The St. Louis District is strategically located at the crossroads of three major river systems: the Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri. The District encompasses some 28,000 square miles, almost equally divided between Illinois and Missouri.
The St. Louis District is responsible for maintaining a 9-foot-deep navigation channel on 300 miles of the Mississippi, 80 miles of the Illinois and 36 miles of the Kaskaskia Rivers. District personnel operate and maintain five lock and dam sites, four on the Upper Mississippi and one on the Kaskaskia River.
In addition to the rivers, the District operates and maintains five multi-purpose lakes. Their purposes include environmental stewardship, habitat restoration, fish and wildlife management,...
The Lake Shelbyville recreation area in Illinois management noticed several facilities using more electricity than they should, generating higher than normal electric bills.
To combat these issues, the Corps of Engineers St. Louis District reached out to the Huntsville Center to provide expertise with the installation of solar photovoltaic renewable power.
Thanks to the efforts of a team of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) archaeological experts, artifacts from nine West Virginia project sites have been transferred to the Veterans Curation Program (VCP) from storage at the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in Moundsville, W.Va.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District’s Wankel Tyrannosaurus Rex will soon travel from Montana, where it has resided for the past 66 million years, to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
As of 10:30 a.m. CST today, all federal levees in the St. Louis District are performing as designed. The Corps is working with our partners and local communities to reduce the risk of damages from flooding.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today the schedule for removing rock formations in the Mississippi River near Thebes, Ill., that pose a threat to navigation as water levels on the river drop.
Over the last few years, bald eagle sightings have been on the rise at Lake Shelbyville, along with an increase in public interest in these magnificent birds. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Louis District would like to invite you, your family and friends to Eagle Day at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center on Feb. 18, 2012, from noon until 4 p.m. to learn more about our national bird.
The Eagles have arrived! Join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – St. Louis District for the second annual Eagle Trek, Feb. 4, 2012, at the Kaskaskia Lock & Dam from 9 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
After the monumental flood events of 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division carefully inspected and completed damage assessments reports for all levees, channel improvements, navigation channels and structures associated with the Mississippi River and Tributaries project, one of this country’s most comprehensive and successful flood control systems.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District's Mark Twain Lake was recently chosen to be a recipient of a 2012 Corps of Engineers Handshake Partnership Program Grant.
Cold weather is here so if you are planning on going boating or waterfowl hunting the St. Louis District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would like to remind you to gear up before venturing out on the lake.
As students from the Rockwood School District Career Shadowing Program waited anxiously in the lobby of the Robert A. Young Federal Building in St. Louis, Mo., the morning of Nov. 4, similar thoughts ran rapidly through their heads: What should they expect? Who would their shadow be? Would they gain anything from this full day of shadowing? Seven hours and one informative experience later, those questions no longer lingered and even more had...
More than 1,000 people flocked to the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, Oct. 15-16, for the grand opening of the Audubon Center at Riverlands.
Bird enthusiasts, nature lovers, students and families are invited to celebrate the grand opening of The Audubon Center at Riverlands this Saturday, Oct. 15, at 10:30a.m. The Center’s opening will include guided tours, fisheries demonstrations, exhibits, live birds and crafts for children.
More than 1,000 people flocked to the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers October 15-16 for the grand opening of the Audubon Center at Riverlands.
