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MS Project Management Office O&M Site Visit Matthew Pierce Operations Manager MS Project Management Office 7 June 2022

US Army Corps of Engineers

BUILDING STRONG®

We would like to give you an overview of the MS Project Office, and show you a sample of the facilities and their operation and maintenance.

Our Missions

Flood Damage Reduction Environmental Protection Recreation Management Natural Resource Stewardship Water Supply Support to Others

Our missions are:

Vicinity Map

Mississippi Project Management Office Functions of Mississippi Project Management Office To provide administration and oversight for four major Vicksburg District Operations projects in North Mississippi To bring continuity and consistency to programs and policies

Vicksburg District Operations Division Project Resources Management Branch Mississippi Project Management Office Arkabutla Lake Field Office Sardis Lake Field Office Enid Lake Field Office Grenada Lake Field Office North MS Lake Projects Background Part of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project Approx. 290,000 total acres Primary purpose of flood risk management in the Yazoo River Basin of the Mississippi Delta Secondary project purposes Recreation Environmental Stewardship

Arkabutla Lake Enid Lake Grenada Lake Sardis Lake

The total cost of the four North MS projects was $72.9 million.

The Yazoo Basin lake projects have proven to be a sound investment.

Since completion through 2007, they have prevented $1.2 billion in damages in the Yazoo Basin

Arkabutla Dam & Lake David Ross– Resource Manager

Recreation

Major Special Events Special Hunt for Disabled Persons, Youth Waterfowl Hunt, and Spirit of America (National Youth Boating Education Program)

Arkabutla Lake Flood Control

TOTAL PROJECT ACREAGE 57,250 acres

Enid Dam & Lake Chris Hannaford– Resource Manager Recreation

Major Special Events Habitat Day, Hunting and Fishing Day, Clean Up Day

Enid Lake Flood Control

TOTAL PROJECT ACREAGE 44,036 acres

Grenada Dam & Lake Chris Terry– Resource Manager Flood Control

TOTAL PROJECT ACREAGE 90,379 acres Recreation

Major Special Events Thunder on Water Safe Boating Festival, National Fox Hunt, Habitat Day, and National Public Lands Day

Sardis Dam & Lake Alton Pollan – Resource Manager Flood Control

TOTAL PROJECT ACREAGE 98,520 acres

FY15 Total Visitors 1,334,526

Major Special Events Clean-Up Day, St. Jude Bass Classic, Conservation Field Day, and Dragonfly Triathlon

The major mission of the lakes is flood damage reduction. Emergency repairs to features on the dams are a possibility at any time and are the highest priority work that we do. Other associated tasks are: Conduit repairs --- unwatering, Flood Risk Management

Total construction costs for four projects - $72.9 million Since becoming operational, the four projects have prevented approximately $1.3 billion in flood damages drainage pipe repair on the dam, and flushing the relief wells in the toe ditch.

B4ODSDKC (B) - Flooding O&M contract tasks

O&M contractor putting up new Visitor Center displays

Grenada Lake Dewater

Approximately 6.2 million visitors annually Camping, picnicking, fishing, hunting, boating, swimming, etc.

There are approximately 5 million visitors each year who come to the lakes for such activities as camping, picnicking, swimming, and boating. This makes for a diverse crowd and the facilities to support these activities require ongoing maintenance

Environmental Stewardship Wildlife and fisheries habitat management Timber management Cultural Resource management and protection Total Forested Acres – 141,594

2 Wildlife Biologists/2 Students 4 Foresters/2 Students Total Recreation Pool Acres Total Forested Acres Total Acres

Mississippi Project Management Office North Mississippi Lakes Recreational Opportunities

Askew

Askew is off project and 20 miles downstream of Arkabutla Dam in the Mississippi Delta. It has a 400 Acre Moist soil Management Area , a Greentree Reservoir of 626 Acres, and 1961 Acres of Mitigation Land with Federally regulated requirements

Enid Lake

Coffeeville Levee

There are some facilities that are unique to a particular lake. Grenada Lake has the Coffeeville levee.

Some maintenance requirements for it are mowing and spraying, maintaining the road across the levee, maintenance on the Flood Control Gates, and repairing any damages to the levee.

Flooding - Outlet Channel

Grenada has to contend with flooding of their Outlet Channel area. Depending on how much discharge they have in the outlet at the time -- it normally happens when there is 2.5" of rain or more in a short period of time. This causes Bogue creek, which enters the river about a mile downstream, to back up the outlet channel and inundates the South Outlet Day Use area. The entire area has to cleaned of logs and any other type of debris when the water recedes. This can be expected to happen several times a year.

Retaining Dam Behind Marina

There is also a retaining dam behind the marina which requires herbicide application; rock placement (in the event of a slide); spillway maintenance (if needed); and dirt/trash removal

Earthquake Berm

The earthquake berm on the upper lake requires herbicide application; buoy maintenance; and replacing lights on the top of buoys

Facilities

A sample of some of the facilities --- campsite, picnic site… picnic shelter and playground

Facilities

Shower house…….table cover……..and recreation area.

Forest Management

Wildlife Management

O&M Contract Tasks

SAFETY FIRST!!

There are a variety of tasks performed by contract. We want to stress the importance of safety in all areas of the work. Whether it be fall protection, confined space entry, life jackets, or hard hats…we want the workers protected - and safety is of the utmost importance.

Some of the jobs performed under the contract are: concrete work, mowing, spraying

Wildlife habitat management

Maintenance of secondary roads

Equipment maintenance

Laying riprap on the emergency spillway channel

And comfort station renovations

O&M Contract Tasks-Special Events

Special events such as Grenada’s Thunder on Water require a considerable amount of manpower from the O&M contractor to make the event happen on schedule and run smoothly.

O&M Contract Tasks-Special Events

Habitat Day requires cutting, pulling , and staging the trees before the event and then additional work on the day of the event.

Sardis Lake Lower Lake Weir

Subcontracts

Examples of subcontracts are procurement of services such as Waste Management and repairs to buildings and equipment.

Subcontracts

Renovation of old Project Management Office building. Removal of old flooring and installation of new

The End

This has provided an overview of the variety and types of tasks performed under the O&M contract-- next we’ll be taking a tour of some areas here at Grenada Lake image11.jpeg image12.gif image13.jpeg image14.png image15.jpeg image16.jpeg image17.jpeg image18.jpeg image19.jpeg image20.jpeg image21.jpeg image22.png image23.jpeg image24.jpeg image25.jpeg image26.jpeg image27.jpeg image28.jpeg image29.jpeg image30.jpeg image31.jpeg image32.jpeg image33.jpg image34.jpeg image42.jpeg image43.jpeg image44.jpeg image45.jpeg image46.jpeg image35.jpeg image36.jpeg image37.jpeg image38.jpeg image39.jpeg image40.jpeg image41.jpeg image47.jpeg image48.png image49.png image50.JPG image51.jpg image52.jpg image53.jpeg image54.jpeg image55.png image56.jpeg image57.jpeg image58.jpeg image59.jpeg image60.jpeg image61.jpeg image62.jpeg image63.jpeg image64.jpeg image65.jpeg image66.jpeg image67.jpeg image68.jpeg image76.jpeg image77.jpeg image78.jpeg image69.jpeg image70.jpeg image71.jpeg image72.jpeg image73.jpeg image74.jpeg image75.jpeg image79.jpeg image80.jpeg image81.jpeg image82.jpeg image83.jpeg image84.jpeg image85.jpeg image86.jpeg image87.jpeg image88.jpeg image89.jpg image90.jpeg image91.jpeg image92.jpeg image93.jpeg image94.jpeg image95.jpeg image96.jpeg image97.jpeg image1.jpeg image2.jpeg image3.jpeg image4.jpeg image5.jpeg image6.png image7.png image8.png image9.jpeg image10.png