3 Feb 2025

USACE lifts small craft advisory for Arkansas River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is lifting the small craft advisory for the Arkansas River. Small craft advisories are issued when flows reach 70,000 cubic feet per second.

3 Feb 2025

MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 25-10 Lock 10 Intermittent Delays

Mariners should expect to experience intermittent delays at Dardanelle Lock (No. 10) NM 205.5 on February 6, 2025 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. daily. The intermittent delays are required to facilitate an underwater ROV inspection of the upstream river wall.

3 Feb 2025

USACE seeks public input on the Lake Dardanelle Shoreline Management Plan

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public input on the Lake Dardanelle Shoreline Management Plan. Public comment for the draft SMP will be held between February 4, 2025, and March 5, 2025.

3 Feb 2025

MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 25-09 Lock 3 Closure

Mariners are advised that Joe Hardin Lock (No. 3) NM 50.2 will be closed to traffic beginning at 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on February 12, 2025. The lock closure is required to facilitate ongoing work on the hydraulic system.

31 Jan 2025

USACE conducts boundary line maintenance on Lake Dardanelle and Ozark Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Russellville Site Office is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Lake Dardanelle and Ozark Lake that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 31-mile section of government boundary at Lake Dardanelle and a 17-mile section at Ozark Lake.

31 Jan 2025

USACE plans prescribed burns

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct prescribed burns on public lands surrounding Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes until March 15, 2025.

30 Jan 2025

USACE issues small craft advisory for Arkansas River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issuing a small craft advisory for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Arkansas. Heavy rainfall in western Arkansas over the last 24 hours will result in Arkansas River flows exceeding 70,000 cubic feet per second over the next few days.

28 Jan 2025

MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 25-08 Lock 4 Tow Haulage Return to Service

The tow haulage equipment at Emmett Sanders (No. 4) NM 66.0 has been repaired and returned to service.

23 Jan 2025

USACE announces temporary closure of River Run East Recreation Area 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will temporarily close access to the River Run East Recreation Area on Millwood Lake from Feb. 3, 2024, until further notice for dam embankment repairs.

17 Jan 2025

MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 25-06 Lock 9 Tow Haulage Return to Service

The tow haulage equipment at Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 has been repaired and returned to service.