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  • December

    Invasive species mussel in on Gavins Point Dam

    When you’re talking about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ six mainstem dams on the Missouri River, the word small is a relative term. While the dams and their powerhouses vary in size, they are all imposing structures. For instance, Gavins Point Dam, near Yankton, South Dakota, is the smallest of the six, yet it took 7 million cubic yards of earth to build and its three Kaplan generators are capable of generating electricity for 68,000 homes. This makes it that much more ironic that something as small as a zebra mussel could give it such big problems.
  • Omaha District 2019 Fiscal Year in Review

    It’s been another busy year across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Omaha District, with many significant accomplishments taking place during 2019. The District closed out the fiscal year Sept. 30 with a $1.4 billion program, one of the largest the district has ever managed, surpassing last year’s total of $1.29 billion. That included more than $61 million in civil works, almost $400 million in military missions, $359 million in special projects and $386 million in environmental missions.
  • October

    Omaha District partners with NRD in ground breaking levee restoration efforts

    The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District broke ground on levee improvements for the R-613 and R-616 levee systems at Haworth Park, in Belleville, Oct. 15.
  • August

    Military working dogs to get new woof over their heads thanks to Omaha District

    If you were asked where the US Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District was building a new kennel for
  • June

    Planning Army Corps Managed Water Resource Projects

    Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages thousands of water resource projects across the country. The Corps generates hydropower, supplies water to cities and industry, regulates development in navigable waters, restores aquatic ecosystems, assists in national emergencies, provide navigation, flood risk reduction, ecosystem restoration, and is the Nation’s largest provider of recreation. As complicated as many of these sound, each of these missions began as a planning study.

News from around USACE

USACE officials, Maui County Council and state partners discuss proposed parameters for Alternate Debris Removal Program at council meeting
10/1/2023
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Maui County, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and Maui Department of Health were available to answer questions from the Maui...
USACE Temporary Power team nears mission completion after more than 45 days on Maui
9/30/2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Temporary Power Planning and Response Team was called upon to assist the people of Maui in the aftermath of the wildfires that impacted residents and business owners...
Chief of Engineers surveys fire-damaged areas in Lahaina
9/29/2023
Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers, surveyed fire-damaged areas in Lahaina, Hawai'i, Sept. 26...
Project Snowpack, innovating future floodplain weather prediction
9/29/2023 UPDATED
Historic flooding of the Upper Missouri River Basin in 2011 prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District to explore additional solutions in improving flood prediction. This led to the...