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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.

No Hunting or Fishing on Federal Owned Property - Bolivar Mitigation Area

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers owns approximately 1,688 acres located south of the community of Rena Lara in Bolivar and Coahoma Counties, Mississippi on Alligator-Hillhouse Road and Stanton-Tigue Road.  The property is located in Sections 22, 23, 26 and 27, T26N-R6W, Bolivar County and Sections 14 and 15, T26N-R6W, Coahoma County.

Hunting, fishing, or any other activity is strictly prohibited on this property.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, and Bolivar and Coahoma County Sheriff Departments will issue citations to violators/trespassers.

Contact Mr. Chad Phillips at (601) 631-5146 or (601) 831-3983 or via email at chad.phillips@usace.army.mil if you have questions.

 

 

 

 

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Press Releases

  • Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Veterans Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,850 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of Veterans Day, November 11.

  • USACE Vicksburg District announces youth squirrel hunt at Arkabutla Lake

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District will hold a youth squirrel hunt at Arkabutla Lake.

  • USACE Vicksburg District Thatcher Lock and Dam public notice

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District Thatcher Lock and Dam (L&D) pool elevation has fallen below normal pool level and is continuing to fall, due to a leak in the seal of the hinge crest gate. This is of no danger to the integrity of the structure but will cause Thatcher’s pool to continue to fall until the pool reaches elevation 71 ft, which is the bottom elevation of the gate. Thatcher’s pool is currently at an elevation of 75.8 ft and is falling between 0.25 ft and 0.35 ft each day. If this rate continues, Thatcher’s pool will fall as low as 72.5 ft by the end of October and reach 71 ft near the first weekend in November.