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  • Restoration advisory board members selected, first meeting set for Buxton FUDS property

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, announces the Restoration Advisory Board membership has been established and the first meeting is scheduled for April 10, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., for the Buxton Naval Facility, a Formerly Used Defense Sites Program property located within the Cape Hatteras Seashore in Dare County, North Carolina.

  • Corps of Engineers revisit Tybee Island for further studies on large-vessel wakes

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Savannah District, the Engineer Research and Development Center and the Field Research Facility, in partnership with the City of Tybee Island, Georgia, installed test instruments to measure vessel waves on the island’s North Beach March 21, 2025, so engineers can ultimately design a solution which helps keep beachgoers safe from potentially hazardous vessel-generated waves.

  • Register for Richard B. Russell Lake 35th Annual Kid’s Fishing Derby

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Registration is now open for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 35th Annual Kid’s Fishing Derby that takes place Saturday, April 26, 2025, on Richard B. Russell Lake at Calhoun Falls Bank Fishing Area located on Highway 72, in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina.

  • Restoring J. Strom Thurmond: USACE Park Volunteers Emphasize Helene Damage

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – It’s pitch black. Al and Tina Carpenter sit huddled in a campground bathhouse; their two dogs nestled between them. The wind howls, and rain hammers against the roof, while the deafening crash of trees echo throughout the park.

  • Corps of Engineers Hurricane Helene Debris Mission wraps up in 10 Georgia counties

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, received Direct Federal Assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for debris removal in 10 Georgia counties shortly after Hurricane Helene traversed across Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane Sept. 27, 2024, toppling trees and scattering debris in its wake.

  • Hartwell Dam and Lake Visitor Center Temporarily Closed to Public

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Hartwell Dam and Lake Visitor Center will be temporarily closed to the public beginning March 10, 2025.