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WASHINGTON – 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 in observance of Veterans Day, November 11. The waiver covers fees for boat launch ramps and swimming beaches. The waiver does not apply to camping and camping-related services, or fees for specialized facilities (group picnic shelters) and events.
10/31/2022
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DENNISON, Texas — More than 160,00 thousand acres of land and water resources are managed by the Tulsa District at the 33 multipurpose projects it oversees across Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Texas. The district is responsible to maintain the lands and infrastructure at these projects and this falls to the lake staff.
10/13/2022
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Tulsa District USACE Red River Area staff receive training on heavy equipment as part of the district Safety and Occupational health program.
10/13/2022
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Tulsa District USACE Red River Area staff receive training on heavy equipment as part of the district Safety and Occupational health program.
10/13/2022
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Tulsa District USACE Red River Area staff receive training on heavy equipment as part of the district Safety and Occupational health program.
10/13/2022
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Tulsa District USACE Red River Area staff receive training on heavy equipment as part of the district Safety and Occupational health program.
10/13/2022
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The Marine Maintenance Unit of the Tulsa District is part of the Navigation Office.
The MMU received the Fiscal Year 2021 Army Industrial Operations Safety Award, an Army-level award for working a combined 54,656 hours without lost time due to injuries, recordable property damage accidents, or workers' compensation claims.
Some of the MMU’s daily high-hazard industrial activities include dredging, towboat operations, rigging, welding, fabrication, crane operations, and river and harbor maintenance.
More than 200 installations and units applied for the prestigious safety award but few were selected.
10/6/2022
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Colonel Timothy Hudson, Tulsa District Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presents the Fiscal Year 2021 Army Industrial Operations Safety Award to Shane Roe and the Marine Maintenance Unit employees, October 5, 2022. Roe oversees a team of 21 maintenance workers who engage in high-hazard operations daily. Over the past three years the team logged nearly 55,000 combined hours of work without lost time due to injuries, property damage accidents or workers’ compensation claims.
10/6/2022
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Colonel Timothy Hudson, Tulsa District Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presents the Fiscal Year 2021 Army Industrial Operations Safety Award to Shane Roe and the Marine Maintenance Unit employees, October 5, 2022. Roe oversees a team of 21 maintenance workers who engage in high-hazard operations daily. Over the past three years, the team logged nearly 55,000 combined hours of work without lost time due to injuries, property damage accidents or workers’ compensation claims.
10/6/2022
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District established a 30-day public comment period related to the disposition of Optima Lake, Texas County, Oklahoma beginning Oct. 3 and will host a public meeting to assess the economic, social, and environmental impacts of disposing of the federally authorized project.
9/30/2022
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District established a 30-day public comment period related to the disposition of Optima Lake, Texas County, Oklahoma beginning Oct. 3 and will host a public meeting to assess the economic, social, and environmental impacts of disposing of the federally authorized project.
The USACE will host an informational, open house style meeting at the Texas County Activity Center, 402 N Sunset Lane, Guymon, OK 739421, Oct. 5 from 5 – 8 p.m.
9/30/2022
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Effective 23 August 2022, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a moratorium on all new development at Broken Bow Lake due to the ongoing update of the Broken Bow Lake Master Plan.
9/27/2022
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Hutchinson, Ka. – Corps of Engineers staff from Tulsa and Kansas City Districts came together 9-18 September in Hutchinson Kansas for the Kansas State Fair. The fair afforded them a great opportunity to educate the public on the importance of water safety and wearing life jackets when on or near the water.
9/22/2022
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Kansas State Fair attendees were treated to prizes once they took the water safety quiz brought to them by Tulsa and Kansas City District staff manning the booth during the fair. This was the first time this QR code technology was used during an event.
Public was very open to new process and accepting. Data provided gives staff a good snapshot of total booth visitation, water safety reach, and how effective water safety has been promoted and what areas need more focus.
9/22/2022
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Kansas State Fair attendees were treated to prizes once they took the water safety quiz brought to them by Tulsa and Kansas City District staff manning the booth during the fair. This was the first time this QR code technology was used during an event. Public was very open to new process and accepting. Data provided gives staff a good snapshot of total booth visitation, water safety reach, and how effective water safety has been promoted and what areas need more focus.
9/22/2022
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Invasive species are increasingly taking over our natural landscapes. These invasive plants can disrupt the delicate balance of the existing ecosystem by outcompeting our native bunch type grasses for space and resources and choking out existing vegetation on our grasslands. Over the years, Sericea Lespedeza, encroached into open grassy habitat, fences, drainage draws, and lake/river shorelines on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lands. These invasive species have been removed in the past, with limited success
9/14/2022
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Cleared out area after goat browsing for invasive species control at John Redmond Reservoir
9/14/2022
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Broken Bow, Okla. – Authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1958 and built and designed under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Broken Bow Lake in Southeastern Oklahoma is not your traditional USACE project.
8/31/2022
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TULSA, OK- Nestled in the hills of Cookson in eastern Oklahoma, you can find beautiful Tenkiller Ferry Lake. This lake received its name after the Tenkillers, a Cherokee Indian family that operated a ferry service near the site where the dam now stands.
8/16/2022
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TULSA, Okla. – Water releases from Canton Lake requested by the City of Oklahoma City for water supply needs began again Aug. 11 and will total 8,000 acre-feet and are expected to last 9 days. The City of Oklahoma City had initially requested the release earlier this month and the releases began Aug. 3rd but were soon halted because of administrative issues outside of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District authority.
8/12/2022
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Eugene Goff is the Operations Project Manager for the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Kansas Area. The area includes eight reservoirs that provide vital flood risk mitigation, recreation and water supply for the Kansas communities. Eugene talked with Corpstruction about the many initiatives and activities taking place in Kansas and how he works with state and federal officials in the area to ensure the Corps effectively meets its mission requirements and takes advantage of opportunities to improve services.
6/13/2022
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Marion Lake Manager, Brock DeLong, talks about the impacts of a harmful algal bloom on recreation at Marion Lake and the reopening of campgrounds and boat ramps after the Kansas Department of Health and Environment lowered the risk rating level from "Hazard" to "Warning". Marion Reservoir is located in Marion, Kansas and is one of eight Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs in the "Sunflower State."
6/11/2022
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Dr. Tony Clyde, a project manager at the Tulsa District, spent the majority of his career as a limnologist studying lakes. Clyde, talks about the impacts of blue green algae, harmful algal blooms, and what's being done to address it at the federal and state level.
6/8/2022
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Chris Abner came to work for the Army Corps of Engineers in 2020, but prior to that he served on four deployments to the Middle East with the Marine Corps. On October 8, 2007, then Staff Sgt. Abner, was a vehicle commander in Al Qaim, Iraq when an improvised explosive device exploded killing his driver, Lance Cpl. Jeremy Burris of Liberty, Texas. Abner was severely injured and ultimately medically retired from the Marine Corps. On May 22, 2022 Abner completed the Tulsa IronMan competition in honor of Burris. Abner ran the 26.2 mile marathon portion while carrying an American flag with a streamer bearing Lance. Cpl. Burris' name. When he reached the finish line he presented the flag to Burris' parents who drove more than seven hours from their home in Texas to see Abner cross the finish line in honor of their son.
5/28/2022
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Park Ranger Joshua Springer of the Lake Eufaula Project Office of the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, nearly drowned when he was four years old. If it weren’t for the quick thinking of his older sisters, Springer might have died in his family’s swimming pool at their home in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
Nearly two decades removed from the near-drowning experience, Springer remaines committed to educating youth about water safety. He believes in the importance of water safety education and to encourages parents to make sure children have properly fitted, US Coast Guard-approved flotation device.
5/27/2022
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The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted a tabletop exercise April 19, related to the Tulsa West Tulsa Levee, Cimarron and Arkansas Rivers at the Central Center in Centennial Park.
Hosted by the Tulsa District Emergency Management Office, the TTX provides an avenue to educate local government agencies and organizations about the Tulsa District’s missions while communicating the shared risks and responsibilities between municipal, state and federal agencies.
4/20/2022
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Steve Holden & Randi Clifton, Park Rangers from the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers show off their water safety booth at the Tulsa Boat Show at Tulsa Expo Center, Feb. 3.
The event allowed rangers to make contact with thousands of individuals over the course of the event.
4/4/2022
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By the time the first shovels break ground on a new civil works or military construction venture, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has already invested thousands of hours into studying, planning, designing and contracting the project.
Kalli Egan, the regional acquisition program manager at Southwestern Division, focuses on strategies and technical integration. She works with districts to improve engineering and construction activities.
Kalli is a true success story and model USACE leader. She grew up in Amarillo, Texas but spent a lot of time in Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University from which she holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, and a Master of Science in Engineering Technology.
Kalli’s career with the USACE began in 2001. She started as a student intern at the Tulsa District and by 2015 had become the Deputy Chief of the Engineering and Construction Division at the Tulsa District.
In 2015, Kalli left Tulsa to return to Texas. She spent two years working in the private sector supporting local, state and federal projects.
3/24/2022
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Brittany Cranor is a structural engineer at the Dam Safety Production Center, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The DSPC is co-located with the Tulsa District. Cranor talked to Corpstruction about why she chose to work for the Corps of Engineers after a couple of years in the private sector and how mentoring has benefited her career decisions.
3/16/2022
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Throughout written history, water has been a vital resource for requirement for the growth of cities. For Nathan Westrup and Richard Rockel of the Kansas Water Office, water supply is a primary concern. The questions that keep them up at night revolve around How the "Sunflower State" will meet the water supply needs of residents and industry.
3/11/2022
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Anthony Semento is the Chief of the Regional Contingency Operations and Disaster Response for the Southwestern Division located in Dallas, Texas.
When people think of disaster response, they often think about the Federal Emergency Management Agency but what they might not realize is that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is often tasked by FEMA to execute disaster response activities.
Managing disaster response is challenging for a single district but imagine overseeing that response for a region consisting of portions of five states & a population of more than 35 million people.
Southwestern Division is comprised of four USACE districts, including Tulsa District, Galveston, Little Rock and Fort Worth. He works with Emergency Managers at those districts to keep the Division Commander apprised of what’s going on and enable needed resources are received.
Combined, the Southwestern Division covers all of Texas and Oklahoma and portions of Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas.
3/4/2022
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February 20-26 is Engineers Week and we interviewed some of our engineers to find out why they decided to come work for the Corps of Engineers.
Justin Cox of the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked as an engineer in the commercial sector fo years before coming to the district.
Justin is from Haskell, Oklahoma. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.
We spoke with Justin about his work at the Tulsa District.
He also owns 15 head of cattle and explained to us the finer points of ranching.
2/28/2022
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Sgt. Maj. Patrickson Toussaint, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Command Sergeant Major, visited Tulsa District, Dec. 7-9.
Toussaint talked about the four major priorities of the USACE Commander and Chief of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon - people, readiness, partnerships and revolutionize.
Toussaint visited various Tulsa District Military Construction and Civil Works field offices. He met with and recognized employees for their contributions to the USACE mission.
12/10/2021
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85th Birthday Message to the Port of Brownsville, Texas from Brig. Gen. Christopher Beck, SWD Commander, USACE.
12/2/2021
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Within a matter of hours, the road over Eufaula Dam became the site of the highest concentration of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete in Oklahoma, Aug. 19.
With panels over approximately 20 percent of the bridge deck placed, contractors began pouring the UHPC to bond the prefabricated panels.
8/25/2021
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Each year World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 marking the founding of the International Ranger Foundation. We are spotlighting some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the range of work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters.
7/28/2021
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THE TULSA DISTRICT’S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE RECENTLY HOSTED A DISASTER RESPONSE EXERCISE WITH TULSA FIRST RESPONDERS AND HELPING AGENCIES.
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS INITIATIVE BROUGHT TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM TULSA RESPONSE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE INTEROPERABILITY.
7/27/2021
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Each year World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 marking the founding of the International Ranger Foundation. We are spotlighting some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the range of work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters.
7/27/2021
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Each year World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 marking the founding of the International Ranger Foundation. We are spotlighting some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the range of work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters.
7/27/2021
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We spotlight some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the various aspects of the work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters. Meet Supervisory Regulatory Project Manager, and former park ranger, Michael Ware.
7/26/2021