15 Dec 2022

Kanopolis Lake drawdown will begin end of December

A 3-foot drawdown of reservoir levels at Kanopolis Lake, near Kanopolis, Kansas, will begin starting the week of Dec. 19, 2022, as conditions allow, in preparation for the Kanopolis Riprap Overlay Project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is doing this project to provide placement of necessary riprap that will protect the dam from wind and wave erosion. To safely and accurately complete the required riprap placements, the pool elevation will be drawn down 3 feet through outflows less than 500 cubic feet per second to achieve a target pool elevation of 1,460.0 feet.

30 Nov 2022

Partners to deliver an aquatic ecosystem restoration project at Harlan County Lake, Nebraska

The delivery of an aquatic ecosystem restoration project at Harlan County Lake, Nebraska, was initiated upon the request of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The partnership project is authorized under Section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and is expected to be an investment of approximately $10 million. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District has been working with the agencies over the past several years to determine feasibility and develop of a conceptual design for this project. The agencies signed an agreement starting the detailed design stage of the project in May 2022.

29 Nov 2022

Cost share agreement signed for feasibility study in Jefferson City, Missouri

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, and the State of Missouri partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area around river mile 142, on Nov. 28, 2022, in Jefferson City Missouri. This signing signified the first formal step in the partnership for the Jefferson City FCSA Missouri River Flood Risk and Resiliency Study, which is a spin-off of the Lower Missouri River Basin System Plan, a larger study that involves four states – Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.

16 Nov 2022

USACE held event for BIL funded Missouri River repairs in Atchison, Kansas

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, held a launch event to celebrate the start of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funded Base Stabilization Navigation Project (BSNP) repair contracts along the Missouri River on Nov. 15, 2022, in Atchison, Kansas. This event signified the start of the first of four BIL funded repair contracts. W.A. Ellis, the Kansas City District’s first contractor for the project, placed rock on the opposite side of the riverbank to represent the start of construction.

15 Nov 2022

Cost share agreement signed for feasibility study in Holt County, Missouri

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, and the State of Missouri partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the area of river miles 515 to 450, across the river from Holt County on Nov. 15, 2022, in Mound City Missouri. This signing signified the first formal step in the partnership for the Holt County FSCA Missouri River Flood Risk and Resiliency Study, which is a spin-off of the Lower Missouri River Basin System Plan, a larger study that involves four states – Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.