10 Feb 2025

Latest Army Corps of Engineers update on Buxton FUDS property

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District’s, website has been updated with the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Sites Property Pipe Removal Report, which summarizes the results of the pipe removal effort and post-removal soil sampling that took place in May 2024.

10 Feb 2025

Army Corps of Engineers holds public meeting about Spencer Artillery Range FUDS

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is holding a public meeting to discuss upcoming Remedial Action work at the Spencer Artillery Range Formerly Used Defense Sites property, Project 01.

17 Jan 2025

Recreation Facility Fees Increase at Hartwell, Thurmond Lakes

SAVANNAH, Ga– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, announces fee increases for camping, shelter reservations, and day use areas at the Hartwell and J. Strom Thurmond Lake Projects effective Jan. 1, 2025.

7 Jan 2025

Water line condition assessment study contract for City of Atlanta awarded

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah and Mobile Districts, have awarded an architectural engineering service contract Dec. 30, 2024, for approximately $800k to support the ongoing Risk, Resiliency, and Water Line Condition Assessment Study for the City of Atlanta.

6 Jan 2025

Thurmond Lake recreation areas remain closed until further notice

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, will keep most recreation areas at J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake closed through the 2025 season, and possibly longer, due to unprecedented damages caused by Hurricane Helene.

16 Dec 2024

Recycle real Christmas trees at Thurmond, Hartwell Lakes for fish habitat

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District’s Forest, Fish, and Wildlife Section at the J. Strom Thurmond Lake and the Hartwell Dam and Lake will accept real Christmas trees for recycling as fish habitat again this season.

10 Dec 2024

Hurricane Helene debris removal complete in Ben Hill, Dodge counties, Georgia

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and its contractor have completed debris removal along the rights-of-way in Ben Hill and Dodge Counties in Georgia, following the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in late September.

10 Dec 2024

Buxton FUDS restoration advisory board survey results

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is in the process of documenting its determination to establish a restoration advisory board, based on survey responses from the recent public interest survey, for the Buxton Naval Facility, a Formerly Used Defense Site property located within the Cape Hatteras Seashore in Dare County North Carolina.

27 Nov 2024

Corps of Engineers host youth waterfowl hunts at Richard B. Russell Lake

ELBERTON, G.A. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is planning to host youth waterfowl hunts at the Richard B. Russell Project during the months of December and January for youth participants ages 9-16.

22 Nov 2024

Corps of Engineers holds public meeting to discuss Camp Butner FUDS project

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is holding a meeting to discuss upcoming remedial actions taking place at Camp Butner, a Formerly Used Defense Sites property located 15 miles north of Durham, North Carolina.