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NAV NOTICE SWL 13-17 MKARNS - NOTICE OF SAFETY ZONE - RIVERFEST FIREWORKS DISPLAY

LITTLE ROCK, AR - To ensure the safety of life and property on the navigable waters during the Riverfest fireworks display, a safety zone will be established by the Coast Guard for the Arkansas River from mile marker 118.8 to mile marker 119.5. The safety zone will be in effect from 9:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on May 26, 2013.
Published: 5/23/2013

CORPS ISSUES SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ARKANSAS RIVER

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -  The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a small craft advisory for the Arkansas
Published: 5/22/2013

PARTNERS COME TOGETHER TO SPREAD WATER SAFETY MESSAGE

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Greers Ferry Project Office in coordination with several North Little Rock businesses are kicking off National Safe Boating Week by adding donated water safety signs at 12 courtesy docks around Greers Ferry Lake.
Published: 5/20/2013

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Mike Biggs, Corps of Engineers Little Rock District’s chief of reservoir control and students from Little Rock Christian Academy assemble a bridge kit on May 14. Before the kids built the bridge Biggs explained to them the importance of engineering to bridge building. The Corps recognizes the critical role that science, technology, engineering and mathematics education plays in enabling the U.S. to remain the economic and technological leaders of the global marketplace
Outdoor Recreation Planner Chris Smith from the Little Rock District sits with pre-k and kindergarten students from Carver Magnet Elementary School in Little Rock, Ark. for the school’s annual career day on May 15. Smith visited with 125 students from pre-k to fifth-grade telling them how cool her job was and how to pursue a career with the Corps in the future. “I’ve been with the Corps for 34 years and I’ve been wearing this uniform the whole time, well… not this exact uniform but one like it,” Smith said to get a laugh from the students. Smith used her time to focus on water safety while Public Affairs Specialist Jay Townsend talked about the district’s past, present and how the students could be part of the Corps’ future all while stressing the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Carver Magnet offers a full-range curriculum, with a focus on science and math that equips children at an early age with the academic and social skills to live in a technical world.
Public Affairs Specialist Jay Townsend and Outdoor Recreation Planner Chris Smith from the Little Rock District demonstrate how not to wear a life jacket and how dangerous wearing one upside like a diaper could be if a swimmer became unconscious. “If he fell in the water with his life jacket on like this he would be upside down and could drown,” Smith said. One of the very intelligent students from Carver promptly replied with “yea, cause you can’t breathe through your butt!” Smith and Townsend visited Carver Magnet Elementary School in Little Rock, Ark. for the school’s annual career day on May 15. Carver Magnet offers a full-range curriculum, with a focus on science and math that equips children at an early age with the academic and social skills to live in a technical world. The team spoke with 125 students from pre-k to fifth-grade about the Corps past, present and how the students could be part of the Corps’ future all while stressing the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
BRANSON, Mo. -- The Army Corps of Engineers parks on Table Rock Lake are now open for the 2013 camping season. Moonshine Beach will open on May 15.
Scenic Beaver Lake
Mountain Home, Ark. -- As a result of budget constraints the Army Corps of Engineers Mountain Home Project Office will defer all new requests for shoreline use from May 1, until Oct. 1. Written requests or applications will not be accepted during the deferral period.
This mostly hard-surfaced trail system passes through the Prairie Creek floodplain, and was designed as a jogging and fitness trail set amidst a wildlife sanctuary. It offers folks in the river valley six miles of winding trails through 186 acres of low wetlands that are home to a wide variety of wildlife.

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