Tulsa District News (From DVIDS)

  1. Tulsa District awards services contract to Kansas City company for AFSC

    The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a services contract to Tukuh Technologies, Limited Liability Company of Kansas City, July 9. Of the $5.6 million awarded, $1.08 million has been obligated on the contract which provides for the Air Force Sustainment Center’s, Decision Support Systems master planning support.
    7/10/2025
  2. Healing the land: USACE, Quapaw Nation take first steps toward comprehensive assessment for land restoration

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District and the Quapaw Nation cohosted a multi-faceted, multi-government, and multiagency planning and visioning meeting to address restoration goals for Quapaw Nation lands restoration, at the Quapaw Nation, June 23-24. Quapaw Nation lands comprise about 70 percent of the Tar Creek Superfund Site. The Environmental Protection Agency added the site to its priority list in 1983. The Quapaw Nation has been working with the Environmental Protection Agency and Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to remediate contamination left behind from nearly 100 years of mining operations. The USACE Planning Assistance to States program was authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 as amended and allows the Corps of Engineers to provide technical and planning assistance to states, tribes, and other non-federal entities for water resources and land resources development. Assistance under PAS covers all USACE mission areas to include flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and navigation, as well as water supply and water resilience.
    7/10/2025
  3. Tulsa District awards contract for Appalachia Bay, Walnut Creek Roads at Keystone Lake

    The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a construction contract to ACU Construction, Limited Liability Company of Carrollton, Texas, July 9.
    7/10/2025
  4. Hands-on wildlife lessons with Ranger Tori Haggard

    PONCA CITY, Okla. —Lions and tigers and bears, ok, maybe not. How about coyotes and turtles and snakes? Those were just some of the animals Kaw Lake Ranger Tori Haggard talked about during a recent visit with campers at Camp McFadden.
    7/9/2025
  5. From forecasting to floodgates: tabletop exercise emphasizes the importance of preparedness

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Emergency Management team held a tabletop exercise near Lake Arcadia in collaboration with local agencies and stakeholders June 25.
    7/8/2025
  6. Fort Sill Resident Office gets inspection support from Fort Worth District UAS pilots

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District's Fort Sill Resident Office received support from the Fort Worth District's Geospatial Section in the form of uncrewed aircraft system support for roof inspections Fort Worth District sent two pilots to operate and observe flying operations on 12 buildings at the historic installation in Oklahoma.
    6/30/2025
  7. USACE, N. Texas water improvement district partner to maintain Kemp Dam

    Engineering technicians from the Tulsa District Infrastructure Branch performed periodic inspections and maintenance at Kemp Dam near Seymour, Texas, in early June. The City of Wichita Falls and Wichita County Water Improvement District 2 own Lake Kemp. Passage of the Flood Control Act of 1962 authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to redesign and reconstruct Kemp Dam. The USACE completed the project in the early 1970s, raising the top of the flood pool to elevation 1156 and increasing flood pool storage to 478,270 acre-feet.
    6/24/2025
  8. Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Army Corps of Engineers’ Birthday and Juneteenth Celebration

    TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,600 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of the USACE birthday, June 16, and Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19.
    6/16/2025
  9. New commander gains insight into vital missions

    TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District’s new commander, Col. Jessica Goffena, visited two key projects as part of her introduction to the district’s diverse missions June 9.
    6/11/2025
  10. Tulsa District awards service contract to Tekpro Support Services

    The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a service contract to Tekpro Support Services, LLC., June 3. The contract calls for the San Antonio, Texas company to provide environmental resource information management services to the U.S. Air Force.
    6/5/2025
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Identifies Long-Term Disaster Recovery Projects and Additional Short-Term Repairs to be Accomplished with 2018 Supplemental Funding

Published July 5, 2018

Washington (July 5, 2018) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today additional work that it plans to accomplish with the funding provided for disaster recovery in Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law February 9, 2018.

Among other things, Public Law 115-123 provided $17.398 billion for disaster recovery in six appropriations accounts: Investigations; Construction; Mississippi River and Tributaries; Operation and Maintenance; Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies; and Expenses.

USACE will use funds provided in the Construction account to construct 60 flood and storm damage reduction projects in 16 states and one territory. Where appropriate, these funds will be made available to eligible non-federal sponsors that have the capability and desire to complete these projects under Section 1043 of WRRDA 2014.

USACE will use funds provided in the Investigations account to complete flood and coastal storm damage reduction studies in 14 states and two territories that will focus on the opportunities to reduce the overall flood risk facing the Nation.

USACE will use funds provided in the Mississippi River and Tributaries account to construct levee and channel improvements and repair damages to 10 projects in seven states.

On April 30, 2018, USACE announced the allocation of approximately $360 million of the $608 million provided in the Operation and Maintenance account to address the highest priority O&M needs identified by USACE at 31 projects in 11 states. With this announcement, USACE will allocate the full $608 million provided to 69 projects in 18 states and one territory. The funds will be used to repair damages to USACE projects resulting from natural disasters and to perform emergency dredging of shoaled material deposited at USACE navigation projects by natural disasters.

USACE previously announced on May 21, 2018, the allocation of approximately $424 million of the $810 million provided in the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies account to repair damage to 48 locally owned flood risk management projects in 11 states and one territory. With this announcement, USACE will use approximately $645 million of the $810 million to repair damages to 81 locally owned flood risk management projects in 16 states and one territory.

“In providing the current working estimates of funds required to fully fund these studies and construction projects, the Corps is showing its commitment to “moving dirt” and, more importantly, to completing studies and construction,” said Mr. R.D. James, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.

The tables listing the studies and projects receiving funding are posted at http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Budget/ under "Supplemental Appropriations for Disasters 2018."  There are two separate categories under which projects are funded “Long-Term Disaster Recovery Investment Program” and “Short-Term Repairs”.  In the cases of Operation and Maintenance and Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies, the tables supersede previously posted tables.


Contact
Gene Pawlik
202-761-7690
Eugene.A.Pawlik@usace.army.mil
or
Doug Garman
202-761-1807
Doug.M.Garman@usace.army.mil

Release no. 18-037