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The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will accept written public comments related to the management of Council Grove Lake April 9 - May 9.
Draft documents for the Council Grove Lake Master Plan and Council Grove Lake Environmental Assessment as well as the Finding of No Significant Impact letter will be available online at https://www.swt.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Master-Plans.
Comments received after May 9 will not be considered. Questions can be directed to the lake manager.
4/6/2021
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The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will accept written public comments related to the management of Marion Reservoir April 9 - May 9.
Draft documents for the Marion Reservoir Master Plan and Marion Reservoir Environmental Assessment as well as the Finding of No Significant Impact letter will be available online at https://www.swt.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Master-Plans.
4/6/2021
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An educational video regarding Blue Green Algae and it's impacts on lakes and humans and how the Corps of Engineers in Tulsa, Oklahoma responds to outbreaks.
3/23/2021
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close the State Highway 151A bridge over Keystone Dam, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to repair a hatch cover and minor concrete damage caused by the February winter storm.
3/23/2021
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close the State Highway 151A bridge over Keystone Dam, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to repair a hatch cover and minor concrete damage caused by the February winter storm.
Both the northeast and southeast lanes will be closed to traffic.
Commuters who regularly use the roadway should seek alternative routes.
The Keystone Dam maintenance staff has coordinated the closure with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
The repair work will not impact water release or powerhouse Operations at Keystone Dam.
3/23/2021
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close the State Highway 151A bridge over Keystone Dam, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to repair a hatch cover and minor concrete damage caused by the February winter storm.
3/23/2021
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To ensure park rangers know how to identify those resource and properly address issues related to cultural resources and artifacts, Operations Division recently hosted a Cultural Resources Identification Ranger Training Class.
3/19/2021
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To ensure park rangers know how to identify those resource and properly address issues related to cultural resources and artifacts, Operations Division recently hosted a Cultural Resources Identification Ranger Training Class.
The Tulsa District alone has more than 5500 recorded archaeological sites Shingleton noted, and most federal lands have not been completely surveyed. Because of the preponderance of cultural resources and culturally significant sites it’s important that employees and visitors exercise good judgment on USACE property.
3/19/2021
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Ken Shingleton, Natural Resources Lead, Tulsa District hosted a Cultural Resources Identification Ranger Training Class, March 16. Shingleton oversees the Tulsa District's archaeologists and monitors cultural and historical program compliance.
3/19/2021
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A project delivery team from the Keystone Dam Safety Production Center, a Southwestern Division asset, located at the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing maintenance to repair damages from the 2019 Flood in Oklahoma.
3/19/2021
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CAMP GRUBER, Okla. – Members of the 59th Forward Engineering Support Team – Advance (FEST-A) gathered here to exercise their emergency response capabilities and complete required certification training.
3/18/2021
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Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 59th Forward Engineer Support Team – Advance, collaborate on developing site assessments and statements-of-work during their certification exercise on Camp Gruber, Okla., Feb 18, 2021. Both members later deployed with the team as part of a contingency operations mission to Ft. Sill, Okla., in response to a real-world severe weather emergency.
3/18/2021
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USACE, Tulsa District Commander, Scott S. Preston, presents a commander’s coin to Miranda Ryan, an environmental scientist with the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who joined the 59th Forward Engineering Support Team (FEST-A) because she wanted to try something different and experience a professional challenge outside of her normal comfort zone. Ryan took part in the FEST-A certification exercise on Camp Gruber, Okla., and later deployed with the team as part of a real-world contingency operations mission at Ft. Sill, Okla., in response to a severe weather emergency.
3/18/2021
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USACE, Tulsa District Commander, Scott S. Preston (left) meets with members of the 59th Forward Engineering Support Team – Advanced (FEST-A), at Camp Gruber, Okla., Feb. 18, 2021, to observe their certification field exercise, review team members’ assessment briefings and offer words of advice and encouragement. The 59th FEST-A is a part of the USACE - Field Force Engineering program. This small, advance engineering team rapidly deploys worldwide and provides technical engineer support, conducts critical infrastructure surveys, engineer reconnaissance operations, base camp planning, geospatial operations, as well as construction planning, design and management capabilities.
3/18/2021
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The Fort Gibson Project office hosted a training class March 1-5, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for conducting prescribed fire on government lands.
3/15/2021
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The Fort Gibson Project office hosted a training class March 1-5, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for conducting prescribed fire on government lands. Fifteen USACE park rangers and maintenance staff from seven USACE Civil works Projects attended the training. As part of the training the class conducted eight prescribed burns over three days, burning a total of 1,485 acres of USACE and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation managed lands. The five-day training session included instruction in safety, fire, laws, smoke management, field preparation, planning, fire effects, fire behavior, ignition devices, ignition techniques, execution of fire plans, fire weather, fire and wildland/interface, fire ecology and effects on wildlife, as well as a final written test. (U.S. Army photo by Preston L. Chasteen)
3/15/2021
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Natural Resource Specialist Ashley Novar from the Keystone Lake Office operates a drip torch during prescribed burn training. The Fort Gibson Project office hosted a training class March 1-5, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for conducting prescribed fire on government lands. Fifteen USACE park rangers and maintenance staff from seven USACE Civil works Projects attended the training. As part of the training the class conducted eight prescribed burns over three days, burning a total of 1,485 acres of USACE and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation managed lands. The five-day training session included instruction in safety, fire, laws, smoke management, field preparation, planning, fire effects, fire behavior, ignition devices, ignition techniques, execution of fire plans, fire weather, fire and wildland/interface, fire ecology and effects on wildlife, as well as a final written test. (U.S. Army photo by Preston L. Chasteen)
3/15/2021
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Natural Resource Specialist Bridger Montgomery from the Eufaula Lake Office uses a drip torch during prescribed burn training. The Fort Gibson Project office hosted a training class March 1-5, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for conducting prescribed fire on government lands. Fifteen USACE park rangers and maintenance staff from seven USACE Civil works Projects attended the training. As part of the training the class conducted eight prescribed burns over three days, burning a total of 1,485 acres of USACE and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation managed lands. The five-day training session included instruction in safety, fire, laws, smoke management, field preparation, planning, fire effects, fire behavior, ignition devices, ignition techniques, execution of fire plans, fire weather, fire and wildland/interface, fire ecology and effects on wildlife, as well as a final written test. (U.S. Army photo by Preston L. Chasteen)
3/15/2021
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Mr. John Weir (center) of the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University along with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Biologists Stacy Dunkin (left) and Jason Person evaluate weather conditions prior to beginning a prescribed burn. The Fort Gibson Project office hosted a training class March 1-5, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for conducting prescribed burns on government lands. Fifteen USACE park rangers and maintenance staff from seven USACE Civil works Projects attended the training. As part of the training the class conducted eight prescribed burns over three days, burning a total of 1,485 acres of USACE and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation managed lands. The five-day training session included instruction in safety, fire, laws, smoke management, field preparation, planning, fire effects, fire behavior, ignition devices, ignition techniques, execution of fire plans, fire weather, fire and wildland/interface, fire ecology and effects on wildlife, as well as a final written test. (U.S. Army photo by Preston L. Chasteen)
3/15/2021
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Tulsa District Natural Resource Specialists survey a burned area following a prescribed burn. The Fort Gibson Project office hosted a training class March 1-5, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for conducting prescribed fire on government lands. Fifteen USACE park rangers and maintenance staff from seven USACE Civil works Projects attended the training. As part of the training the class conducted eight prescribed burns over three days, burning a total of 1,485 acres of USACE and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation managed lands. The five-day training session included instruction in safety, fire, laws, smoke management, field preparation, planning, fire effects, fire behavior, ignition devices, ignition techniques, execution of fire plans, fire weather, fire and wildland/interface, fire ecology and effects on wildlife, as well as a final written test. (U.S. Army photo by Preston L. Chasteen)
3/15/2021
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The Fort Gibson Project office hosted a training class March 1-5, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for conducting prescribed fire on government lands. Fifteen USACE park rangers and maintenance staff from seven USACE Civil works Projects attended the training. As part of the training the class conducted eight prescribed burns over three days, burning a total of 1,485 acres of USACE and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation managed lands. The five-day training session included instruction in safety, fire, laws, smoke management, field preparation, planning, fire effects, fire behavior, ignition devices, ignition techniques, execution of fire plans, fire weather, fire and wildland/interface, fire ecology and effects on wildlife, as well as a final written test. (U.S. Army photo by Preston L. Chasteen)
3/15/2021
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The Dam Safety Production Center is overseeing a maintenance project at Keystone Dam.
The project will allow engineers to better quantify and analyze groundwater seepage during future flood events.
Included in the project are demolition and repaving of the powerhouse parking lot, erosion repair on left and right abutments of the dam, repair to the fishing area below the dam, security fencing and lighting.
3/12/2021
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Repairs to the bridge over Eufaula Dam are nearly half complete.
The cooperative project between the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation resulted in closure of Oklahoma Highway 71.
3/11/2021
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In a joint effort to identify storm damage at Fort Sill, Tulsa District Corps of Engineers staff based at Fort Sill and Forward Engineering Support Team-Advance are assessing critical structures at the base.
3/5/2021
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Tulsa District hosted a special emphasis program for Black History month, Feb. 25.
The program's theme was 'Honoring the past - securing the future'.
The program emphasized the success of Tulsa's "Black Wall Street" and covered the "Tulsa Race Massacre" of May 31, 1921.
2/26/2021
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Alan Williams is the Executive Assistant to the Commander, Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As the EA, Alan coordinates schedules and appointments and ensures the commander remains on track to accomplish his vision for the Tulsa District. Alan also serves in the 138th Fighter Wing, as a Religious Affairs Airmen in the Oklahoma Air National Guard.
Alan grew up in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and is a graduate of Broken Arrow High School.
2/3/2021
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A quick video glimpse at some of the missions performed by the Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
12/15/2020
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In this time-lapse video, our engineers and expert technicians at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Keystone Powerhouse recently removed a 179 ton rotor from one of the units to perform needed repairs.
Tulsa District operates eight hydropower facilities in the region. These plants benefit approximately 2 million end users throughout Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Louisiana.
12/15/2020
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The stream below Tenkiller Dam in Okla. is home to a popular trout fishery; however, during the 2011 drought, low dissolved oxygen levels, and high water temperatures resulted in a fish kill of both trout and other types of fish.
As a result of a multi-agency effort, a two-part mechanical solution was developed to prevent further fish kills below the dam.
6/26/2013