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  • Mobile District Updates Status of Recreation Programs In Response To COVID-19

    MOBILE, Ala. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District announced March 20, 2020, that it has begun an immediate shutdown of certain recreation facilities until further notice as a health and safety precaution in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

  • 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.

  • WEST POINT LAKE: TEMPORARY CLOSURES OF R. SHAEFER HEARD DAY PARK, DAM ROAD, BOAT RAMPS

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at West Point Lake will close R. Shaefer Heard Day Use Park, its boat launching ramps, and West Point Dam Road to all vehicular traffic April 26-28, 2019 for the 16th Annual West Point Lake Triathlon.

  • CORPS AT ALLATOONA LAKE PROJECT TO ACCEPT HUNTING PROGRAM APPLICATIONS

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at Allatoona Lake announces that applications for hunting permits may be submitted starting May 1, 2019. No applications will be accepted prior to this date. A $20.00 special permit activity fee is required for each requested permit.

  • USACE AT ALLATOONA LAKE PROJECT DELAYS OPENING RECREATION AREAS

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District announced March 12, 2019 there will be a delay in the opening of numerous USACE-managed campgrounds and Day Use areas at Allatoona Lake in Cartersville, Georgia tentatively until March 29. This is due to the impacts of flooding and possible continued rainfall in the region.

  • USACE AT BWT PROJECT REOPENS RECREATION AREAS

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Project, Demopolis Site Office, reopened many of its recreation areas as of March 12, 2019 that had been closed due to excessive rain and flooding.

  • CUMMULATIVE STORM EVENTS CAUSE HIGH FLOWS, FLOODING ALONG THE BLACK WARRIOR-TOMBIGBEE, TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAYS

    MOBILE, Ala. – While no single major storm system has occurred, successive storm events over a period of three months caused by a polar weather stream crossing from the north into the United States have led to historic flooding along the Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers (BWT).