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  • IMPORTANT: Location Change for Yazoo Backwater Study Area Draft Environmental Impact Statement Public Meetings

    Vicksburg, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District has announced a series of public meetings to gather feedback on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Yazoo Backwater Study Area. The DEIS, published on June 28, 2024, outlines proposed actions and potential impacts related to flood risk management in the region. The meetings previously scheduled on Monday, July 22, 2024, at South Delta Elementary School in Rolling Fork will now be held at South Delta High School Gymnasium located at 303 Parkway St, Rolling Fork, MS 39159. Meeting times will remain the same.

  • USACE Vicksburg District operates gates of Muddy, Steele Bayou control structures

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District opened the gates of the Muddy Bayou Control Structure March 5 and closed the gates of the Steele Bayou Control Structure March 15, located approximately 10 miles north of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

  • USACE publishes Final Supplement No. 2 to the 1982 Yazoo Area Pump Project Final Environmental Impact Statement

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published its Final Supplement No. 2 (Final SEIS No. 2) to the 1982 Yazoo Area Pump Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (2007 FSEIS), in the Federal Register today, Dec. 11, 2020.

  • Vicksburg District to increase Eagle Lake drawdown rate

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District, in collaboration and agreement with its local, state and federal partners, plans to operate the Muddy Bayou Control Structure to lower the elevation of Eagle Lake, located approximately 10 miles north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by as much as 0.5 feet per day beginning June 30.

  • Vicksburg District opens gates of Steele Bayou Control Structure

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District opened the gates of the Steele Bayou Control Structure, located approximately 10 miles north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 13.