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  • Eufaula Dam fishing area closed to vehicle access

    TULSA — The access road

  • Enjoy America’s Waterways, Play It Safe and Return Home Alive

    TULSA — Before you head

  • Corps monitoring reservoir levels as rain continues

    TULSA — The Tulsa

  • One-day closure of Lakeside Recreation Area at Lake Texoma planned for May 11

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District announced today that the Lakeside Recreation Area at Lake Texoma will temporarily close Monday, May 11 beginning at 6:00 a.m. and lasting up to eight hours for work to enhance the BNSF railroad crossing over Streetman Road.

  • Corps to provide update on Skiatook Lake operational changes at public meeting

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, will host a public meeting at 6:00 p.m., Monday, April 27th to provide citizens with an update on the operational changes that were made at Skiatook Lake in March. The meeting will be held in the Hospitality Suite of the Brooks Walton Activity Center, 1000 West 4th Street, in Skiatook.

  • Environmental Assessment - Waurika Lake Water-Intake Channel Maintenance Project - Dredging, Gate Extension & Gate Replacement

    TO INTERESTED PARTIES The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Planning and Environmental Center and the Tulsa District, in coordination with the Waurika Lake Master Conservancy District (WLMCD), have assessed the environmental impacts associated with the proposed maintenance dredging of the WLMCD water intake channel in Waurika Lake, Cotton, Stephens, and Jefferson Counties, Oklahoma. Proposed activities include pumping and storage of dredge material to a confined disposal facility on WLMCD property, replacement of lower gates on the WLMCD intake structure, and installation of an intake pipe extension and floating intake. These proposed alterations/modifications are operation and maintenance responsibilities of the non-Federal sponsor, the WLMCD, and will be implemented at no cost to the federal government.

  • Draft Environmental Assessment water transmission pipeline in Yukon, Oklahoma

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Planning and Environmental Center, in coordination with the City of Yukon, Oklahoma, has assessed the environmental impacts associated with the proposed construction of 1.35 miles of 12” water transmission pipeline, a water storage tank facility, and the replacement of sanitary sewer lines within the City of Yukon, Canadian County, Oklahoma. The project purpose is to improve the existing City of Yukon water supply distribution system to meet current and future demand, and to replace aging infrastructure in a 40-year old residential development. This is a Water Resource Development Authority Section 219 (Environmental Infrastructure) Project, which was authorized in the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2001 in Section 108. The City of Yukon, Oklahoma is the local sponsor for this proposed project.

  • Corps reopens tornado-damaged Oklahoma campground

    TULSA, Okla. – U.S. Army

  • Jellystone Draft Environmental Assessment and Commercial Marina

    A draft environmental assessment (EA) to assess impacts associated with the propsed action has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. It has been determined from the draft EA that this action will have no significant adverse impacts on the natural or human environment. A copy of the draft EA and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is linked. By this letter we are requestin any comments you might have on the draft EA. In order to be considered, comments must be received no later than April 27, 2015. Contact information for submission of comments is as follows: Mr. Mike Zorba, Cardinal Engineering, LLC, 3700 West Robinson, Suite 200, Norman, OK 73072; e-mail: mike.zorba@cardinalengineers.com.

  • Corps announces plans for major improvements at Widow Moore Creek

    TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa