Huntington District

   East Lynn Lake has a limited number of volunteer positions open for the upcoming recreation season, which is mid-May through mid-October. Volunteers must be capable of physical work duties in an outdoor environment and will be needed to perform light maintenance duties, which may include restroom cleaning, light carpentry work, painting, staining, mowing grass, trimming and landscaping, litter pickup in the park and debris along the shoreline, maintaining nature trails, and other light maintenance duties.  

    Volunteers may be provided with a designated campsite with electric and water hook-up in exchange for 25 hours of volunteer work per week. A volunteer application must be filled out by those interested in obtaining a campsite in exchange for volunteer work.

    Single-day or short-term volunteers are also welcome. Please contact the Lake Office for more information regarding volunteer opportunities at East Lynn Lake.

    For more information, write to G. Michael Smith, Resource Manager, East Lynn Lake, 683 Overlook Trail Road, East Lynn, W.Va. 25512, call 304-849-2355, or stop by the Lake office located at the dam.

   The Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been formally approved as the USACE Dam Safety Modification Mandatory Center of Expertise (DSMMCX).

    Operation Order 2011-14, signed by previous Chief of Engineers Lieutenant General Van Antwerp, calls for the establishment of Regional Dam Safety Production Centers (DSPC) throughout the Nation and a single Mandatory Center of Expertise to ensure that the expertise necessary to deliver dam safety modifications can be enhanced and sustained. 

   On Aug. 26, 2011, Major General Peabody responded by signing a memorandum to Headquarters (HQ) which identified the Huntington District as the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s (LRD) proposed Dam Safety Production Center.  A Project Delivery Team of agency senior engineers, advocated by the HQ Dam Safety Officer, recommended Huntington District as the DSMMCX – a recommendation that was unanimously concurred with by the National Management Board and the USACE Command Council.

    In determining the need for this change, USACE conducted competency evaluations and investment assessments associated with the need to improve dam safety modifications.  A total of four divisions submitted proposals to HQ requesting consideration as the DSMMCX.

   The USACE Dam Safety Modification Mandatory Center of Expertise will provide technical advice, oversight, review and production capability for all aspects of dam modification projects across USACE.  The DSMMCX will physically reside in the Huntington District offices.