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  • 17 Central Valley levee systems lose eligibility for federal rehab assistance

    A total of 17 levee systems in or near Sacramento, Stockton, Chester, and Knights Landing and Gustine are now ineligible for federal rehabilitation assistance after a temporary agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of California extending eligibility for deficient levees expired in June.

  • American River Bike Trail detour begins Aug. 20

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – To make way for a $5.7 million Sacramento levee slurry wall project, an American River Bike Trail detour is scheduled to begin the afternoon of Aug. 20. The project and detour is expected to be complete by Nov. 30.

  • Army Corps awards $9.6 million contract for energy project at Tooele

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $9.6 million contract Aug. 14 to CDM Constructors Inc. of Bellevue, Wash., for the design and construction of a 1.5 megawatt solar array at Tooele Army Depot in Tooele County, Utah.

  • Black Butte Lake closes Orland Buttes boat ramp due to low water

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has closed one of three boat ramps at Black Butte Lake, located west of Orland, due to low water levels.The Orland Buttes boat ramp is closed but the campground remains open, according to Mary Ann Deeming, a park ranger at Black Butte. Orland Buttes campers can launch at the

  • Corps begins American River levee project in Sacramento

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has begun reinforcing and raising more than 4,000 feet of levee along the American River in Sacramento. The Howe Avenue Levee Raise project officially began July 25, and is now in full swing.

  • Army Corps awards $22 million contract for science facility at Dugway

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $22.6 million contract July 26 to Big-D Construction of Salt Lake City for the design and construction of an addition to the Life Science Test facility at Dugway Proving Grounds, located in Tooele County, Utah.

  • Public comment period opens on Folsom Dam approach channel document

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board released the draft supplemental environmental impact statement/environmental impact report for the Folsom Dam Modification Project Approach Channel on July 20 for public review.

  • Army Corps awards $49 million contract for renewable energy projects

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $49 contract July 13 to six small businesses for renewable energy projects on military installations in the western United States.

  • Army Corps awards $14.6 million contract for facility at Tracy defense depot

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $14.6 million contract July 16 to Mascon Inc. of Sacramento for the construction of a public safety center facility at Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin in Tracy.

  • Corps to restore historic Knights Ferry Covered Bridge

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will complete a design October 2012 to fix minor structural issues with the Knights Ferry Covered Bridge at Stanislaus River Parks near Oakdale, Calif.

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