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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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  • USACE to begin Phase II Interim Risk Reduction Measures at Arkabutla Dam in January 2026

    Vicksburg, Miss – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District is beginning Phase II of interim risk reduction measures at Arkabutla Dam. This work will further stabilize the dam and reduce risks for downstream communities.

  • USACE Vicksburg District Mat Sinking Unit Forges Ahead With Revetment Mission

    VICKSBURG, Miss – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) kicked off the 79th annual revetment season on the Mississippi River, on Thursday, November 6, 2025.

  • USACE Vicksburg District announces Youth Waterfowl Hunt at Arkabutla Lake

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Arkabutla Lake and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks will hold a youth waterfowl hunt on January 31st and February 7, 2026. This hunt will provide an opportunity for experienced hunters to teach younger generations of hunters the proper techniques and ethics of the sport.

  • USACE Vicksburg District announces Youth Waterfowl Hunt at Sardis Lake

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Sardis Lake and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks will hold a youth waterfowl hunt on February 7, 2025, at the Sardis Waterfowl Refuge. This hunt will provide an opportunity for experienced hunters to teach younger generations of hunters the proper techniques and ethics of the sport.

  • Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Partner to Improve Fish Habitat on Lake Ouachita

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), is undertaking a habitat enhancement project on Lake Ouachita designed to benefit anglers and aquatic life.

  • Arkabutla Lake Accepting Applications for Youth Squirrel Hunt

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Arkabutla Lake will hold a youth squirrel hunt on January 17-18 and January 24-25, 2026, in the management area near Arkabutla Lake Dam. The youth squirrel hunt will provide an opportunity for experienced small game hunters to educate younger generations of hunters on proper techniques and ethics of the sport.

  • Sardis Lake Accepting Applications for Youth Deer Hunt in January

    VICKSBURG, Miss – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Sardis Lake announces that they are now accepting applications for a youth deer hunt on the weekend of January 9-11, 2026.

  • Grenada Lake Accepting Application for Special Veteran’s Deer Hunt

    VICKSBURG, Miss – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announces that Grenada Lake is preparing to host its 2025 Veterans Deer Hunt. There is a change to the format of the hunt this year. There will be a doe-only hunt held below the Grenada Lake Dam on December 12-14, 2025. All participants who harvest at least 3 does during the first hunt will be placed in a draw for an opportunity to hunt one of our two refuges on December 26-28, 2025. During the second draw hunt, a buck may be harvested.

  • Temporary Closure of Lake Ouachita Vista Trail Head at Tompkins Bend for Construction of ADA-Accessible Walkway and Fishing Pier

    MOUNT IDA, Ark. – The Lake Ouachita Vista Trail Head at Tompkins Bend (Trails End Lane) will be temporarily closed to the public from September 15 through December 31, 2025, due to construction of a new ADA-accessible Watchable Wildlife elevated walkway and fishing pier at Denby Bay. The paved ADA Watchable Wildlife Loop will remain open.

  • USACE Vicksburg District’s Lake Ouachita to host volunteer cleanup day

    MOUNTAIN PARK, Ark. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s Lake Ouachita Field Office, in partnership with Friends of Lake Ouachita, National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), and Keep Arkansas Beautiful, will host a Lake Ouachita cleanup on Saturday, September 20th, 2025.