Corps of Engineers

When Michael Lamport describes the Hickman Hard Point, he uses an artificial intelligence-generated photo of rock pinnacles protruding from the riverbed and an underwater waterfall plunging into a… Read More

With the Lower Mississippi River hovering around 3 feet at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, the New Orleans Engineer District has announced plans to build an underwater sill across… Read More

As the summer of 2025 has wound down, the refrain from the Turnpike Troubadours song “Long Hot Summer Day” comes to mind. For every day I’m workin’ on the Illinois… Read More

Widespread drought is causing low-water conditions on many of the nation’s navigable rivers, with draft and tow-size restrictions in effect and no end in sight. Donnie Williams, chairman… Read More

September 12, 2025 Newly installed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle enjoyed an easy ride to confirmation in the Senate, where he had worked for two… Read More

After more than a decade in storage, 12 massive beams for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project are being barged to the site. The Nashville Engineer District began moving the first… Read More

Over the past year, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway has marked a number of 40th anniversary milestones. On December 12, 1984, Corps of Engineers contractors removed the last section of earth separating… Read More

September 5, 2025 A divided House of Representatives narrowly approved a fiscal year 2026 energy and water spending bill that includes funding for key projects important to the nation’s waterways… Read More