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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

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comments on potential future changes to the nationwide permits

    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on March 16 that it is seeking input from all interested parties on ways to increase the efficiency of the nationwide permit program.

  • Mississippi River Commission to bring public hearings to riverside communities this spring

    VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The Mississippi River Commission will take its mission to riverside communities this spring, hosting four public hearings as part of its 2026 High-Water Inspection trip and public hearings, March 23 - 27. The hearings, which are held onboard the Motor Vessel Mississippi at stops along the river, give residents, stakeholders, and local community members an opportunity to voice their views, share ideas about challenges facing the river system as well as engage with Commission members.

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works announces ‘Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork’ initiative for the Army’s Civil Works program

    WASHINGTON – Today, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam R. Telle announced a major initiative, “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork,” for the Army’s Civil Works program. “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork” will provide greater focus on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) core Civil Works missions, while minimizing non-core programs, direct funding to priority water resources projects that will provide the greatest benefits to the nation, shorten permitting timelines, and reduce or eliminate extraneous regulations and paperwork that slow USACE’s delivery of Civil Works projects and programs.