FJ Sayers Dam Master Plan Revision / Media / News Stories

  • October

    Area Army Corps permitting offices to close; permits on hold

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has temporarily closed its regulatory offices and furloughing its 45 regulatory employees due to a lapse of Fiscal 2014 funds. The review of any pending permit applications will be suspended until new funding becomes available. Regulatory offices closing include the District’s main branch in Baltimore, as well as field offices located in State College, Pa.; Carlisle, Pa.; Tioga, Pa.; and Easton, Md. Regulatory staff will also refrain from attending any meetings, presentations or outreach opportunities due to the lack of available funds.

  • Army Corps closes roads surrounding Indian Rock Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Indian Rock Dam, York, Pa., has closed four roads surrounding Indian Rock Dam as part of normal emergency high water procedures due to current weather conditions.

  • Army Corps announces changes to recreation area campground closures

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District will close recreation area campgrounds earlier than originally planned due to the current lack of an appropriations bill. Since the government shutdown started, the District has been routinely monitoring fiscal year 2013 funds in order to minimize the public’s impact and adhere to their normal closing date schedule. However, with those funds uncertain past October 31, two timelines have been adjusted in order to winterize facilities.

  • Area Army Corps parks extend temporary openings during shutdown

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has extended the date of how long their owned and operated lakes can temporarily remain open to October 14. This is an extension from the original projected date of October 7. This means that their projects throughout the Susquehanna and Potomac River Basins can continue full operations for another week despite a lapse in federal funding. Corps-operated campgrounds and day-use areas will remain open during this time and all reservations will be honored.

  • Raystown Lake announces access roads openings, hunting stand rules

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Raystown Lake will open select access roads to accommodate various upcoming hunting seasons. Unannounced closures of gated roads are possible due to weather, road conditions or special activities such as logging operations.

  • Army Corps’ schedules maintenance drawdown at Raystown Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Raystown Lake plans to conduct a drawdown of Raystown Lake beginning October 15 for scheduled maintenance repairs. The actual start and end dates of the drawdown could change pending weather and lake conditions.

  • Government shutdown updates for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District is working to manage the impact that a lapse in new funding appropriations will have to programs and projects we oversee. At no time will we compromise projects that have an impact to health and safety. We are managing the impacts to ongoing design and construction projects and expect the impacts to be minimal for the next few days.

  • Corps to restart D.C. levee upgrade project at 17th Street

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District is pleased to announce that today Colonial Surety Company has reached an agreement with Akima Construction Services, LLC to complete the construction of the levee closure structure at 17th Street, part of the Washington, D.C. Local Flood Protection Project.

  • Area Army Corps parks to remain open temporarily during shutdown

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, which oversees the operations of numerous recreation areas throughout the Susquehanna and Potomac River Basins, will temporarily continue full operations despite a lapse in federal funding. This means Corps operated campgrounds and day use areas will remain open and all reservations will be honored. Moreover, parks with leased areas and/or concessionaires can remain open as well.

  • September

    Corps of Engineers celebrates National Public Lands Day, creates habitat

    The Baltimore District at Jennings Randolph Lake will host their 20th Annual National Public Lands Day event, Sept. 28. The staff with local Boy Scouts of America and the Friends of Jennings Randolph Lake will add bundled Christmas trees donated for recycling earlier this year to the lake creating cover for fish and enhancing nursery habitat for juvenile fish. In turn, this will benefit shoreline fishing and overall fish habitat at Jennings Randolph Lake.
  • Alison Shope of Huntingdon, Pa., placed third in her age group for the masterpiece she created using only chalk to encourage visitors to wear life jackets during a variety of water activities at the lake and to also use one for their pets.

    Raystown Lake promotes water safety, art education through chalk art

    For the second year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Raystown Lake hosted “Chalk on the Walk”, a
  • Members of the water rescue and recovery simulation team transport a patient from the ground to medical evacuation helicopter during a demonstration conducted by the Baltimore District at Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes, Guthrie Air, Middlebury and Tioga Fire Departments and the Wellsboro Fire Department Dive Team, Aug. 31.

    Baltimore District, partners team up for Labor Day water rescue simulation

    Did you know it only takes less than a half cup of water in your lungs to drown?  Whether you are a
  • A delegation of 22 environmentalists, government officials, scholars and environmental journalists from 20 different countries visited Poplar Island to better understand the methods of restoration and preservation used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    International visitors tour Poplar Island, explore environmental protection methods

    The Baltimore District and Maryland Port Administration hosted a delegation of 22 environmentalists,

  • Corps, Friends of Jennings Randolph Lake sponsor annual clean-up event

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jennings Randolph Lake and the Friends of Jennings Randolph Lake invite volunteers to take part in the third annual Route 46 Cleanup day, scheduled for Saturday, September 21 at 10 a.m.

  • Corps of Engineers reviews agreement with non-profit partners at Raystown Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District announced today that it has conducted a review of all Cooperative Joint Management (CJM) arrangements (agreements and leases) it has with its non-profit, cooperating associations at Raystown Lake. Under these arrangements, cooperating associations have been collecting and retaining user fees generated from the public’s use of Army Corps of Engineers-constructed recreation facilities and reinvesting the fees to perform operation and maintenance of facilities within this jointly-managed lease area. The Baltimore District currently has one such agreement in place at Raystown Lake in Huntingdon, Pa., with the Friends of Raystown Lake group.
  • Life Scout Pierce Miller installs one of 30 bluebird boxes as part of his final Eagle Scout project at Jennings Randolph Lake, July 17.

    Local Scout completes bluebird box project at Jennings Randolph Lake

    We all know somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds do fly.  Perhaps some fly right into new bluebirds
  • USACE Baltmore District App QR Code

    Corps of Engineers Baltimore District launches new phone App

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District recently launched a mobile App to enhance the way visitors are able to access important information about district flood control and recreation projects, navigation, contracting opportunities, and water safety.

  • August

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore and New York Districts, in coordination with the Fort Detrick Fire Department, officially opened the Emergency Services Center at Fort Detrick, Md., Wednesday.

    Modern Emergency Services Center opens at Ft. Detrick

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore and New York Districts, in coordination with the Fort

  • Jennings Randolph Lake announces free Labor Day activities

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jennings Randolph Lake announces a variety of activities planned for the Labor Day weekend 2013. Activities include interpretive programs, intake control tower tours, and a Craft Day Program, all of which are free and open to the public.

  • Corps, local partners host rescue demonstration at Hammond Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes invites the public to attend a water rescue demonstration on the Hammond Lake near the swimming area at Ives Run Recreation Area on Saturday, August 31 at 11 a.m.