News from July 2023


33 press releases published in June by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

There were 33 press releases published by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in June.


Brigadier General Charles Young: The Responsible Leader!

News Release: Brigadier General Charles Young: The Responsible Leader!.


DOI-BOEM offers new grant application process starting July 5

NT-23-X13: Zooplankton Ecology of the western Gulf of Maine: trends in abundance and diversity grant opened on July 5.


110 press releases or notices published in June by Bureau of Land Management

There were 110 press releases or notices published by the Bureau of Land Management in June.


Read with a Park Ranger, Buffalo Soldier Stories

News Release: Read with a Park Ranger, Buffalo Soldier Stories.


USACE reminds everyone to be water safe this Independence Day weekend

Independence Day weekend is typically one of the three busiest weekends of the year on the region’s lakes and rivers.


Navigation Notice - Swl 23-34

Mariners should expect to experience intermittent delays at Dardanelle Lock (No. 10) NM 205.5 on July 25, 2023.


USACE closes swim beach at Dam Site Lake Island until further notice

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Beaver Lake Project Office is closing the swim beach at Dam Site Lake Island on Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas until further notice.


Marathon Petroleum Company (File # 2022-1143)

TRC Companies, obo Marathon Petroleum Company, to transport two reactor vessels from the Mississippi River onto the batture to a temporary modular bridge across the left descending Mississippi River levee, vicinity of second order levee station 4553+67, at Garyville, Louisiana, in St. John the Baptist Parish.


23-037 Corps to treat Lake Wallula to control invasive flowering rush

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District will be performing up to five five-acre treatments in Lake Wallula, the McNary reservoir near the Tri-Cities, Washington, with herbicide, Diquat Dibromide, at an application rate of two gallons per surface acre.


Institute for Water Resources (IWR) seeking a permanent Program Analyst (GS-09/11 target GS-12 )

USACE's Institute for Water Resources (IWR) is seeking a permanent Program Analyst responsible for planning, managing and evaluating the Water Resources Center’s programs and projects and providing recommendations to ensure they are executed effectively and efficiently.


Blue Marsh Lake HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM ADVISORY Update

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Philadelphia District is updating the harmful algal bloom status at Blue Marsh Lake from a Watch Status up to a Harmful Algal Bloom Advisory Status.


Galveston District survey team conducts post dredge survey in Houston Shipping Channel

One of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District’s missions is maintaining the depths of more than 1,000 miles of shipping channels; 270 miles of deep draft and 750 miles of shallow draft channels.


USACE announces channel maintenance dredging near Evansville, encourages public to recreate responsibly

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District has begun annual channel maintenance dredging on the Ohio River, which will likely include maintenance dredging at Evansville Bend at Ohio River Mile 792 near Evansville, Indiana. Dredging is expected to start in the Evansville area later this summer, and USACE is encouraging the local public to recreate responsibly and help deter misuse of the area.


Park rangers respond to drownings by promoting water safety

Park rangers in Tennessee and Kentucky are stepping up efforts to promote water safety in lieu of 10 tragic drownings already this recreation season at Corps lakes in the Cumberland River Basin.


Buffalo District Regulators Host the NCNE Wetland Delineation Refresher Training

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Regulatory Branch brought together 27 Regulatory Project Managers for a NCNE Wetland Delineation Refresher Training with a focus on Atypical and Problematic Situations.


Cochiti Lake day use recreation areas, including Swim Beach, to remain closed over Fourth of July holiday weekend due to high water levels

Due to the existing high-water levels, the day use recreation areas on the Cochiti side of the lake will remain closed for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. This includes the Swim Beach.


23-038 Corps reopens Wawawai Landing boat ramp

The Lower Granite Natural Resource Management office has reopened the boat ramp at Wawawai Landing.


Brigadier General Charles Young: The Responsible Leader!

News Release: Brigadier General Charles Young: The Responsible Leader!.


JOINT NEWS RELEASE: Portion of Moose Creek Dam crest closed to public at Chena Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District is prohibiting public access of about three miles of the Moose Creek Dam Trail, located on the dam crest at the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project near North Pole.