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  • West Point Dam Traffic Restricted

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District at West Point Project, announced that vehicular and pedestrian traffic across the dam road will be closed Thursday, April 17, 2014, to ensure public safety as contractors use large equipment to conduct an inspection of the West Point Dam.

  • Lake Okatibbee experiencing high water from recent rain events

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District at Okatibbee Lake has closed several campgrounds and boat docks. East Central Mississippi has received several inches of rain over the last several days causing the lake and downstream rivers to rise.

  • Personal Watercraft and Boating Safety Course Offered Locally

    The U.S. 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 15 and 17, 2014 from 6:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. This course will provide information on legal requirements, navigation rules, preventing personal watercraft and boating accidents, and new boating laws.

  • MsCIP Barrier Island Restoration: USACE releases Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District has released the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program Comprehensive Barrier Islands Restoration Project, Jackson, Harrison and Hancock Counties, Mississippi for public review and comment

  • Bluebird Monitoring Volunteer Opportunities

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District at West Point Project is seeking volunteers to assist with bluebird nesting box monitoring during the March to August breeding season. Prospective volunteers should be available to inspect their assigned nesting boxes every two weeks during the breeding season. USACE will provide data logs and maps to the locations of the assigned nesting boxes.

  • Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Changes to Lock Schedules

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District will change to the spring/summer lock schedules beginning the week of March 2, 2014 on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF). George W. Andrews, Walter F. George, and Jim Woodruff Locks will move to Friday - Monday operations, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. This schedule will continue until October 2014.

  • USACE Shoreline cleanup at West Point Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District at West Point Lake provides shoreline cleanup. Recent heavy rains have brought lots of run-off from swollen streams and the Chattahoochee River into West Point Lake. This run-off brings with it the trash, debris and litter that people throw out on roadsides, parking lots and yards.