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  • 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.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 16-06 Lock 9 - Reopened

    MKARNS - Arthur V. Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 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 16-03 Locks 4 and 7 - Reopened

    MKARNS - Emmett Sanders Lock (No. 4) NM 66.0 and Murray Lock (No. 7) NM 125.4 have reopened to Navigation traffic.

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

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – The Corps of Engineers will close one lane of Highway 178 across Bull Shoals Dam from 7:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Jan. 8 to remove hatch covers for refurbishment.

  • Corps begins inspections, repairs to Bona Dea Park and Wildlife Sanctuary

    RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Russellville Site Office advises the public that recent flooding has damaged many bridges at Bona Dea Park and Wildlife Sanctuary.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 16-02 Lock 13 - Reopened

    MKARNS - The James W. Trimble Lock (No. 13) NM 292.8 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.

  • Corps lifts Bull Shoals Lake shoreline moratorium

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers, Mountain Home Project Office will begin accepting shoreline permit requests Jan. 4, 2016. The Corps suspended shoreline activity requests May 23, 2014 to establish a baseline of the lake while revising its 40-year-old master plan. The revised master plan will be released in January 2016.

  • Corps to unveil revised Bull Shoals Master Plan

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- The Army Corps of Engineers, Mountain Home Project Office will hold three public workshops in January 2016, to unveil the final revised Bull Shoals Lake Master Plan. All interested persons are invited.