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  • April

    Left to Right, Robert Dunn, John Berrey, Quapaw tribal elder Ranny McWaters, Delaware Nation THPO Tamara Francis Fourkiller, Jimmy McNeil and Col. Vernie Reichling at the Programmatic Agreement signing Nov. 20, 2012.

    Federally recognized tribes sign BPNM Floodway programmatic agreement

    Six federally recognized tribes have signed the new Birds Point/New Madrid Floodway Programmatic Agreement (PA). Two tribes, the Quapaw Tribe and the Delaware Nation, signed the PA during a signing ceremony held at Memphis District Nov. 20, 2012. Three tribes - Osage Nation, the Absentee Shawnee, and the Eastern Shawnee - signed by mail in December 2012, and the Thlopthlocco Creek signed in a ceremony Jan. 18.
  • Along with a commemorative copy of the designation document signed by the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes (Center) sent this “thank you” photo taken at the designation ceremony Jan. 9 in Little Rock, Ark. The Honorable Terrence “Rock” Salt, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works is on the far right.

    White River receives National Blueway designation

    The White River and its entire basin became the second watershed to receive designation as a “National Blueway” at a ceremony in Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 9. The first was the Connecticut River; however the White River Watershed is the first to undergo the full nomination, evaluation and recognition process.

  • February

    Dredge Hurley dredging at Thebes during extreme low water to keep the navigation channel open for use.

    Memphis-based Dredge Hurley finishes season on Middle-Mississippi River

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed an extended dredging season, and has brought equipment in for seasonal maintenance and leave for the crew.

  • October

    Janita L. Reliford

    Reliford receives Seltzer award

    Janita L. Reliford, an attorney with the Memphis District, has received the prestigious E. Manning Seltzer Award for her work in the labor relations arena.
  • Pictured left to right, James Coffey, president, Harold Coffey Construction; Regina Kuykendoll Cash; Ben Coffey; Donny Davidson, Area Engineer, USACE Caruthersville Area Office; and Bobby Joe George. Second row is USACE Construction Inspector Bobby Carlyle, left, and Johnny Tindle, dozier operator, on right.

    Good weather, low river aids repairs

    Work to repair 2011 flood damage in the Mississippi-Ohio River confluence area continues to progress well. A combination of favorable weather, low river stages and innovative engineering – coupled with good contractor performance – has allowed the restoration and repair efforts to stay on track.
  • Project Manager Danny Ward points out a feature of the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway Project during a stop near the 1,500’ gap in the St. Johns Bayou water control structure.

    Interagency team gets firsthand look at St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway Project

    Members of a federal interagency team working on the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway Project in southeastern Missouri visited the project site Oct. 2. They were there to get a better understanding of the project’s purposes and get a “boots on the ground” perspective.

  • September

    The low water revealed vast sand bars making it look more like a desert than a river.

    How low can we go?

    Last spring we were battling some of the worst flooding on record from one end of our District to the other. This year the opposite is true with drought and extreme low water plaguing the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
  • Left to right, a power contractor representative, Arthur Miller and Jack Wilkerson prepare 20 and 60 kilowatt emergency generators for return to storage as the emergency power mission ramps down.

    Memphis District teams respond to Hurricane Isaac

    Taking a path that eerily resembled Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the 2012 storm named Isaac formed in the Caribbean in late August, rapidly grew to hurricane strength, then put greater New Orleans directly in its crosshairs. Isaac made landfall in southern Louisiana on Aug. 28 – almost seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina’s Aug. 29, 2005, assault.