Press Releases

  • JIM WOODRUFF LOCK & DAM SURVIVES GROUND ZERO

    LAKE SEMINOLE, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District project, the Jim Woodruff Lock & Dam, suffered tree damage and is resolving power issues, but it survived the impact of Hurricane Michael as it battered the Florida Gulf Coast and South Georgia on Wednesday
  • TOWN CREEK CAMPGROUND TO CLOSE FOR WINTER

    MOBILE, Alabama – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project site announces the winter season closure of the Town Creek Campground in Clay County, Miss., starting on November 4, 2018.
  • ACT RIVER BASIN FINAL SCOPING REPORT NOW AVAILABLE

    MOBILE, Alabama – The Final Scoping Report documenting feedback that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District received from the general public and other stakeholders during the pubic scoping process is now available
  • LAKE LANIER PUBLIC SURVEY DELAYED

    MOBILE, Alabama – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), at Lake Sidney Lanier announced that the planned second phase of data collection in support of the Master Plan Update will be delayed until the 2019 recreation season.
  • NO CURRENT IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE FLORENCE AT MOBILE DISTRICT PROJECTS, RECREATION SITES

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District projects and recreation sites are currently under normal operations, and the region’s reservoirs are at, or slightly below, normal target weather elevations for this time of year.
  • CORPS HOSTS MOBILE HARBOR OPEN HOUSE

    MOBILE, Alabama – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District hosted an open house concerning the Mobile Harbor Draft General Reevaluation Report with Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft GRR/SEIS), September 11 at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center, in Mobile, Alabama.
  • USACE RESCHEDULES MOBILE HARBOR PUBLIC MEETING

    MOBILE, Ala. – Due to Tropical Storm Gordon, the public meeting concerning the Mobile Harbor Draft General Reevaluation Report with Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft GRR/SEIS) previously scheduled for Sept. 6, 2018 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Mobile Convention Center, located at 1 South Water Street in downtown Mobile.
  • CORPS TO HOST MOBILE HARBOR OPEN HOUSE PUBLIC MEETING

    MOBILE, Alabama – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District will host an open house public meeting on Thursday, September 6, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Mobile Convention Center, located at 1 South Water Street in downtown Mobile.
  • Army Issues Memorandum to Empower States & Tribes in their Permitting Authority

    Washington (August 7, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) today released a memorandum taking initial steps to empower States and tribes in assuming Section 404 permit authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA). In taking on this authority, States and tribes can accelerate job-creating economic development and infrastructure, all while continuing to protect the environment.
  • Corps of Engineers and City of Atlanta Move Forward with Proctor Creek Restoration Project

    MOBILE, Alabama – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District and the City of Atlanta have completed and approved the Recommended Plan of a three-year, joint-funded feasibility study for aquatic ecosystem restoration in the Proctor Creek watershed. The Proctor Creek Watershed is located within the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. The creek flows in a northwesterly direction originating in downtown Atlanta and terminating in the Chattahoochee River, covering approximately 16 square miles and nearby to the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, which is visited by more than three million people each year.