Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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USACE requests your input on the Lower Rio Grande Valley Watershed Assessment Shared Vision Statement by July 24, 2024. Click here for Project Information, including the Shared Vision Statement, and how to comment.

The district has been instrumental in hurricane and storm management and recovery efforts for more than 100 years since the initial construction of the Galveston Seawall was completed in 1904.

Get Ready for Hurricane Season! Galveston District Holds Hurricane Prep Exercise

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and the City of Wharton, Texas, celebrated the official beginning of their Colorado River Levee Project Phase 1 with a groundbreaking ceremony in Wharton, November 29, 2023.

USACE Galveston District Civil Works Program - Episode 1 - Getting Started

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Because of its location along the Gulf of Mexico, Texas receives 10 times more trash on its beaches than most other Gulf states. The Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees is responsible for keeping this litter off the local beaches. This mission requires a lot of effort, and a lot of waste containers, 4,000 to be exact.

Real Estate Team Building 'Beautifies the Bucket' for beach cleanup

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG), named two “Administrative Professionals of the Year” for 2024, in a ceremony at the Jadwin Building, April 23, 2024.

SWG Honors Administrative Professionals of the Year

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The Port of Port Isabel is a deep water port that was established in 1929 to serve the construction, agricultural produce, and oil and gas production industries. The port is located just 4.5 miles from the South Padre Island jetties and shipped upwards of 30,000 tons in 2020 to domestic destinations. The port is also home to a shrimp dock and serves a thriving commercial shrimping fleet.

SWD, SWG Commanders visit Rio Grande Valley Resident Office

Each year, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Division (TPWD) closes crab fishing with wire mesh crab traps for ten days to give volunteers the opportunity to round up lost and abandoned traps. The closure is traditionally in late February or early March. Unattended traps “ghost fish” and kill blue crabs and other species unnecessarily and can also create a navigation hazard for boaters.
According to a press release from TPWD, since the “Crab Trap Roundup” began 22 years ago, volunteers have removed 42,500 derelict traps, saving an estimated 700,000 blue crabs, a valuable natural resource.
Each year at the Wallisville Lake Project, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG) personnel join the Crab Trap Roundup, while they patrol.

Wallisville Lake Project staff cleans up abandoned crab traps

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG) observed Black History Month with a special program "Spilling the Tea," hosted by Pat Agee.

Galveston District Celebrates Black History Month

(From left) Former Wharton Mayor Domingo Montalvo, Col. Rhett Blackmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District commander, and distinguished representatives from the City of Wharton and USACE break ground on the Colorado River Levee Project Phase 1 during a ceremony in Wharton, Texas, November 29, 2023.

The project will address Wharton’s significant flooding issues due to its proximity to the Colorado River, Caney Creek, Baughman Slough, Peach Creek, and low elevations across the region.

SWG, City of Wharton kick off Colorado River Levee Project Phase 1

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This photograph was captured by Rebecca Capps, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG), physical scientist and drone operator, as she flew a Skydio X2D quadcopter, a rotary wing drone, over a section of the Trinity River, Nov. 15, 2023.

Advanced Data Section Offers SWG cutting-edge remote sensing technologies

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USACE Galveston District to Hold Sabine-Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project Contractor Conference

6/24/2024 UPDATED

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) will host a pre-bid conference for their Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW) Channel Improvement Project’s (CIP) Contract 6 at their...

USACE to host in-person public open house review of Addicks and Barker Master Plan revision

6/10/2024 UPDATED

Due to Hurricane Beryl and it's impacts on the community, the Addicks and Barker Master Plan revision public open house scheduled for July 10, 2024 at 4:00-6:00 PM at the Trini Mendenhall Community...

CTX receives funding in FY24 Work Plan

5/21/2024 UPDATED

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) allocated the first installment of federal funding toward the USACE Galveston District’s (SWG) Coastal Texas Project (CTX)...