The latest runoff forecast from the Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, released June 8, shows slight improvement, but 2022 is still shaping up to be much… Read More
Missouri River
Dry conditions in April resulted in well-below-average runoff in the upper Missouri River basin. April runoff was 1.5 million acre-feet (maf.), which is just 51 percent of average. The updated… Read More
Reservoir inflows in the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa, were well below average in March, the Corps of Engineers reported April 4. The March runoff of 1.5 million… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ forecast continues to call for below-average runoff in the Missouri River basin. “The runoff in February was less than predicted, and we expect the lower-than-average runoff… Read More
The Corps of Engineers districts managing the Missouri River are gearing up to solicit and award bank stabilization contracts along the length of the river, bolstered by a shot of… Read More
Washington, D.C.—One year after it was suspended and its members dismissed, the broadly supported Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) remains in limbo months after it was approved to resume operations. Read More
The Corps of Engineers announced on November 12 that hydrologic conditions would likely not support a test flow from Fort Peck Dam to support the pallid sturgeon. Col. Geoff Van… Read More
Col. Geoff Van Epps, commander of the Northwestern Engineer Division, signed a Record of Decision for the Fort Peck Dam test releases Environmental Impact Statement on November 12. The EIS… Read More
The Kansas City Engineer District, part of the Northwestern Engineer Division, collaborated with the St. Paul District of the Mississippi Valley Division to bring the Dredge Goetz onto the Missouri… Read More
The Kansas Citys Levees project held a groundbreaking ceremony October 13 at the Central Industrial District Levee Unit, marking the start of the levee raising phase of the $529 million… Read More
