Falls City Engineer March/April 2023 newsletter is now available! Articles in this issue include: Salvage operations continue following barge accident; USACE receives federal funding to advance Louisville Metro Flood Protection System Reconstruction Project; Cecil M. Harden Lake Hosts Open Houses for Shoreline Management Plan Update; Regulatory Division permits in crucial in construction of Kentucky’s largest development project; USACE completes maintenance for Army Field Support Battalion at Fort Campbell; Stormwater management key to successful construction; USACE completes, turns over new maintenance hangar at Grissom Air Reserve Base; District foresters see the value in trees; Former Co-op student now leads District’s current largest project; and Louisville District Deputy Commander gets promoted to lieutenant colonel. Click link below to read more or visit: https://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/66632

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered a 117,034 square-foot maintenance complex to the Army Field Support Battalion during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 15, 2023. The project, with a programmed amount of $44.7 million, consisted of the construction of four general purpose maintenance facilities that includes an allied shop building, engine auto shop, production control building and a paint booth building. The project also included 42,110 square feet of concrete parking.

The National Inventory of Dams (NID) is now available! With more than 90,000 dams across the United States, the NID is the central information source for dams in the U.S. and its territories. The database contains more than 70 data fields for each dam - find out where dams are, what they were designed to do, and who manages them. The NID is an important resource to assist emergency managers, safety professionals, infrastructure owners, community leaders, business owners, and residents understand the relationship between dams and their surrounding communities.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Federal Emergency Management Agency have launched the National Levee Safety Program! Click the link below to see how you can get involved.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the nation’s leading provider of outdoor recreation with over 400 lake and river projects in 43 states and more than 360 million visits per year. Please be careful in and around the water because even strong swimmers drown. Check out this website to find valuable tips and resources that could save your life or the life of someone you care about.