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  • USACE seeking public input on potential Rathbun Lake fall release

    The Kansas City District, U.S Army Corps of Engineers is asking the public for input regarding the Rathbun Lake annual fall release. The Kansas City District will be accepting public input now until August 31, 2024.

  • Rayfield hands Kansas City District, USACE to his successor in change of command ceremony

    In historic military tradition, command of the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers transferred today from Col. Travis Rayfield to Col. Andrew Niewohner. In a ceremony at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, Niewohner received the traditional guidon from Rayfield through Brig. Gen. William C. Hannan, Jr., the commander of the Northwestern Division, USACE, thus assuming command of the district.

  • USACE and MDNR to meet with public to provide update on Holt/Doniphan County Flood Risk Management Study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources are hosting a public meeting to update the citizens of Holt County, Missouri, and Doniphan County, Kansas, about progress on the flood risk management study since April. The meeting is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8. It will be held at the Loess Hills Lodge, 406 State Street, Mound City, Missouri.

  • Local, state and federal officials to sign cost share agreement for Smokey Hill River restoration study

    Officials will sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for the Smokey Hill River Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration General Investigations study in a signing ceremony in Salina, Kansas, at the Salina Public Library on July 15, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. The signing ceremony will formally initiate the General Investigations Feasibility Study. Present at the signing ceremony will be officials from the City of Salina, Senator Jerry Moran’s office and the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

  • Partners working hard to deliver $9.25 million aquatic ecosystem restoration at Harlan County Lake

    It can be difficult to put into numbers the importance Harlan County Lake has on the surrounding communities on and near the Republican River in south-central Nebraska. To say it plays a large role in the lives of these communities is an understatement. Harlan County Lake is a vital source of recreation, water management and flood risk reduction in the region.