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  • USACE offers annual watercraft, boating safety course

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 81 are scheduled to conduct the annual, two-day personal watercraft and boating safety course for residents of Georgia and Alabama May 17 and May 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. EST at the USACE West Point Lake Project Management Office in West Point, Ga.

  • USACE to Host Public Meetings for W.F. George Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District will hold two open-house style meetings to collect public comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the revised Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) for Walter F. George Lake (also called Lake Eufaula) in Georgia and Alabama.

  • USACE preparing for possible nationwide closure of Corps-operated campgrounds and day-use parks

    Due to the Federal budget related government shutdown, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, will close Corps recreational areas effective 12:01 a.m. on April 9 until further notice.

  • USACE supports RiverWorks Discovery program efforts

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Demopolis Site Office in Demopolis, Ala. is supporting the efforts of RiverWorks Discovery, an educational, children-focused program on the commerce, culture and conservation of America’s rivers April 3-25 at the Demopolis Public Library for the general public.

  • Personal Watercraft and Boating Safety Course Offered Locally

    The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 81, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at West Point Lake, will conduct a personal watercraft and boating safety course at the West Point Project Management Office on April 19 and 21 from 6:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.

  • Lake Sidney Lanier Shoreline Management update for Community Docks

    The U.S. Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, invites the public to participate in one of three meetings to provide input and comments to proposed policy changes to the community docks portion of the Shoreline Management Plan for Lake Sidney Lanier.

  • USACE Temporarily Closes Two Hunting Areas for Shoreline Clean Up

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at West Point Project announced that the Maple Creek/Potts Road and Bird Creek hunting areas would be closed on March 26, the opening day of turkey hunting season in Georgia.

  • Lake Sidney Lanier Shoreline Management update for Community Docks

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, invites the public to participate in one of three information meetings introducing policy changes to community docks on Lake Sidney Lanier.

  • Port of Gulfport; USACE to hold Scoping Meeting for Environmental Impact Statement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, invites the public to participate in a scoping meeting for the Environmental Impact Statement for the Port of Gulfport Expansion Project, Harrison County, Mississippi.

  • West Point Project Office highlights need for clean-up day

    MOBILE, Ala.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unveiled a new exhibit today in coordination with a lake clean-up event scheduled for later in March. The exhibit, titled Shoreline Finds at West Point Lake features a variety of items that Park Rangers have collected from the shorelines of West Point Lake.