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  • North Atlantic Division and Districts Hurricane Harvey Support

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) North Atlantic Division and its districts are deploying four staff members to Texas to support the federal government’s Hurricane Harvey response.

  • Baltimore District dedicates new survey vessel serving Baltimore Harbor

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, dedicated its new hydrographic survey vessel, CATLETT, this morning in a ceremony in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

  • Update on mitigation measures in Margate/Absecon Island

    PHILADELPHIA (AUG. 14, 2017) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District posted the below update regarding ongoing temporary mitigation measures in the city of Margate, New Jersey. Work is part of the overall Absecon Island dune and berm project. Army Corps and contractor teams have made significant progress on temporary mitigation measures related to the basin areas between the bulkheads and the newly constructed dune in Margate. These areas were put in place to accommodate Margate's storm water management system; however water did not percolate as anticipated after heavy rainfall events.

  • Army Corps updates water release schedule at Francis E. Walter Dam

    PHILADELPHIA (Aug 9, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps Engineers’ Philadelphia District updated the 2017 Francis E. Walter Dam recreation plan. The Army Corps updated the plan, which states whitewater and fisheries releases will be scheduled if enough water storage is accumulated in the reservoir. Precipitation has enabled the Army Corps to schedule the 8th and 9th increments of the plan.