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  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comment on Proposed Rule for Use of USACE Reservoir Projects for Domestic, Municipal and Industrial Water Supply

    Washington (December 16, 2016) - The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), today released and is seeking comment on a proposed rule to update and clarify its policies governing the use of USACE reservoir projects for domestic, municipal and industrial water supply pursuant to Section 6 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, 33 U.S.C. § 708 (Section 6), and the Water Supply Act of 1958, 43 U.S.C. § 390b (WSA).

  • USACE Galveston District awards $1.2 million task order for Matagorda Ship Channel, entrance channel, rapid response dredging for unanticipated shoaling

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 14, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a task order for the Multiple Award Task Order Contract Rapid Response contract in the amount of $1,190,520 to Manson Construction Co., for the dredging of the Matagorda Ship Channel, entrance channel, in Matagorda County, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District recruits and retains diverse workforce

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 2, 2016) – Achieving diversity in the workplace is one goal most employers work toward but often find challenging to accomplish. In an effort to create a workplace that is reflective of the communities in which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District serves, staff works to partner with local institutions that offer engineering programs in hopes its students will consider a career with the Corps following graduation.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Clark Bartee

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 1, 2016) – Pursuing a career in law seemed like a natural course for Clark Bartee, the son of a college pre-law advisor and university professor, but it took a chance encounter for him to realize this was a path he was destined to pursue.

  • Statement Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Washington, D.C. – Today, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it has completed the review that it launched on September 9, 2016. The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation’s dispossessions of lands, the importance of Lake Oahe to the Tribe, our government-to-government relationship, and the statute governing easements through government property.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on David Mackintosh

    While mobilized to Lufkin, Texas, as a wildland firefighter to support recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, David Mackintosh took notice of tireless work of those assigned to the Operation Blue Roof Program managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Inspired by the efficiency, hard work and character of the USACE staff, Mackintosh redirected his energy and set out to begin a career as a park ranger for the USACE.

  • Public Notice: Trinity Bay north cutoff temporarily closed for salinity operation repairs

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 11, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District temporarily closed the north cutoff from Trinity Bay to the Trinity River today, until further notice, to perform repairs to its salinity control structure.

  • USACE Galveston District’s Employee Spotlight on Bryan Williams

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 4, 2016) – While attending classes at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama, Bryan Williams was approached by an Army recruiter who inquired about the career field he was pursuing. Enrolled in general classes, Williams told the recruiter he would have to think about it and get back with him.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $54.6 million in contracts

    GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 29, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded $54,613,535 in contracts for the following work along the Texas coast:

  • USACE Galveston District partners to offer hunting opportunity to combat veterans

    WALLISVILLE, Texas (Sept. 19, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Chambers County Sherriff's Department and Lone Star Warriors Outdoors are combining resources to offer combat injured veterans the opportunity to participate in an organized feral hogs and alligator hunt Sept. 26-28, 2016, at the Wallisville Lake Project.

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