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  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 16-11 Lock 8 Tow Haulage Out of Service

    Toad Suck Ferry L&D - Tow haulage equipment at Toad Suck Ferry Lock (No. 8) NM 155.9 is out of service. Double cut tows will have to be locked the conventional way (without the use of tow haulage). The length of downtime is currently unknown.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 16-10 Revised Sailing Instructions NM 222.0 to NM 223.2

    MKARNS - Revised Sailing Instructions - Due to shoaling, mariners are advised that until further notice, both upbound and downbound tows should run the green line between NM 222.0 and NM 223.2. No passing is advised while transiting through this reach. Note that the endpoints of this reach have adjusted slightly from those in the original Navigation Notice SWL 16-09.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 16-09 Sailing Instructions NM 221.9 to NM 223.0

    MKARNS - Due to shoaling, mariners are advised that until further notice, both upbound and downbound tows should use extreme caution between NM 221.9 and NM 223.0. No passing is advised while transiting through this reach.

  • RESERVABLE SITES CHANGE AT NIMROD AND BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKES

    PLAINVIEW, Ark. – With the turn of the New Year, many people will soon be thinking about spring and summer camping and fishing trips. The Army Corps of Engineers at Nimrod and Blue Mountain lakes wants to inform you about some changes to the reservable sites at both lakes.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 16-08 Lock 8 - Lock Reopened

    MKRNS - Toad Suck Ferry Lock (No. 8) NM 155.9 has reopened to Navigation traffic. The lock was closed due to high flows on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The flows have now dropped to safe levels to operate the lock.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 16-07 Lock 2 - Reopened

    MKARNS - Lock No. 2 (NM 13.3) has reopened to Navigation traffic. The lock was closed due to a projected backflow of the Arkansas Post Canal caused by the rising water elevation of the Mississippi River. The water elevations have now dropped to safe levels

  • CORPS TO BEGIN RELEASES THROUGH SPILLWAY AT BULL SHOALS DAM

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. - The Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District will begin spillway releases from Bull Shoals Dam Saturday, to evacuate stored flood water.

  • CORPS TO BEGIN RELEASES THROUGH SPILLWAY

    HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – The Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District will begin a spillway release from Greers Ferry Dam Thursday as downstream conditions improve.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 16-04 Lock 3 - Reopened

    MKARNS - Joe Hardin Lock (No. 3) NM 50.2 has reopened to Navigation traffic. The lock was closed due to high flows on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The flows have now dropped to safe levels to operate the lock.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 16-05 Locks 5 and 6 - Reopened

    MKARNS - Colonel Charles D. Maynard Lock (No. 5) and David D. Terry Lock and Dam (No. 6) have reopened to Navigation traffic.