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Facilities open for use at Rathbun despite high water

6/18/2013
CENTERVILLE, Iowa.—With high water levels at Rathbun Lake this spring, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake has crested and is lowering and that park facilities are open and ready for use.

Public invited to meeting about Kansas Army Ammunition Plant

6/11/2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant will host a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting for local community members on June 25 at the Labette Bank located at 2121 Main, Parsons, Kan., from 6 to 8 p.m.

Water releases increased at Rathbun Lake

5/30/2013
CENTERVILLE, Iowa.— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Rathbun Lake, located on the Chariton River in south central Iowa, will begin releasing water at the rate of 2,000 cubic feet per second, higher than seasonally normal. The releases are in response to recent widespread rain events with the intent to lower the level of water currently 17 feet higher than normal.

Extremely low inflows result in low levels at Clinton Lake

5/28/2013
LAWRENCE, Kan.—The lake elevation at Clinton Lake is at the third lowest elevation since the lake was first filled in 1981.

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Four barges were used during Friends Invovled with Smithville Habitat (FISH) day Saturday, April 13, 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnered with the Missouri Department of Conservation and Clay County Parks for this 2nd annual event. Photo by Trisha D. Dorsey.
The original turbine at the Stockton Lake Power Plant is installed in the early 1970s. Significant activity will occur in the area of the plant in the spring of 2013 when it is removed and placed on permanent display near the Power Plant switchyard.
The left bank of Deep Creek has eroded dangerously close to I-70 in two locations. Located in Riley County, Kan., this project is one of four Section 14, Emergency Stream Bank Stabilization Projects underway in the Kansas City District. A combination of willow stakes and stone protection is being used. As the willow stakes mature, their roots, along with the stone, will help stabilize the channel.
Park Ranger Samantha Walker from Clinton Lake in Kansas helps children catch fish at the 17th Annual Kaw Valley Eagles Day. The event was sponsored by the Jayhawk Audubon Society, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Unified School District 497. Photo by Diana McCoy.
Amanda Chirpich, project engineer for the Buildingg 120 Renovation Project, briefed the Northwest Division Commander Col. Anthony Funkhouser (left), and Kansas City District Engineer Col. Anthony Hofmann (right) at the central atrium of the new Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., on Jan. 23, 2013. The project is on schedule for completion this spring. Photo by Robert G. Woodall Jr.
Col. Anthony J. Hofmann presents the USACE Chief of Engineers Award on Jan. 4, 2012, to senior representatives from JE Dunn and their project staff along with the designer for the Building 465 Renovation project at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The project received the Merit Award for restoration. Photo by Jennie L. Wilson.
Allen Reavis (blue shirt), the mayor of Atchison, Kan., and Kirk Thompson (tan shirt), a public land manager for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism tour Dalbey Bottoms on Dec. 7, 2012. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to commemmorate the completion of three chutes along the Missouri River.

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