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    Beaver Dam March 10, 2020

    Beaver Lake – supporting NWA growth and protecting the White River Basin against flooding

    Created after the 1966 completion of the Beaver Dam, the lake was part of a comprehensive flood control plan meant to protect the White River Basin. Working as a single system, the lakes of the basin were meant to reduce both the frequency and severity of floods both in the region and downstream as the White eventually joins the Mississippi River.

  • Dam Safety Program

    The purposes of a dam safety program are to protect life, property and the environment by ensuring that all dams are designed, constructed, operated and maintained safely and effectively.

  • Resource efficiency managers converging in Huntsville for workshops

    A workshop for resource efficiency managers set for March 10-12 in Huntsville, Alabama, will provide a training and guidance enabling attending contracted subject-matter energy experts, company representatives, and REM program customers to enhance their installation energy program’s effectiveness.
  • Daniel Hickman, a civil engineering technician and member of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Team, sets up equipment for a UAS flight over a landslide at the Vicksburg National Military Park

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center assists in mudslide assessment

    A team of researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center assisted the Vicksburg National Military Park in assessing landslides and erosion on the grounds.
  • LaGrange Lock and Dam Rehabilitation Work

    Backlog of Maintenance

    The Major Rehabilitation and Major Maintenance Program for the Locks and Dams on the Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway has been ongoing since 1975. Major rehabilitation consists of reliability or efficiency improvements.
  • Far East District welcomes new Assistant District Counsel

    Far East District welcomes new Assistant District Counsel

    CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Far East District (FED),

  • Big Creek Remedial Works

    The Big Creek Remedial Works Project was awarded the 1976 Chief of Engineers Distinguished Design Award.
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    St. Francis Basin projects ready to advertise

    The Memphis District Design Teams are celebrating the recent completion of designs for four supplemental projects now ready to be advertised. The packages have been sent to the contracting team for award this fiscal year.
  • Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant workers place the first 8-inch projectile containing GB nerve agent in a tray to begin the destruction process in the Munitions Demilitarization Building in Richmond, Kentucky, Jan. 16, 2020.

    Nerve agent destruction begins at Blue Grass Army Depot

    Full-scale chemical agent destruction operations at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant at the Blue Grass Army Depot began Jan. 17 with the destruction of the first 8-inch projectile containing GB nerve agent in the main plant.

  • 20-011 Corps continues assisting flood recovery efforts

    Walla Walla Wash. - The Walla Walla River basin's rain-on-snow event resulted in historic flows on most streams and rivers in the region. In the aftermath of the flood event, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District shifted their focus from flood fighting to helping restore some of the surrounding flood effected areas.
  • Aerial photo of the study area.

    Final EIS for San Francisco to Stockton Navigation Improvement Project Now Available

    The Final General Reevaluation Report (GRR) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the San
  • Matt Masten (left), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Arizona-Nevada Area Office chief of technical and environmental support section, speaks with Rachel Kerr, a geologist and program manager at Ahtna Environmental, Inc., and Fran Firouzi (center), a district project manager for the Installation Restoration Program. The presentation was held under the guise of the Army Defense Environmental Restoration Program as the Installation Restoration Program in this case. The program manager is the Army Environmental Center and USACE supports the program through the local district as the executing agent for environmental remediation at the fort.

    Fort Huachuca Vehicle Maintenance Facility final decision document

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted a public meeting Mar. 4 in Sierra Vista, Arizona, announcing the final decision on soil remediation related to the Fort Huachuca Vehicle Maintenance Facility, Bldg. 72805.

  • USACE To Temporarily Close Jennings Ferry Campground

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Black Warrior & Tombigbee Lakes recreation area will temporarily close the Jennings Ferry campground from March 5-19 due to the impacts of heavy rains on facility dump stations.
  • Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak Guidance

    Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak Guidance

    Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak Guidance Current CDC guidance regarding Coronavirus is that individuals returning from Countries with a Level 3 Travel Health Notice (currently China, S. Korea, Iran and Italy) should STAY home for 14 days from the time they left the area.

  • Statement from USINDOPACOM on Republic of Korea Travel Restriction ****

    CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- The number of reported cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to rise in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Effective immediately, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in line with the CDC Travel Health Notice, restricts all nonessential DoD travel to ROK to reduce risks associated with COVID-19. This travel restriction applies to all military, civilians and contractors under U.S Indo-Pacific command authority.
  • Master Sgt. Rudy Parsons, a pararescueman in the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, searches debris fields with Callie, his search-and-rescue dog, in Cookeville, Tenn., March 3, 2019. Parsons and Callie searched for survivors of the multiple tornadoes that hit middle Tennessee earlier that morning, claiming 24 lives. Parsons and Callie — the only certified search-and-rescue dog in the Department of Defense — covered approximate one square mile in five hours. The Dutch shepherd is able to clear rubble piles in minutes using her keen sense of smell, saving hours or days over traditional search-and-rescue methods. (Courtesy Photo)

    Ky. Air Guardsman, search-and-rescue K9 clear tornado rubble in Tenn.

    A pararescueman from the Kentucky Air National Guard and his specially trained search-and-rescue dog, Callie, played a key role in Tennessee earlier this week when they searched for survivors following devastating tornadoes that struck the Nashville area early March 3.
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    Elk Chute: Working together helps deliver the program

    What’s the best way to solve a problem with a project? Anticipate and act on it BEFORE it becomes a problem! That was exactly the goal of a team from our Caruthersville (Missouri) Area Office when they joined representatives from Dumey Contracting for a “Partnering” meeting on Feb. 19 at the beginning of work on the Elk Chute Levee Setback Project.
  • Temporarily Closed for Maintenance. Barges exiting The Dalles Navigation Lock

    Columbia and Snake river navigation locks will close March 7 for annual maintenance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland and Walla Walla districts will close all Corps navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers March 7 at 6 a. m. for regularly scheduled annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs.
  • West Point Dam

    USACE To Close West Point Dam Road Temporarily

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at West Point Lake will temporarily close vehicular and pedestrian traffic across West Point Dam Road March 9, 2020, 8:00 a.m., to March 27, 2020, 4:00 p.m., to ensure public safety during the maintenance of West Point Dam.
  • The Scientific / Technical Award of Excellence recognized the Mosul Dam Bottom Outlet Plunge Pool, a team effort led by Mr. Mike Phillips from IWR’s Risk Management Center (RMC). Shown here are Mike Phillips and Bill Empson with Sal Todaro and the Iraqis at the Mosul Dam, Iraq (2019)

    Another Year of Excellence as IWR Celebrates with Awards

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.   The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Institute for Water Resources
  • A logging crew conducts tree removal during a timber harvest on the training ranges of Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

    From mid-Atlantic to Canada, Norfolk District foresters manage unique Army program

    FORT A.P. HILL, Va. – For a pair of Real Estate Office staffers at Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, there really is no confusing the forest for the trees. District foresters Andrew Willey and Stefan Flores are responsible for timber sales and helping manage forests on military installations and other Army real property.
  • A logging crew conducts tree removal during a timber harvest on the training ranges of Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

    From mid-Atlantic to Canada, Norfolk District foresters manage unique Army program

    FORT A.P. HILL, Va. – For a pair of Real Estate Office staffers at Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, there really is no confusing the forest for the trees. District foresters Andrew Willey and Stefan Flores are responsible for timber sales and helping manage forests on military installations and other Army real property.

  • Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)

    The Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), seeks to provide a safe, reliable, cost effective and environment sustainable waterborne navigation system by implementing switchboats at five locks, constructing mooring cells and seven new 1,200 foot locks. NESP will restore the aquatic and terrestrial habitat to a more natural condition on more than 100,000 acres throughout the system through a wide variety of ecosystem projects.
  • Microscope view of virus.

    DOD Outlines Priorities in Combating Coronavirus

    DOD has an advantage it is sharing with civilian agencies in that the Defense Department has been doing pandemic planning for more than 20 years, said Robert G. Salesses, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense.  In addition, DOD conducts rigorous after-action reviews of real-world operations and situations, such as the ones against severe acute respiratory syndrome — SARS — first discovered in 2003. DOD also examined the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. 
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    Corps surveys the Keystone Dam

    The Memphis District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to perform survey support for districts outside of the Mississippi Valley Division. Recently, Surveyors Josh Beam and Phil Pettit from the Memphis Survey Section completed a survey of the Keystone Dam, which is located west of Tulsa, Oklahoma on Keystone Lake near the community of Sand Springs.
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    Noteworthy realty service

    Some would say there’s nothing better than getting a thank you note after you’ve done a good job, especially when the job can be a sensitive time for those involved. Meet Joshua A. Neisen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Realty Specialist for the Memphis District. He recently received a thank you note from both landowners and the District Commander for a job well done.
  • Chicago Harbor Lock

    Chicago Harbor Lock – busiest in nation last year for lockages, vessels

    The Chicago Harbor Lock, located in Chicago and adjacent to Navy Pier, separates the waters of Lake Michigan from the Chicago River. It is one of two entrances from the Great Lakes to the Illinois Waterway System. And, according to its Lockmaster Selwyn Tyrone Valley, last year it hit a milestone.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold its 2015 FNOD quarterly restoration advisory board meeting March 25, 6-8 p.m., at the Courtyard Marriott, located at 8060 Harbour View Boulevard, Suffolk, Virginia.

    Nansemond project’s Restoration Advisory Board to meet Thursday

    SUFFOLK, Va. — Restoration efforts at Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot remain a priority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The project's next Restoration Advisory Board meeting is set for Thursday from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. at Tidewater Community College’s Center for Workforce Solutions.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold its 2015 FNOD quarterly restoration advisory board meeting March 25, 6-8 p.m., at the Courtyard Marriott, located at 8060 Harbour View Boulevard, Suffolk, Virginia.

    Nansemond project’s Restoration Advisory Board to meet Thursday

    SUFFOLK, Va. — Restoration efforts at Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot remain a priority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The project's next Restoration Advisory Board meeting is set for Thursday from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. at Tidewater Community College’s Center for Workforce Solutions.
  • The Information Technology Laboratory’s newest facility will make you feel like you’ve traveled forward in time. The Dynamic Immersive Virtual Environment (DIVE) laboratory allows researchers to test and develop solutions for the Department of Defense using leading augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) gear. The rise of this technology has already changed the way we work and learn, and it will now be used to allow Army engineers, scientists, and stakeholders to immerse themselves in true scale, 3D environments.

    Want a glimpse of the future? Look no further than ITL’s new DIVE laboratory.

    The newest facility at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) will make you feel like you’ve traveled forward in time. The Dynamic Immersive Virtual Environment (DIVE) laboratory allows researchers to test and develop solutions for the Department of Defense (DoD) using leading augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) gear. The rise of this technology has already changed the way we work and learn, and it will now be used to allow Army engineers, scientists, and stakeholders to immerse themselves in true scale, 3D environments.