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  • USACE to host town hall to discuss Whittier Narrows Dam Safety project April 16 in Pico Rivera

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in collaboration with the City of Pico Rivera, will be hosting a town hall to discuss Whittier Narrows Dam and its upcoming safety project. The town hall is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. April 16 at the Main Auditorium at Pico Park, 9528 Beverly Blvd., Pico Rivera.

  • USACE awards construction contract for the Prado Dam Spillway Modification Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract for construction services March 23 to Barnard Construction Company Inc., headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, for the Prado Dam Spillway Modification project. The approximately $1.13 billion contract enables USACE and Barnard to complete the modifications to Prado Dam, which helps manage flood risk for about 1.4 million people and more than $200 billion in property and infrastructure between the dam and the Pacific Ocean.

  • USACE awards construction contract for Whittier Narrows Dam Safety project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded the construction phase of a contract March 23 to Barnard Construction Company, Inc., headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, for the Whittier Narrows Dam Safety project. The more than $735-million contract enables USACE and Barnard to complete construction of critical safety improvements to Whittier Narrows Dam – a high-risk dam that helps manage flood risk for more than 1 million people and $200 billion in property between the dam and the Pacific Ocean.

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works announces ‘Build Infrastructure, Not Paperwork’ transformation initiative for the Army’s Civil Works program

    Today, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam R. Telle announced a major initiative, “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork,” for the Army’s Civil Works program. “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork” will provide greater focus on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) core Civil Works missions, while minimizing non-core programs, direct funding to priority water resources projects that will provide the greatest benefits to the nation, shorten permitting timelines and reduce or eliminate extraneous regulations and paperwork that slow USACE’s delivery of Civil Works projects and programs.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces finalization of nationwide permits

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it will reissue 56 existing nationwide permits and issue one new permit for work in wetlands and other waters that are regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. One existing permit will not be reissued.

  • Holiday rainstorms create reservoir impoundment behind Sepulveda Dam

    The reservoir elevation at Sepulveda Dam reached and exceeded 680 feet Dec. 24 and again Dec. 26. The dam, owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Los Angeles District, is located at the headwaters of the Los Angeles River. Rainstorms create reservoir impoundment behind the dam. When the elevation reaches 680 feet, USACE notifies the Los Angeles County Police Department, which then determines whether Burbank Boulevard needs to be closed to traffic. As of Dec. 26, Burbank Boulevard remains closed to traffic until all rain events have passed.

  • USACE, partners remove 3 tons of debris from encampments in Santa Ana River Marsh

    A team with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and multiple county and city agencies joined forces Dec. 10 to clear debris from homeless encampments in the lower Santa Ana River Marsh, a sensitive habitat that supports several threatened and endangered species.

  • Corps to host National Public Lands Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District will host a National Public Lands Day clean-up event Sept. 27 at the Whittier Narrows Dam Basin and Whittier Narrows Nature Center.

  • USACE returning to complete maintenance dredging at Channel Islands Harbor

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, in coordination with the County of Ventura, is returning to complete the maintenance dredging at Channel Islands Harbor. USACE has conducted routine maintenance dredging of Channel Islands Harbor since the 1960s.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin debris removal on final opt-in property in Pacific Palisades Fire Recovery Area

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with FEMA, Cal OES, Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles, will begin debris removal at the final opt-in property in the Pacific Palisades Fire recovery area. This milestone event will bring together local, state and federal leaders, community members and the property owner to mark progress toward completing the debris removal mission.