New Outreach Role puts Rock Island Deputy Commander... 05.22.2025 | Story by Jordan Raiff Maj. Matthew Fletcher, deputy commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, assumed a new role as outreach officer in...
Ecosystem restoration project taking shape on... 05.20.2025 | Story by Samantha Heilig The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is moving forward with plans to restore a portion of the Sabula Lakes complex located in...
Temporary Exhibit Traces Illinois River’s history... 05.20.2025 | Story by Jordan Raiff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is currently hosting a temporary art exhibit at the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center...
Corps Activates Emergency Operations Center for... 05.20.2025 | Story by James Finn The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on March 13, to provide supplemental...
Ramping up for recreation season 05.20.2025 | Story by Frances Candelaria As temperatures rise and grass begins to green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation sites across the Rock Island District are reopening for...
DEPLOYMENT SPOTLIGHT: Helping Georgia Communities... 05.20.2025 | Story by Samantha Heilig For 55 days, Abigail Culloton traded her civil engineering job in the USACE Rock Island District’s Hydraulic Engineering Section for life in the...
From Sediment to Sustainability: Making Beneficial... 05.20.2025 | Story by Samantha Heilig The largest and oldest mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District is navigation which involves operating and maintaining...
Rock Island District Crews Perform Maintenance on... 03.13.2025 | Story by Frances Candelaria Maintenance crews with the Illinois Waterway Project Office, based in Peoria, Illinois, maintain the waterways connecting Lake Michigan to the...
Rock Island District Hosts RICC and MEDC Quarterly... 06.11.2025 | Photo by James Finn Recently Rock Island District hosted Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton and the Rivers of Illinois Coordinating Council (RICC) and Military...
New Outreach Role puts Rock Island Deputy Commander... 04.19.2025 | Photo by Jordan Raiff Maj. Matthew Fletcher, Deputy Commander, Rock Island District and Outreach OIC for the Southern California Wildfires mentors 1st Lt. Matthew...
ecosystem restoration project taking shape on... 06.19.2024 | Photo by Samantha Heilig The water along Sabula Lake laps up against the rocks. Set for restoration as a part of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program...
Temporary Exhibit Traces Illinois River’s history... 04.07.2025 | Photo by Jordan Raiff The history of the Illinois River and the inclusion of Watershed Cairns is shared on an info graphic hanging along the temporary installation.
Thermofusion machine used to connect high-density... 03.27.2025 | Photo by Frances Candelaria A specialized machine that uses a thermofusion process to connect high-density polyethylene pipes was used at the site to build a continuous...
Ramping up for recreation season 04.08.2025 | Photo by Kelcy Schroder Park Ranger Maxwell Zimmerman clears tree debris from a hiking/biking trail at Saylorville Lake.
DEPLOYMENT SPOTLIGHT: Helping Georgia Communities... 02.21.2025 | Photo by Samantha Heilig While deployed for the Hurricane Helene Debris Recovery mission quality assurance representatives, like Culloton, monitor crews like the one shown...
From Sediment to Sustainability: Making Beneficial... 11.24.2024 | Photo by Samantha Heilig A contractor uses dredged material from the Rock Island District’s Beneficial Use Program to build up the head of Steamboat Island for an Upper...
Tower Times - 05.20.2025 05.20.2025 | Courtesy Publication The USACE Rock Island District's command information magazine. This publication is published bimonthly by the Corporate Communications Office...
Brandon Road Interbasin Project Newsletter - 09.22.2021 09.22.2021 | Courtesy Publication The September 2021 issue of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project newsletter.
Brandon Road Interbasin Project Newsletter - 01.12.2022 01.12.2022 | Courtesy Publication The January 2022 issue of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project newsletter.
Brandon Road Interbasin Project Newsletter - 09.27.2024 09.27.2024 | Courtesy Publication The September 2024 issue of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project newsletter.
Brandon Road Interbasin Project Newsletter - 11.16.2022 11.16.2022 | Courtesy Publication The November 2022 issue of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project newsletter.
Brandon Road Interbasin Project Newsletter - 08.17.2022 08.17.2022 | Courtesy Publication The August 2022 issue of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project newsletter.
Brandon Road Interbasin Project Newsletter - 04.13.2022 04.13.2022 | Courtesy Publication The April 2022 issue of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project newsletter.
Brandon Road Interbasin Project Newsletter - 04.24.2023 04.24.2023 | Courtesy Publication The April 2023 issue of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project newsletter.
Brandon Road Interbasin Project Overview 10.02.2024 | Video by Frances Candelaria A comprehensive overview of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project that uses satellite imagery and digitally rendered structures to provide a...
Brandon Road Interbasin Project Update 04.16.2025 | Video by Frances Candelaria Project Update: Construction continues on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project as contractors excavate from the Illinois Waterway riverbed near...
Illinois Waterway Consolidated Closures Reaches... 08.01.2023 | Video by Frances Candelaria The Illinois Waterway Consolidated Closures projects started June 1. This video describes the work leading up to the halfway point of the project....
Army SOH Star Ceremony - USACE Rock Island District 06.29.2023 | Video by Frances Candelaria The USACE Rock Island District was awarded the U.S. Army's Safety and Occupational Health Star Award during a ceremony held June 29, 2023, at the...
2023 Illinois Waterway Closure Preview 06.01.2023 | Video by Frances Candelaria The 2023 Consolidated Closures on the Illinois Waterway begin June 1. Annually the Illinois Waterway generates an estimated $2 billion of...
Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program... 04.04.2023 | Video by Frances Candelaria The project is located in Saverton, Missouri. The primary purpose of the project is to increase access to upstream mainstem river and tributary...
Wicket Repairs on the Illinois Waterway 01.06.2023 | Video by Frances Candelaria To keep the wicket dams at Peoria and LaGrange lock and dam on the Illinois Waterway operational, trained divers must perform wicket inspections...
Lock 15 Dewatering Time-lapse B-roll 02.01.2022 | Video by Samantha Heilig B-roll of time-lapse footage taken over a 24-hour period as the main lock chamber at Locks and Dam 15 on the Mississippi River were dewatered for...
