• USACE unveils Isabella Dam modifications in ribbon cutting ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, April 4, at Isabella Dam in Lake Isabella to mark the end of Phase 2 construction on the Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project.
  • UPDATE: SR 190 lane closure at Success Lake extended through April

    The recurrent lane closure near State Route 190 post mile 23.39 will continue through April while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District continues improvements of rock slope protection of bridge abutments along Success Lake. Aside from the timeline extension, no changes to the current traffic plan are planned. The extension is
  • USACE monitoring Terminus Dam and Lake Kaweah

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is closely monitoring Terminus Dam and Lake Kaweah in connection with the ongoing severe weather event.Terminus Dam is not currently at risk of being damaged or overtopping, as the lake level is well below the top of dam. However, USACE teams are now monitoring the dam and lake levels around the
  • USACE monitoring releases at Schafer Dam and Tule River Spillway

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is closely monitoring Schafer Dam and Lake Success in connection with the ongoing severe weather event.With Lake Success already exceeding its gross pool capacity of 84,095 acre-feet and more rain on the way, releases from both the Schafer Dam outlet works and the Tule River Spillway are expected
  • USACE monitoring Isabella Dam and Lake during heavy rains

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is closely monitoring Isabella Dam and Lake in connection with the ongoing severe weather event.
  • USACE to hold job fair March 7 to fill nearly 125 vacancies

    With about 125 job vacancies to fill, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will host a job fair in Sacramento March 7 to share hiring opportunities and help prospective applicants navigate the application process.The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Town and Country Event Center (formerly The Grand), located at
  • USACE adds 4th public workshop to discuss proposed Delta Conveyance Project

    SACRAMENTO, California – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will host its fourth public workshop discussing the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project on March 1 in Stockton.  The 90-minute open house-style workshop will allow the public an opportunity to learn more about USACE’s
  • USACE prepares fill plan for Isabella Lake as construction wraps up

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is preparing to request a deviation from the operating restriction at the Isabella Dam in Lake Isabella, California, to implement a plan to fill the lake up to its pre-construction volume of 568,000 acre-feet, or gross pool, when sufficient precipitation and snowpack occur.
  • UPDATE: SR 190 lane closure hours, days expanded at Lake Success

    Starting Feb. 6, construction work hours and the associated lane closure near State Route 190 post mile 23.39 will be expanded to 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The expanded hours and inclusion of Saturdays are necessary to meet the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District’s schedule for improving the rock slope protection of
  • USACE awards $27.5 million contract for 2023 levee improvement work along Sacramento River East Levee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $27.575 million construction contract on January 20, 2023, to Maloney Odin Joint Venture of Novato, for more than 2.6 miles of levee improvements at five locations along the Sacramento River East Levee between the I Street Bridge and just south of the town of Freeport.