After a season of virtual-only updates, USACE Missouri River water managers look forward to meeting with members of the public in person this spring.
“We believe it is important to meet with those who are interested about the runoff conditions influencing our actions regarding Missouri River system operations,” said John Remus, chief of the USACE, Missouri River Water Management Division.
The public is invited to join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local weather experts for a series of briefings on the 2026 runoff season, reservoir status, and our planned operations for the year ahead.
“These meetings are our opportunity to update the public on the technical data and, more importantly, to hear feedback directly,” said...
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle announced a sweeping set of initiatives for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program, Feb. 23. The “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork” initiatives will modernize the Civil Works program by refocusing USACE on its core water resources missions.
Spring Public Meetings will be held in Bismarck, N.D., Smithville, Missouri and Sioux City, Iowa. A live stream of the April 7 meeting will also be available at https://go.mil/6qybt74gpp
A 3D video rendering of miter gates at McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is shown, as part of a Computer-Aided Design/ Building Information Modeling (CAD/BIM) project developed by a collaboration of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel. Staff from the Walla Walla, Philadelphia, Mobile, Louisville, Little Rock, Tulsa and Rock Island districts, collaborated on the design which resulted in enterprise-wide recognition for using advanced digital modeling tools to design the next generation of infrastructure, keeping commerce moving along the nation’s inland waterways. CAD/BIM are digital tools engineers use to produce detailed 2D and 3D drawings, and create intelligent 3D models for analysis, coordination and long-term...
