Project News and Notes

Upcoming Events

January 23-26, 2013    Calhoun County Fox Hunt (East end of Grenada Lake)

For more information about special events at Grenada Lake, call the field office at 662.226.5911.

Life Jackets are Mandatory at MS Lakes

The following life jacket rules are being enforced at all four of the Vicksburg District - North Mississippi lakes - Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada:

  • All persons must wear a US Coast Guard-approved life jacket at all times while swimming outside of designated swimming areas
  • All persons must wear a US Coast Guard-approved life jacket at all times while skiing or being pulled by a vessel, regardless of vessel length
  • All persons must wear a US Coast Guard-approved life jacket on powered vessels 16 to 26 feet in length whenever under power by the main propulsion unit
  • All persons must wear a US Coast Guard-approved lief jacket at all times on powered vessels less than 16 feet in length or on non-powered vessels regardless of length

For more information, contact the Grenada Lake Field Office at 662.226.5911 or the MS Project Management Office at 662-578.3873 or 662.712.1201.

Press Releases

  • USACE Vicksburg District announces new Chief Counsel

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has selected John Breland as Chief of the Office of Counsel. The Office of Counsel gives timely and innovative advice and representation to the district in the areas of procurement, environmental and regulatory law, real estate, tort claims, admiralty, labor law, and statutory construction.
  • USACE Vicksburg District announces new Strategic Planner

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has selected a new Strategic Planner to direct and manage long term project milestones across a variety of disciplines. Whitney McRae will coordinate with the USACE Vicksburg District’s senior leadership to ensure the district’s operational decisions maintain its record for continuous improvement. She will develop and implement short- and long-range strategic goals, oversee onboarding and out-processing for all employees, administer knowledge and quality management programs and assist the district’s executive staff. In addition, she will serve as program manager for the Vicksburg Leadership Development Program (VLDP) and track district hiring data to coordinate with Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) on strategic hiring initiatives.
  • USACE Vicksburg District announces new Real Estate Chief

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has selected Warren Lister as chief of the Real Estate Division. The mission of the Real Estate Division is to acquire and manage all real property assets of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and advise project sponsors on their requirements in the development of projects in support of the Vicksburg District.
  • Deputy District commander promoted to Lieutenant Colonel

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – Maj. Russell “Rocky” Streif, deputy district commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, was promoted to a rank of lieutenant colonel during a ceremony at the district’s headquarters. District Commander Col. Christopher Klein promoted Streif and commended him for his demonstrated excellence throughout his career, as well as his potential to excel and lead in the future.
  • USACE Vicksburg District recognizes employee excellence at annual Corps of Engineers Day

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District recognized dedicated personnel at the annual Corps of Engineers Day Awards Ceremony at district headquarters today.
  • USACE Vicksburg District determines Arkabutla Dam currently stable due to low reservoir pool levels, lifts potential breach emergency declaration

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District determined that Arkabutla Dam, in Arkabutla, Mississippi, is stable at the current low lake elevation as of June 12, 2023 and has downgraded the WATCH condition at Arkabutla Dam in DeSoto and Tate Counties, Mississippi to ALERT.
  • USACE Vicksburg District to offer daily, annual day passes online for Mississippi lakes

    VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announces that Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada Lake visitors can purchase daily and annual day use passes online.
  • USACE waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of USACE Birthday, Juneteenth Celebration

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more
  • Federal, state agencies lift Flash Flood Watch for Arkabutla Lake as drawdown continues for dam repairs

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The National Weather Service (NWS), Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District agree that conditions no longer necessitate a Flash Flood Watch for the dam at Arkabutla Lake in Arkabutla, Mississippi, due to lowered pool levels.
  • Corps launches Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study

    New Orleans – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, announced the launch of the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study, a five-year, $25 million mega-study that will deliver recommendations for effective and practical management of the Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau, MO, to the Gulf of Mexico.