levee system.
  • Boat ramp near Santee closed

    In coordination with the Santee Sioux Tribe, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed boat ramp in the vicinity of Santee will be closed effective today. The closure will assist local efforts in combating the spread of COVID-19 within the local communities and will remain in effect until May 27, 2020.
  • Corps awards contract to repair the Pierce – North Branch Elkhorn River Right Bank levee system in Pierce, Nebraska

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District awarded an $183,000 construction contract to repair the damages to the Pierce – N. Branch Elkhorn River RB levee system Wednesday.