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  • Some Annual Passes Unavailable at Hartwell, Russell, Thurmond Lakes

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, announces some annual passes are temporarily not available at Hartwell, Richard B. Russell and J. Strom Thurmond Lakes Project Visitors Centers.

  • Hartwell, Russell, Thurmond Lakes no longer in drought level 2 operations

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, announces Hartwell, Richard B. Russell and J. Strom Thurmond Lakes have come out of drought level 2 and are now back in drought level 1 operations due to the recent rain over the Savannah River System Basin.

  • Army Corps Waives Day Use Fees at Thurmond, Hartwell Lakes for MLK Day

    SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,850 Army Corps-operated recreation areas nationwide, to include Hartwell and J. Strom Thurmond Lakes, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Jan. 15, 2024.

  • Thurmond Lake Visitor Center Closure Dates

    CLARKS HILL, S.C. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, J. Strom Thurmond Project Visitor Center will be closed on the following dates: Dec. 23-25, 2023 Dec. 30-31, 2023 Jan. 1, 2024 Jan. 20-21, 2024 Jan. 27-28, 2024

  • Don’t Throw Away Christmas Trees; Recycle Them at Hartwell, Thurmond Lakes

    SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Forest, Fish, and Wildlife Section will accept real Christmas Trees for recycling as fish habitat at J. Strom Thurmond Lake from Dec. 18, 2023, through Jan. 14, 2024, and at Hartwell Dam and Lake Project from Dec. 26, 2023, through Jan. 26, 2024.

  • Corps Seeks Twin Lakes Campground Park Attendant at Hartwell Lake

    SAVANNAH, Ga – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Hartwell Dam and Lake Project, has a campground park attendant contract position open at the Twin Lakes Campground in Pendleton, South Carolina.

  • Upper Savannah River Reservoirs Enter Drought Level 2

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The three reservoirs on the upper Savannah River Basin operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, declared the second flow reduction in two months in response to the pool elevation at Lake Thurmond dipping below Drought Trigger Level 2, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Works to Address Petroleum Soil Found Along Shoreline at Buxton

    BUXTON, N.C. (USACE) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has completed its initial analysis of historical documentation, information gathered during site visits and soil samples since peat balls containing petroleum appeared in September on a section of shoreline in Buxton, N.C., near the former U.S. Navy facility.

  • Group Picnic Shelter Reservations Extended at Hartwell Lake

    HARTWELL, GA. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District’s, Hartwell Lake Project Office, announces Group Picnic Shelter Reservations have been extended at Big Oaks and Broyles Recreation Areas.

  • Upper Savannah River Reservoirs Enter Drought Level 1

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The three reservoirs on the Upper Savannah River operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, declared the first drought level Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in response to the pool elevation at J. Strom Thurmond Lake dipping below 326.0 feet above mean sea level (ft-msl).