Hodges Village Dam

Hodges Village Dam was awarded Gold Standard Site designation in 2025. Hodges Village Dam earned the recognition for its role as a leader in promoting responsible enjoyment in the great outdoors, making it the first U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site to achieve the designation.

“We’re beyond happy to reach the Gold Standard designation. Being able to implement Leave No Trace principlss in our everyday work is something to strive for. Not just for the U.S. Army Corps, but for the public who come to enjoy our space,” said Briana Johnson, Natural Resource Specialist, Park Ranger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “Its about leading by example. We rangers care for our site, and this was another way to show folks that we’re out there, and we’re trying to preserve what we have so that we can still enjoy it down the line. We can’t ask others to minimize their impacts if we aren’t putting in the work to minimize them ourselves.”

About Hodges Village Dam

Sitting on 1200 acres, Hodges Village Dam is a dry bed reservoir built in 1959 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Along with providing flood risk management to downstream communities, the dam offers recreation for hiking, biking, kayaking, birding, disc golfing, and horse back riding with over twenty miles of trails crossing through wetlands and hardwoods.