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About US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District oversees a multimillion dollar military construction program at 11 Army and Air Force installations in Georgia and North Carolina. We also manage water resources across the Coastal Georgia region, including maintenance dredging of the Savannah and Brunswick harbors; operation of three hydroelectric dams and reservoirs along the upper Savannah River; and administration of an extensive stream and wetland permitting and mitigation program within the state of Georgia. Follow us on Twitter @SavannahCorps and on Facebook.com/SavannahCorps

Aquatic plants give shelter to young fish

Posted on August 19, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareFinding a quiet and safe place for a nursery tops the priorities for new parents, be they humans or fish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state partners help fish in Savannah River reservoirs find those safe places for … Continue reading →

Posted in Fish and Wildlife, Recreation, Studies | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, recreation, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Dam, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, USACE, water management | Leave a comment

The tale of hydrilla and the golden grass-eating carp

Posted on August 15, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareOnce upon a time there was a terrible invasive weed-queen named Hydrilla who grew so fast she pushed out every other aquatic plant at J. Strom Thurmond Lake. With the help of her toxic underling, blue-green algae, the pair wreaked … Continue reading →

Posted in Recreation, Water Management | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, avian vacuolar myelinopathy, AVM, hydrilla, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Lake Thurmond, recreation, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, Thurmond Dam, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, USACE, water management | Leave a comment

Setting the stage

Posted on August 9, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareWell, there’s one thing you can say about July’s rainfall: it wasn’t June, but it also wasn’t May, either. (Or is that two things?)

Posted in Rainfall Update | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Hartwell Dam, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Lake Hartwell, Lake Thurmond, rainfall, rainfall update, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Dam, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, Thurmond Dam, Thurmond Lake | Leave a comment

There’s (no longer) an app for that

Posted on July 30, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareCommunity members have been experiencing issues recently with our Savannah Corps lake level app. Some folks have mentioned that the app will no longer update (but could still access it), whereas others couldn’t even find it in the app store. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged app, Army Corps of Engineers, lake levels, projection, Savannah District, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, USACE, water management, water management page | Leave a comment

3 died at Corps lakes over July 4th weekend

Posted on July 18, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareOver the Independence Day weekend three fatalities at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supervised lakes could have been prevented with a simple piece of equipment: a life jacket.

Posted in Water Safety | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Lake Hartwell, Lake Thurmond, Savannah District, Savannah River Basin, Thurmond Dam, Thurmond Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, water safety | Leave a comment

Corps to study Augusta’s ‘training wall’

Posted on July 10, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareSAVANNAH, Ga. – An underwater wall installed in the Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia, more than a century ago will be the subject of a just-funded study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District. The so-called “training wall” … Continue reading →

Posted in Navigation, Studies | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Augusta, New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Savannah District, Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, Savannah River, Savannah River Basin, SHEP, Training wall, US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, USACE | Leave a comment

Study to examine effects of ‘re-bending’ Savannah River

Posted on July 9, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareSAVANNAH, Ga. — In the late 1800s the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and others cut through 46 bends in the Savannah River below Augusta to aid commercial navigation. Now the Corps wants to know how these “shortcuts” have impacted … Continue reading →

Posted in Fish and Wildlife, Studies | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Bob Sirard, Nathan Dayan, Robin Armetta, studies, study, the Savannah River Below Augusta Ecosystem Restoration Study, water management, water quality | Leave a comment

Holding strong — all summer long?

Posted on July 5, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareThe Savannah River Basin roared into summer last month. Hartwell and Thurmond each collected 6.8 inches of rain in June – a full 2 and 3 inches above their averages, respectively. Russell pulled in a solid 5 inches compared to … Continue reading →

Posted in Rainfall Update | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Lake Hartwell, lake levels, Lake Thurmond, projection, rainfall, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River Basin, Thurmond Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, USACE | Leave a comment

Summer heat hits striped bass hard

Posted on June 27, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareNo one argues that summer heat in the South climbs well above the comfort level – for humans and animals.

Posted in Dissolved oxygen, Fish and Wildlife, Hydropower, Recreation | Tagged Anthony Rabern, Army Corps of Engineers, blueback herring, DNR, fish kill, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, James Sykes, Jess Fleming, Lake Thurmond, recreation, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Savannah River Basin, striped bass, Tony Anderson, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, USACE, water management | Leave a comment

June showers make up for May’s wilted flowers

Posted on June 16, 2019 by US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

ShareYou know that feeling when you take a sip of ice cold water and you can feel it go all the way down your esophagus? That was last week after the unbearably dry month of May. It was so dry … Continue reading →

Posted in Rainfall Update | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, flood storage, Hartwell Dam, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Lake Hartwell, lake levels, Lake Thurmond, projection, rainfall, rainfall update, recreation, Richard B. Russell Lake, Russell Dam, Russell Lake, Savannah District, Thurmond Dam, Thurmond Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, USACE | Leave a comment