6 Apr 2023

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.

3 Feb 2023

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.

29 Aug 2022

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins Tule River Spillway Enlargement Phase 2

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District held a groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 26 at the Shafer Dam spillway, on the banks of Success Lake near Porterville, California, to mark the beginning of Phase 2 construction on the Tule River Spillway Enlargement project.

3 Nov 2021

State Park trails near Folsom Lake to close for improvements

On Thursday, November 4, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will begin improvements to the Pioneer Express Trail from the south side of the Beals Point entrance road south to the American River Bike Trail. Once improvements are complete, the district will make similar improvements to the nearby Beals Point to Granite Bay multi-use trail from the north side of the Beals Point entrance road to Granite Bay.

2 Nov 2021

Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Veterans Day

SACRAMENTO – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,850 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide on November 11 in observance of Veterans Day.The waiver covers fees for boat launch ramps and swimming beaches. The waiver does not apply to camping and camping-related services, or

11 Jan 2021

Corps releases final documents for Martis Valley Trail Project Right of Way

SACRAMENTO, California – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, has released its Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) to construct a portion of the Martis Valley Trail. The approved alternative, otherwise known as the “Lower Alignment,” is an approximately 1.5 mile

14 Aug 2020

USACE awards first contract for new Alameda VA facility

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a services contract August 7 to Adanta Inc., of Napa, California to restore a self-sustaining tidal marsh at the site of the future VA clinic on Alameda Point, California. The VA Northern California Health Care System will administer the new clinic.