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  • CORPS TO BEGIN RELEASES THROUGH SPILLWAY AT NORFORK DAM

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

  • Corps issues small craft advisory for Arkansas River

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Army Corps of Engineers issued a small craft advisory for the Arkansas River downstream of Russellville, Arkansas. Releases from the flood control lakes in Oklahoma have caused flows to rise. Small craft advisories are issued when flows exceed 70,000 cubic feet per second. During high flows, strong currents and large debris can threaten the safety of pleasure craft.

  • CORPS LIFTS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ARKANSAS RIVER

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers has lifted the small craft advisory for the 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.

  • DEWEY SHORT VISITOR CENTER OPEN FOR SEASON

    BRANSON, Mo. – The Dewey Short Visitor Center is now open for the season daily from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Located just south of Table Rock Dam on State Highway 165, the visitor center offers several interactive displays, a 22-minute film about the purpose and construction of the dam, and viewing decks overlooking Table Rock Lake and Dam. Picnic facilities and a 2.2 mile asphalt surface trail are located on the visitor center grounds.

  • CORPS REMINDS PUBLIC THAT HIGHWAY 165 BRIDGE ACROSS TABLE ROCK DAM TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE

    BRANSON, Mo. – The Corps of Engineers is reminding the public that it will close both lanes of Highway 165 across Table Rock Dam from 8 p.m. March 7 until 6 a.m. March 8 to install equipment needed to refurbish the dam’s head gates.

  • MANY CORPS RECREATION AREAS AND ACCESS POINTS IMPACTED AT NORFORK AND BULL SHOALS LAKES

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – Visitors to Norfork and Bull Shoals lakes are reminded that many Corps recreation areas and access points are impacted because of recent heavy rains and rising lake levels.

  • HIGHWAY 165 BRIDGE ACROSS TABLE ROCK DAM TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE

    BRANSON, Mo. – The Corps of Engineers will close both lanes of Highway 165 across Table Rock Dam from 8 p.m. March 7 until 6 a.m. March 8 to install equipment needed to refurbish the dam’s head gates.

  • Corps issues small craft advisory for Arkansas River

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Army Corps of Engineers issued a small craft advisory for the Arkansas River. Recent rains in Oklahoma and Arkansas have caused flows to rise. During high flows, strong currents and large debris can threaten the safety of pleasure craft.

  • HIGHWAY 32 ACROSS MILLWOOD DAM TO CLOSE FEBRUARY 17 FOR INSPECTION

    ASHDOWN, Ark. – Highway 32 across Millwood Lake will close at 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17 while the sluice gate conduits at the base of the spillway are inspected. During the inspection, a crane and other heavy equipment will block the bridge across the spillway.

  • CORPS OFFERS FREE FIREWOOD PERMITS

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers Mountain Home Project Office will be issuing free firewood permits, for personal use, beginning Feb. 11 for about 80 acres on Bull Shoals Lake. Permits are valid through March 31.