• USACE awards $6.4M contract for Hamilton City levee work

    SACRAMENTO, California – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $6,407,035 construction contract on September 26 to James Fisher Jr. Excavating of Willows, California. The company will provide construction work on the Hamilton City Phase 2B Levee Improvement Construction Project.Hamilton City is located approximately 90
  • Richard L. Schafer Dam christened in renaming ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a ceremony October 1 to formally rename Success Dam after longtime Tule River Water Master Richard L. Schafer.
  • Tule River Spillway project document out for public review

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has released a draft environmental assessment outlining the Tule River Spillway Enlargement Project at Success Lake in Tulare County.
  • Army Corps of Engineers waives fees on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 28

     SACRAMENTO, California – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will celebrate National Public Lands Day by waiving fees for its day-use recreation areas and hosting volunteers for a number of park improvement projects on Saturday, Sept. 28.National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. For more than two
  • Englebright Lake to Celebrate National Public Lands Day on Sept. 21

    SACRAMENTO, California – Englebright Lake will celebrate National Public Lands Day by waiving fees for its day-use recreation areas and hosting volunteers for a number of park improvement projects on Saturday, Sept. 21.Officially, National Public Lands Day is Sept. 28, but Englebright Lake will celebrate it a week early to align their efforts with
  • U.S Army Corps Awards Construction Contract for New VA Stockton Clinic

    VA Palo Alto Health Care System and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District awarded a $143.5 million construction contract on August 29 to S. J. Amoroso Construction Company of Redwood City, California, to build a new patient care facility near Stockton.
  • USACE Awards Construction Contract for Folsom Dam Raise Dike 8

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District awarded a $4.2 million construction contract August 8 to Odin Construction Solutions, Inc., of Rocklin, California, to raise Dike 8 at Folsom Lake by 3.5 feet.
  • New leadership at the Sacramento District

    Col. James J. Handura assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District from Col. David G. Ray during a Change of Command ceremony today at the Masonic Temple in downtown Sacramento. Brig. Gen. Kim M. Colloton, commander of the Corps’ South Pacific Division, presided over the ceremony introducing the district’s 33rd commander.
  • Levee Improvement Work Begins in Lower Natomas Basin

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that major levee improvement construction in the Lower Natomas Basin will require extended road closures on Garden Highway beginning July 8.
  • Updated Folsom Water Control Manual signed by USACE, Reclamation

    Representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation signed the 2018 revision of the Water Control Manual for Folsom Dam and Lake, during a signing event June 12 at the dam.