7 Sep 2012

Overflow occurred at former ordnance plant, no indication of health or environmental concerns

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers experienced an overflow of the groundwater treatment system at the Former Nebraska Ordnance Plant Site on Saturday, Sept. 1, and lasted less than 24 hours at the main treatment plant located at 905 County Road 6, in Ashland, Neb.

4 Sep 2012

KANOPOLIS LAKE - Special muzzleloader deer hunt scheduled for Kanopolis Lake

MARQUETTE, Kan.– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Kanopolis Lake will host its special muzzleloader deer hunt on Corps of Engineers land on the backside (east) side of the dam. The hunt, a muzzleloader only hunt event, will allow hunters that have a hunter education certificate or valid hunting licenses, to be drawn from a pool of applicants to hunt at the assigned area. Hunters are required to carry a “special hunt” permit issued by the Corps of Engineers and follow all Kansas statutes. Normally, hunting below the dam at Kanopolis Lake is limited to shotgun and archery methods only.

31 Aug 2012

Firewood Ban

Beginning Aug. 31, 2012, visitors can not transport firwood to Perry Lake that did not originate from Jefferson County, Kan.

28 Aug 2012

Corps deploys to assist barges on Missouri River

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District has deployed Corps personnel and equipment assets to assist several barges recently halted on the Missouri River in close proximity to River Mile 41 in St. Charles County near Chesterfield, Mo.

28 Aug 2012

Level of protection restored to flood-damaged levees

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The Kansas City District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has restored a level of protection to levees enrolled in the Public Law 84-99 program that were damaged during the Missouri River flooding in 2011.