New England District is responsible for managing the Corps' civil works and military program responsibilities in a 66,000-square-mile area encompassing the six New England states east of the Lake Champlain drainage basin.
The region has:
* 6,100 miles of coastline
* 171 harbors with Corps improvements
* 13 deep draft commercial waterways
* 13 major river basins
* Thousands of miles of rivers and streams
The missions of the New England District are many and varied. They include:
* Environmental restoration and stewardship
* Flood damage reduction
* Natural resource and recreation management
* Streambank and shoreline protection
* Navigation improvements and maintenance
* Disaster assistance
* Regulatory program
* Engineering and construction management support to other agencies
* Support to military