In March of 2025, Levees.org filed a record request with the Army Corps of Engineers under the Freedom of Information Act.

We wanted to know the corps ratings for the FPA-East and West’s levee maintenance. 

This is something the Army Corps of Engineers has done every year since 1959 – grade the local district’s maintenance.

We were shocked to find the corps has not issued a rating for five years. We gave the story to Alex Lubben as an exclusive. You can see the story here.