New England News Releases

Stamford Hurricane Protection Barrier Update
8/5/2025 UPDATED
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced that FY25 funds have been received, and the district is continuing to plan for necessary maintenance and repair of the Stamford...
USACE Proceeding with Phase I Design at Camp Ellis Shoreline Mitigation Project
2/6/2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District (USACE) is pleased to share that it is proceeding with designs for Phase I of the Camp Ellis Beach Shoreline Damage Mitigation Project. Phase I...
USACE, MassDOT, and FHWA Sign Agreement for Sagamore Bridge Replacement
10/4/2024
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the...

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Local bird watchers descended upon West Hill Dam armed with pen, paper and a few binoculars to participate in West Hill Dam’s annual Backyard Bird Count.
Construction of the System Management Engineering Facility (SMEF), the 40,000 square foot, 2-story addition, is well underway and progressing rapidly.
For vessels wanting to enter Plymouth waters, dredging to remove shoals from the Plymouth Harbor federal navigation project in Massachusetts is currently underway and on schedule.

News From Around the Corps

Cumberland river hydropower rehabilitation project moves toward key milestones
11/19/2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is advancing its $1.2 billion Section 212 Hydropower Rehabilitation Program to modernize nine power plants across the Cumberland River Basin. This...
USACE, Air Force break ground on KC-46 hangar at March ARB
12/19/2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined Air Force officials, community partners, stakeholders and contractors Dec. 16 to mark the start of construction on a new KC-46 Pegasus...
Coming Full Circle: Buffalo District Biologist Sam Knapp Builds a Career Rooted in Restoration
12/22/2025 UPDATED
There are moments when life and work come full circle. For Sam Knapp, a biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, that moment has already arrived early in her career.Sam, a...

Feature Stories

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  • February

    Park Rangers bring students on the ‘Corps of Discovery’

    Park Rangers Viola Bramel and Claudia Hixson traveled to the Alice Barrows Elementary School in Reading, Massachusetts on Dec. 10, 2015 to teach third graders about the Corps of Discovery, otherwise known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition.The Park Rangers presented three, 50-minute sessions to about 75 third grade students. The sessions were
  • Cape Cod Canal Dredging and Town Neck beach sand placement complete

    The maintenanceand advance maintenance dredging of the Cape Cod Canal and the sand placementonto Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts is complete.  Work on the project concluded on Jan. 20.Approximately130,000 cubic yards of sand was dredged from six areas in the authorized,32-foot-deep by 500-foot-wide main ship channel and the 25-foot deep
  • November

    West Thompson Lake celebrates 50 years with ceremony, displays and tours

    Fifty years ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, completed the West Thompson Lake Dam to keep the citizens of Connecticut safe from devastating floods.  On Oct. 3, residents traveled to the project to commemorate its construction and to celebrate the faithful service it has provided.Project Manager Ed Greenough served as

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