Scott Payne, sitting, Supervisory Park Ranger, and Mark Dean, Operations Project Manager, discuss budget issues in the Project Management Office at Okatibbee Lake, Mississippi, May 31, 2023. Dean has been working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1985 and has been Project Manager since 2012.
Cindy Zaiontz-DeFelice daughter of Mrs. Agnes Goodman Zaiontz, christens the new survey vessel Miss Agnes in a ceremony in Columbus, Mississippi, April 28, 2023. The Miss Agnes is newest survey vessel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. (U.S. Army photo by Jeremy Murray)
Students check out the interactive sand table in the new Carter Lake Nature Center in Carters Lake, Georgia, April 28, 2023. Carters Lake turned its Nature Center into a state-of-the-art experience for visitors with virtual reality kiosks, interactive games, holographic exhibits.
Chante Dent, guest speaker, shares her testimonial at the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month event hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division, Atlanta, Georgia, April 26, 2023. The presentation featured four women sharing their testimonies of sexual assault trauma and survival. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)
Here is an uncomfortable, terrifying, and daunting fact. A sexual assault occurs every two minutes (or less) in the U.S. alone.

Around the District

Margaritaville on Lake Lanier Islands Fence Installation
5/23/2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District has been inquired by several members of the public regarding the recent restriction of access to Lake Lanier from the Margaritaville at Lanier Islands...
Claiborne & Millers Ferry Locks & Dams Fish Passage Study Public Meetings
5/1/2023 UPDATED
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District and the Nature Conservancy, will host four open-house public meetings for the Claiborne and Millers Ferry Locks and Dams Fish Passage Study...
Release of Feasibility Study for Claiborne and Millers Ferry Locks and Dams Fish Passage Study
5/1/2023 UPDATED
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District will release the draft feasibility report and integrated environmental assessment of the Claiborne and Millers Ferry Locks and Dams Fish Passage Study...

Public Notice

Joint Public Notice – Riprap Placement for Shoreline Protection, Okatibbee Lake, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Joint Public Notice – Riprap Placement for Shoreline Protection, Okatibbee Lake, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Published: 6/5/2023

Notice of Availability – Aquatic Plant Management, Merritt’s Mill Pond, Florida

Notice of Availability – Aquatic Plant Management, Merritt’s Mill Pond, Florida
Published: 5/23/2023