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  • ONE LANE OF HIGHWAY 178 BRIDGE ACROSS BULL SHOALS DAM TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE FOR EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION

    Mountain Home, Ark. – One lane of Highway 178 across Bull Shoals Dam will be closed at 6:30 a.m. each Monday and remain closed until 5 p.m. each Thursday except federal holidays beginning Tuesday, Feb. 10 until Feb. 20 for equipment installation. Both lanes will be open Friday thru Sunday.

  • Annual Day Use Passes Now Available at Russellville Project Office

    RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Russellville Project Office announces that Annual Day Use Passes for 2015 are now available for purchase. They are for sale at: 1598 Lock and Dam Road in Russellville, 6298 Prince Street in Conway, and 6042 Lock and Dam Road in Ozark.

  • CORPS PLANS PRESCRIBED BURNING AROUND GREERS FERRY LAKE

    HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers Greers Ferry Project Office personnel in coordination with the Arkansas Forestry Commission and other state agencies will conduct prescribed burns in and around Greers Ferry Lake park areas when weather conditions are favorable during the next several months.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-03 Lock 10 Intermitttent Tow Haulage Availability

    Dardanelle L&D - Intermittent availability of tow haulage equipment at Dardanelle Lock and Dam (No. 10) NM 205.5 may be experienced from February 18 at 5:30 p.m. until March 31 at 7:00 p.m. to accommodate the concrete joint repair along the lock wall.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-01 TD 2015-1 Joint Notice on 2015 Scheduled Lock Closures

    MKARNS - Tulsa and Little Rock Districts are scheduling maintenance closures of the following locks: Chouteau L&D (May 11-17) Replace hydraulic piping; Webbers Falls L&D (Aug 24–Sep 14) Replace miter gate pintle ball; Montgomery Point L&D* (Aug 24-Sep 30) Replace miter gate gudgeon pins. *The navigation pass will be open if tailwater > 115 ft.

  • NAV NOTICE SWL 15-02 MKARNS - Lock 10 Notice of Lock Closure

    Dardanelle L&D - Dardanelle Lock and Dam (No. 10) NM 205.5 will be closed to navigation traffic on February 18, 2015, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This closure is to repair the downstream river wall miter gate strut arm.

  • CORPS OFFERS BREAK FROM WINTER’S CABIN FEVER

    Beat that case of cabin fever with a visit to the Army Corps of Engineers Table Rock Project Office world class Dewey Short Visitor Center on Table Rock Lake.

  • DEADLINE FOR TEMPORARY HALT TO NEW SHORELINE ACTIVITY REQUESTS DRAWS NEAR

    BRANSON, Mo. – The Corps of Engineers is reminding interested persons that the deadline to submit new shoreline activity requests for Table Rock Lake is drawing near.

  • CORPS LIFTS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR LOWER ARKANSAS RIVER

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers has lifted the small craft advisory for the lower Arkansas River. Advisories are issued when flows reach 70,000 cubic feet per second. Even though flows have receded below that threshold, Corps officials urge boaters to always use caution when on the river.

  • FISH COVER PERMITS AVAILABLE

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- The Army Corps of Engineers’ Mountain Home Project Office is offering a limited number of fish cover permits for Norfork and Bull Shoals lakes. A fish cover permit allows an individual to cut up to six cedar trees, six inches or smaller in diameter at the stump, from designated areas of the shoreline and sink them into the lake for fish habitat.