Share(Army Corps of Engineers news release.)
Wappapello Lake, April 4, 2012 – A local business, non-profit organization, and government agency were among those named award winners at the 2012 International Boating and Water Safety Summit (IBWSS) held in San Diego, California, for their water and boating safety efforts. These prestigious awards were announced on March [...]

ShareWappapello Lake – March 30, 2012: The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake will begin rehab work on the entrance to the Redman Creek Recreation Area on 9 April 2012.
This work will take approximately one month to complete, weather permitting. Vehicle access road to this area will be closed during [...]

ShareWappapello Lake – April 2, 2012: Spring is in the air and soon the smell of gunpowder will be there as well as the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake and the Crowley’s Ridge Black Powder Club host the 34th Annual Black Powder Rendezvous on April 14 and 15, 2012, at [...]

ShareLITTLE ROCK, Ark. –The Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District has increased releases from its White River basin lakes to lower lake levels after the heavy rains in March. Now that the rivers downstream have begun receding, water is being released in a controlled fashion following pre-determined plans.
The releases are being [...]

ShareIt was a war that wasn’t a war. Nearly half a century ago, young men came home to jeers, not cheers. Most who served just tried to forget. Some succeeded, some did not. It was the first war where the objectives seemed muddy at best, and questions outnumbered answers even decades later.
For all of [...]

ShareIn the wake of last year’s massive flooding, (and because it was due, anyway), the St. Louis District of the Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a lake drawdown, and gatehouse and spillway inspection at Wappapello Lake.
This drawdown (the Lake is currently at 354.24 as of 4 p.m. 3/7/12) is to permit ACE personnel [...]

Share(The tips below can help anyone though the year, not just overzealously partying college students and spring fever beavers. USACE news release.)
With spring around the corner, more than 3.7 million college students across the nation are preparing for a well earned spring break. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would like to urge everyone to [...]

Share(Traveler note: Jo got to meet and chat with Mr. Hammond at the St. Louis Boat Show. Nice fellow!)
State Park Stories
Text and photos by Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
PITTSBURG, Mo. – The long, silvery body of a large fish broke the glassy surface of Pomme de Terre Lake just as Earle Hammond brought his pontoon [...]

ShareWappapello Lake – February 10, 2012: A public workshop to discuss annual water control operations and dam safety at Wappapello Lake is scheduled for February 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bill Emerson Memorial Visitor Center.Presentations will be given on water control procedures and dam safety by members of the St. Louis District [...]

ShareIt’s not often you get to interview a vulture expert.
We’re still a month out from the swallows going back to Capistrano, California, and it’s the depths of the off-season in Branson.
Time to celebrate vultures, according to John Miller, interpretive center manager for Missouri Department of Conservation’s Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery, on Lake Taneycomo [...]