The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is staging pumping equipment at Blue Mountain Lake following a planned drawdown conducted with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The drawdown, designed to improve aquatic habitat and reduce invasive vegetation, has lowered the lake about 13 feet below its normal conservation pool. With dry conditions persisting, the pumps are in place to ensure downstream flows continue if normal releases become insufficient, protecting both habitat goals and community water supplies.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, selected Rock Island, Illinois, resident and St. Paul District environmental specialist Jesse Ray for its 2025 Planning Excellence Award.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reducing outflow from Baldhill Dam due to persistent dry conditions and reduction inflows from the Devils Lake outlet.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will waive day-use fees at its recreation areas nationwide Sept. 26 in recognition of National Public Lands Day. Tulsa District will also host volunteer cleanup and improvement events at Eufaula, Kaw and Fort Gibson lakes as part of the annual observance.
