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  • 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.