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  1. Army Corps of Engineers celebrates World Ranger Day, July 31

    – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will recognize World Ranger Day July 31. USACE park rangers play a crucial role in safeguarding the environment, ensuring visitor safety, and promoting conservation efforts at more than 2,850 USACE-managed recreation areas nationwide. This annual worldwide celebration commemorates rangers killed or injured in the line of duty and celebrates the work rangers do to protect the planet’s natural treasures and cultural resources.
    7/28/2025

  2. Tulsa District awards construction contract for road repairs on Council Grove Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District awarded a $2.4 million construction contract to Dawson Federal, Inc., to repair the crest road over Council Grove Dam in Council Grove, Kansas.
    7/25/2025

  3. Tulsa District park ranger visits library to read Bobber the Water Safety dog book to children

    Tulsa District Park Ranger Nate Skinner visited the Howard City, Kansas, public library recently to read water safety books to children and talk to them about being safe when in, on, or around the water.
    7/23/2025

  4. Tulsa District awards services contract for Army Reserve support

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District awarded a $2.7 million contract to Sol Solutions, LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz. to provided environmental services to the 99th Readiness Division of the U.S. Army Reserve, July 18.
    7/21/2025

  5. Forming a foundation

    The Oologah Lake Project Office constructed a foundation for a storage shed for new stop logs, July 18, 2025.
    7/21/2025

  6. Engineers, lake office staff leverage high water, creativity to GOCI Hugo Dam

    High lake levels and an unavailable bulkhead couldn’t stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District from inspecting Hugo Dam in Hugo, Okla., July 8-9. The Red River operations office, Hugo Lake Project Office, and the Tulsa District Infrastructure Branch worked with the Tulsa District’s Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch to coordinate gate changes during a Gate Operational Capability Inspection.
    7/16/2025

  7. Tulsa District awards contract to Eugene company for Japan work

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District awarded a $1.2 million contract to The Urban Collaborative LLC of Eugene Oregon for master planning, July 14, 2025.
    7/14/2025

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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
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Corps seeks public comment for Lake Texoma Shoreline Management Plan revision

Tulsa District
Published Dec. 1, 2020
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TULSA – The 30-day public comment period for the review of the draft Lake Texoma Shoreline Management Plan revision begins Dec. 2 and will conclude Jan. 2.

The Tulsa District is providing a virtual public involvement presentation to promote public education and input related to the draft Lake Texoma SMP. Virtual presentations are available at https://www.swt.usace.army.mil/Locations/Tulsa-District-Lakes/Oklahoma/Lake-Texoma/.

Links to the draft shoreline management plan, finding of no significant impact letter, public comment forms and shoreline management presentations, are available on the Tulsa District website at https://www.swt.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Shoreline-Management-Plans/.

The Shoreline Management Plan addresses the rules and guidelines that govern private shoreline uses, such as private boat docks, vegetation modification, and similar uses of USACE federally owned fee property.

The Shoreline Management Plan is intended to be complimentary to the 2017 Lake Texoma Master Plan. The current Lake Texoma SMP was implemented in 1996. The updated SMP will incorporate changes to federal laws and regulations related to public land management.

Comments and questions pertaining to the proposed revision can be addressed to:

Jake Ellison

Lake Manager, Lake Texoma

351 Corps Road

Denison, TX 75020-6425,

903-465-4990

Email: Jake.W.Ellison@usace.army.mil

Please note that all comments regarding the Shoreline Management Plan revision must be in writing.


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