9/26/2012
The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is implementing a new program of daily preventive maintenance on the McClellan Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System to increase long-term availability and reduce unscheduled outages.
9/25/2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will waive day-use fees at its more than 2,400 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in recognition of National Public Lands Day, Sept. 29. This includes the 38 lakes located within the Tulsa District USACE. On this day, fees normally charged at boat launch ramps and swimming beaches will be waived. USACE does not charge entrance fees to its parks.
9/25/2012
Prior to September 11, 2001, hydroelectric powerhouse tours were conducted in many of the Tulsa District’s eight hydroelectric powerhouses, including the Eufaula powerhouse at Eufaula Lake. When visitors entered the lobby area at Eufaula, they were greeted by a wall-size mural painted by Monroe Moore in 1968.
Moore, now 86, lives in Gore, Okla. and recently visited the powerhouse and spoke to current powerhouse employee John Bray about the mural.
9/20/2012
As of last week, approximately 64% of the lower 48 states of the country remained in some level of drought. Most of Tulsa District was in extreme to exceptional drought, except for the eastern Red River valley which was in moderate to severe drought.