Operations continue year-round at the Black Rock Lock. See what it looks like when a major vessel passes through, and what impact the lock has on the region and the nation.

Coastal engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District are learning how an online model can help them design and build better structures to protect harbors across lakes Erie and Ontario. With more shoreline than any other U.S. coast, infrastructure and property along the Great Lakes takes a beating from waves every year – especially in winter.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is continuing its commitment to personal and professional development with the 2024 District Mentorship Program. The program offers employees a boost early in their career by pairing them with an experienced mentor.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at ways to stop grass carp from spawning in the Sandusky River near Fremont, Ohio, and nearly 3,700 miles of rivers and tributaries connected to Lake Erie where they damage habitats, increase erosion, and threaten the economy.

The throwing of rocks into the slip marked the beginning of construction to transform a former industrial slip at the Buffalo Outer Harbor into a wetland habitat.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District team members survey the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Seaway Site in Tonawanda, N.Y., Apr. 27, 2021. The USACE Buffalo District awarded a $17.6 million contract to install approximately 23-acres of engineered non-permeable caps at the site in September 2023, to limit exposure of contaminated materials. (U.S. Army photo by USACE Buffalo District)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is pleased to announce that it has awarded a $40 million contract to Enviro-Fix Solutions LLC for Niagara Falls Storage Site (NFSS) Remedial and Site Services.

The new headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District inside the historic former Hens & Kelly Building – now Mohawk Building – at 478 Main Street in Buffalo, N.Y., July 24, 2023.

The PEOPLE of the Buffalo District serve in solving the world’s most complex water resource and remediation challenges. Our TEAMS pave the way to a sustainable future and our MISSION is to partner with our sister districts and communities to deliver the program. (U.S. Army Video by Yvonne Najera)