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  • October

    The project stretches along both sides of the Trinity River and both north and south of Interstate Highway 10 about halfway between Houston and Beaumont, Texas. Much of the Project is accessible by boat from boat launch facilities at Hugo Point Park (Gou Hole Road off FM 565 south from I-10), Trinity River Island Recreation Area (the Project Office area just south of I-10 on Lock and Dam Road from exits 806 and 807), under the high bridge over the Trinity River (accessed from the Trinity River Boat Ramp Turnaround off I-10), and a hand-launch canoe/kayak area at Cedar Hill Park (from I-10 take FM 563 north to Lake Charlotte Road west to the park).

    Wallisville Lake Project hosts 8th Annual Lone Star Warriors Outdoors Combat Injured Veteran Gator Hunt

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) hosted the 8th Annual Lone Star Warriors Outdoors Gator Hunt at its Wallisville Lake Project location, Sept. 28 to Sept. 30, 2023. Six veterans took part in the event, which USACE co-hosted in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Chambers County Emergency Medical Services, and Lone Star Warriors Outdoors (LSWO)—a Texas-based nonprofit 501c3 organization.
  • WALLISVILE LAKE, Texas (Sept. 29, 2021) – Reese Green, a combat injured veteran, poses with the 6-foot-plus alligator he hunted at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Wallisville Lake Project during the Lonestar Warriors Outdoors Gator Hunt. The event is a sponsored alligator hunt for combat injured veterans. In partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens and Lone Star Warriors Outdoors, USACE Galveston hosted the hunt as a way to successfully manage alligator populations in support of environmental stewardship and maintain its wounded warrior outreach program.

    SWG Hosts Gator Hunt for Wounded Veterans

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District hosted the 7th Annual Lone Star Warriors Outdoors Gator Hunt at its Wallisville Lake Project location from September 28 through October 1. More than a dozen combat injured veterans took part in the event USACE co-hosts in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Anahuac Emergency Medical Services, and Lone Star Warriors Outdoors (LSWO)—a Texas-based nonprofit 501c3 organization.

  • September

    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.

  • August

    Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Kenneth Finley

    WALLISVILLE, Texas (Aug. 1, 2013) – Meeting people from different parts of the world is just one fascinating aspect of working at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Wallisville Lake Project according to Department of the Army Intern and Park Ranger Kenneth Finley.

  • June

    Wallisville Lake Project offers visitors outdoor fun, relaxation

    Leave the City of Houston behind with its tall buildings, stadiums and busy streets and drive east

  • May

    Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Mark Garza

    Spending time outdoors and learning about nature has always been a hobby for Mark Garza, a biologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Environmental Section.

  • What is the Wallisville Lake Project?

    WALLISVILLE, Texas - Tucked away along the outskirts of the bustling City of Houston lies a