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  • USACE West Point To Host Free Boating Safety Course

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at West Point Lake — in partnership with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 08-01 — will conduct a personal watercraft and boating safety course April 11, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST at the West Point Project Management Office in West Point, Georgia. This free USCG Auxiliary course will provide information on legal requirements, navigation rules, preventing personal watercraft and boating accidents, and new boating laws.

  • USACE To Close West Point Dam Road Temporarily

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at West Point Lake will temporarily close vehicular and pedestrian traffic across West Point Dam Road March 9, 2020, 8:00 a.m., to March 27, 2020, 4:00 p.m., to ensure public safety during the maintenance of West Point Dam.

  • USACE To Temporarily Close Jennings Ferry Campground

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Black Warrior & Tombigbee Lakes recreation area will temporarily close the Jennings Ferry campground from March 5-19 due to the impacts of heavy rains on facility dump stations.

  • Allatoona Project Releases High Water, Carters Lake Receding

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at Allatoona Lake Project has begun releasing water through its dam spillway as of 3:00 p.m. EST on Feb. 21, 2020 due to high water levels at the reservoir. In addition, USACE Mobile District’s water management efforts – along with reduced inflows from lighter rainfall – have helped the main reservoir's high water level recede at Carters Lake Project.

  • High Waters Bring Closures To BWT Recreation Areas

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at Black Warrior-Tombigbee Lakes Demopolis Site Office closed several recreation areas along the BWT Waterway System as of Feb. 10, 2020, until further notice due to high water levels from recent heavy rains.

  • Tenn-Tom Campgrounds To Become 100 Percent Reservable With Recreation.gov

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Project in Columbus, Mississippi, announces several of its campgrounds will only accept credit or debit cards as methods of payment and become 100 percent reservable via recreation.gov, starting March 1, 2020.

  • Prescribed Burning Of Timberlands For USACE West Point Lake Project Underway

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at West Point Lake Project announces prescribed burning of selected timber stands around the reservoir is underway and will begin immediately once weather conditions are favorable.

  • Piney Grove, Whitten Campgrounds Move To 100 Percent Reservable

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District in Bay Springs, Mississippi announces camping season at Piney Grove Campground, Bay Springs Lake, and Whitten Campground, Fulton, Mississippi, will begin March 1, 2020, with all sites reservable.

  • USACE To Host 4 Open House Meetings For Lake Lanier’s Recreation Capacity Study, Master Plan Update

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District is scheduled to host four open-house meetings Feb. 24 – 27, 2020, to update the public on the results of the Recreation Capacity Study and Master Plan Update for Lake Sidney Lanier in Georgia.

  • Buford Dam Road, Park Areas To Temporarily Close

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at Lake Sidney Lanier announces Buford Dam Road will be closed to traffic in order to complete roadway repairs, starting at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 22. Repairs are expected to be completed by 5:00 p.m., reopening Buford Dam Road to traffic.