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  • District welcomes new chief of Regulatory Division

    Sara Longan assumed duties as the chief of the Regulatory Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District in March. In her new position, she is responsible for administering and enforcing the USACE regional regulatory program within the Alaska and Honolulu District’s areas of responsibilities. She leads the development, response and implementation of initiatives and requirements directed toward the effective, efficient and consistent application of the regulations. Previously, she served as the deputy chief of the Regulatory Division since January 2022.

  • USACE Regulatory staff available at Mat-Su Borough

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District is available to answer Regulatory program permitting questions at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s one-stop permit center beginning Thursday, April 6.

  • Army engineers transfer ownership of remote armory to support Alaska community

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District transferred ownership of an Army National Guard armory to the community of Scammon Bay on Dec. 21, 2022. This real estate transaction marks the first divestiture of military property within the state under the Bob Stump Act. Eight more facilities are scheduled for turnover in the coming years.

  • USACE denies regulatory permit for gold mining project near Nome

    Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District denied IPOP, LLC’s permit application to dredge and dispose of material in wetlands and waterways of the U.S. near Nome, Alaska. USACE rejected the proposed project under its authority for Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act.

  • Corps regulatory open house scheduled in Ketchikan

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District will be available to discuss and answer questions about the regulatory program at an informational open house in Ketchikan.

  • Army engineers remove World War II-era explosives from national historic landmark on a remote Alaskan island

    Boom! Another explosion went off as a field crew for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District worked to safely clear and detonate munitions remaining from the World War II-era Fort Glenn, an abandoned military installation in the Aleutian Islands 850 miles from Anchorage.

  • Army engineers partner for 25 years with federal biologists to study duck nesting ecology in Alaska

    The whistling sound of beating wings moves through the forest as a common goldeneye duck lands in a nest box mounted to the side of a tree near the Moose Creek Dam in North Pole, Alaska. Focused on laying its eggs within the cozy confines of this manmade wooden structure, the bird is unaware of its vital role in a unique scientific study.

  • Army engineers welcome new district counsel

    Matthew Prieksat assumed duties as the new district counsel for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District in April.

  • Public invited to open house for Moose Creek Dam’s ‘mega project’ in North Pole

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District will host a public open house to showcase the Moose Creek Dam Barrier Wall Modification Project on Friday, July 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project in North Pole.

  • Construction projects close recreation areas at the Chena Project

    Two recreation areas will be temporarily closed to visitors while construction efforts are underway at the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project in North Pole.