The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, received an additional $56.02 million boost for fiscal 2021, including funds for oyster restoration, beach renourishment in Ocean City, the dredging and south jetty rehabilitation of Fishing Creek in Calvert County, completion of engineering and design work to restore James and Barren islands, and more.

Construction began earlier this year on an $85 million academic building to replace Root Hall on the U.S. Army War College campus of Carlisle Barracks.

Clarence Hinton, a crane operator, picks up rock to place in the Tred Avon River Oyster Sanctuary to construct oyster reefs in Talbot County, Maryland, May 6, 2021. Baltimore District and partners resumed oyster restoration in the Tred Avon in April 2021.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has announced the selection of Mr. Rudy Chow as the new general manager (GM) of the Washington Aqueduct. Chow will oversee the production of drinking water for approximately one million citizens living, working, or visiting in the District of Columbia, Arlington County, Virginia, and other areas in northern Virginia to include portions of Fairfax County.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District released the new Raystown Lake Master Plan Mar. 18, 2021, which will serve as the guiding document for decision making at the lake for the next 15 to 25 years.

The latest edition of the Baltimore District's Chesapeake Engineer Magazine. Learn more about our projects, challenges, worldwide missions, recreation sites, the Washington Aqueduct and how our regulatory team supports the restoration efforts for the Chesapeake Bay.