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  • Mobile District employees deploy in support of Hurricane Harvey recovery operations

    Twelve employees from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, have deployed to the state of Texas to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the USACE, Southwest Division, in recovery operations in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosts open house to discuss Mobile Harbor improvement, Sept. 14

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District invites the public to participate in an open house for the proposed improvement of the Mobile Harbor Federal Navigation Channel, Sept. 14.

  • Seasonal water level decline to begin at West Point Reservoir

    Water management officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, announced today that the reservoir level at West Point Lake in southwest Georgia is expected to decline over the next 10 days. This decline is typical this time of year due to decreased inflows into the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and increased evaporation levels that occur in late summer and fall.

  • Water willow planting at West Point Lake

     1708-04_Water willow planting at West Point (AMM) PDF Contact: Ben Williams Park Ranger West Point,

  • West Point Dam Roadway closed Aug. 24 for exercise

    MOBILE, Ala. – The West Point Dam Roadway will be closed Aug. 24 while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers West Point Project hosts a training exercise for the U.S. Army’s 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment from Fort Benning, Ga.

  • Lifetime Senior Pass price goes from $10 to $80 this month

    MOBILE, Ala. – As a result of legislation passed by Congress in December 2016, the price of the America the Beautiful – National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Lifetime Senior Pass will increase from $10 to $80 beginning August 28, 2017.

  • Corps removes prohibition on use of security cameras at Lake Lanier

    Corps removes prohibition on use of security cameras at Lake Lanier (PDF)NEWS RELEASE BUILDING

  • West Point offers boating safety classes

    MOBILE, Ala. – The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Auxiliary Flotilla 08-01, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at West Point Project, will conduct two free personal watercraft and boating safety courses at the West Point Project Management Office in August. The one-day courses are scheduled for Aug. 12 and 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • West Point Lake National Public Lands Day Event

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, at West Point Project announces the annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD) event to be held Sept. 30 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holiday Campground. The event is the Nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands.

  • District Commander sworn in as SAME Mobile Post President

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Commander Col. James DeLapp, was sworn in as the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Mobile Post President at the Athelstan Club here, July 12. DeLapp replaces outgoing Mobile Post President Jeff Duplantis, a senior project manager with Constantine Engineering.