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The USACE Vicksburg District owns and operates more than 100 recreation areas across Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana where millions of visitors enjoy fishing, camping, hunting, boating, hiking, swimming, geocaching, and more every year. The district’s 10 flood-control reservoirs across Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana provide numerous benefits to the region, including flood risk management, hydropower, water supply, wildlife management, and recreation.

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21 Sep 2022
USACE Vicksburg District lowers pool at Thatcher Lock and Dam for routine inspections
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District will lower the Thatcher Lock and Dam (L&D) pool one-foot next week to conduct a routine inspection of the poiree needle system.
20 Sep 2022
USACE Vicksburg District holds Physically Challenged Fishing Day at Enid Lake
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District at Enid Lake partnered with the Chickasaw Hill Volunteer Association, and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) to host the 29th annual Physically Challenged Fishing Day on Sept. 10.
15 Sep 2022
USACE Vicksburg District clarifies new velvet deer season does not apply at its projects
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District would like to remind visitors to Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid, and Grenada Lakes that the new velvet deer season in the state of Mississippi does not apply to USACE lands.
13 Sep 2022
USACE Vicksburg District announces Project Partnership Agreement with cities of Quitman and Marion
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District entered into Project Partnership Agreements (PPA) with the two cities, Marion and Quitman, Mississippi, September 12, 2022, as part of the Mississippi Environmental Infrastructure Program (Section 592).
9 Sep 2022
USACE Vicksburg District announces special veterans’ deer hunt at Grenada Lake
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District announces that Grenada Lake will host its 2022 Veterans Deer Hunt at the Grenada Lake Dam Area on Nov. 19-21.
9 Sep 2022
USACE Vicksburg District’s Grenada Lake accepting applications for special archery deer hunt
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announces that Grenada Lake will once again open two areas specifically for archery hunting during the 2022-2023 hunting season.
2 Sep 2022
USACE Vicksburg District performs initial assessments at O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District received a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mission assignment to perform pump assessments at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant in Ridgeland, Mississippi, Sept. 1, 2022, to support the Jackson water crisis. USACE Vicksburg District engineers were on site that afternoon after receiving the mission assignment, assessing the pumping system, electrical system and safety concerns.
31 Aug 2022
Recreation closures continue past Labor Day Weekend at USACE Vicksburg District’s Lower Sardis Lake
Vicksburg, Miss. -- The US Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District (USACE) announces that recreation closures will continue past Labor Day Weekend for Lower Sardis Lake due to maintenance.
28 Aug 2022
USACE Vicksburg District emergency operations center activates for Pearl River flooding
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District emergency operations center (EOC) activated at Level 2, Aug. 27 at 3 p.m., due to flooding on the Pearl River in the Jackson, Mississippi, area.
26 Aug 2022
USACE Vicksburg District develops flood inundation map for Jackson, MS area
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has developed an interactive, flood inundation map (FIM) for communities around the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi, ahead of projected flooding.