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  • June

    Jennings Randolph Lake announces Fourth of July scheduled activities

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Jennings Randolph Lake will host tours of the dam, interpretative programs and other family friendly activities as part of this year’s (2014) Fourth of July weekend.
  • NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk District leadership gathered May 19, 2014 for hurricane contingency planning in the case the district's headquarters, the Waterfield Building, was heavily damaged during a storm. The Continuity of Operations meeting anticipated needs, abilities and work-arounds for the more than 300 Norfolk District employees. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Worst-case scenario forecasting helps district plan for hurricane season

    Six feet of murky river water swirls around desks, seeps through walls and begins corroding wires. It’s a scenario that would put Norfolk District out for six months and cause $10 million or more in damage. “All it would take is a hurricane catching us at high tide and that could be a reality for us,” said Stan Ballard, district emergency management services chief. Ballard gathered leadership for Continuity of Operations meeting, or COOP, to anticipate needs, abilities and work-arounds for the more than 300 Norfolk District employees in such a scenario.

  • Worst-case scenario forecasting helps district plan for hurricane season

    Six feet of murky river water swirls around desks, seeps through walls and begins corroding wires. It’s a scenario that would put Norfolk District out for six months and cause $10 million or more in damage.

  • May

    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.

    FNOD Restoration Advisory Board meets June 5

    Community members can learn more about the Formerly Used Defense Site here and latest clean-up progress during the project’s quarterly Restoration Advisory Board meeting on Thursday, June 5, from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m.

  • October

    Army Corps announces changes to recreation area campground closures

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District will close recreation area campgrounds earlier than originally planned due to the current lack of an appropriations bill. Since the government shutdown started, the District has been routinely monitoring fiscal year 2013 funds in order to minimize the public’s impact and adhere to their normal closing date schedule. However, with those funds uncertain past October 31, two timelines have been adjusted in order to winterize facilities.

  • Army Corps announces changes to recreation area campground closures

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District will close recreation area campgrounds earlier than originally planned due to the current lack of an appropriations bill. With funds uncertain past October 31, two timelines have been adjusted in order to winterize facilities.

  • Corps to restart D.C. levee upgrade project at 17th Street

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District is pleased to announce that today Colonial Surety Company has reached an agreement with Akima Construction Services, LLC to complete the construction of the levee closure structure at 17th Street, part of the Washington, D.C. Local Flood Protection Project.

  • September

    Corps of Engineers celebrates National Public Lands Day, creates habitat

    The Baltimore District at Jennings Randolph Lake will host their 20th Annual National Public Lands Day event, Sept. 28. The staff with local Boy Scouts of America and the Friends of Jennings Randolph Lake will add bundled Christmas trees donated for recycling earlier this year to the lake creating cover for fish and enhancing nursery habitat for juvenile fish. In turn, this will benefit shoreline fishing and overall fish habitat at Jennings Randolph Lake.

  • Corps of Engineers celebrates National Public Lands Day, creates habitat

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will waive day use fees at its more than 2,400 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in recognition of National Public Lands Day on Sept. 28. On this day, fees normally charged at boat launch ramps and swimming beaches will be waived.
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    Corps of Engineers Baltimore District launches new phone App

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District recently launched a mobile App to enhance the way visitors are able to access important information about district flood control and recreation projects, navigation, contracting opportunities, and water safety.

  • Corps of Engineers Baltimore District launches new phone App

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, recently launched a mobile App to enhance the way visitors are able to access important information about district flood control and recreation projects, navigation, contracting opportunities, and water safety.
  • Lynette Rhodes is the chief of the Southern Virginia Regulatory Permit Section.

    Lynette Rhodes’ long, winding road leads back home

    For Lynette Rhodes, there’s no place like home. No place that has come close to evoking the childlike joy of her beloved Norfolk. So when Rhodes returned to Norfolk 17 years later, it felt like it was meant to be.

  • April

    Going Green: Army Corps unveils new master plan for oyster recovery

    Since the turn of the 20th century, oyster populations in the Chesapeake Bay have declined dramatically, largely due to disease, overharvesting, loss of habitat, and degraded water quality. With the State of Maryland placing increased emphasis on restoring the Chesapeake Bay, oyster restoration remains paramount in improving the Bay's vitality.

  • February

    Cathleen Barry

    District employee recognized as a New Face in Engineering

    She may not have dreamed of getting lowered underground or working on the largest federal facility
  • Dr. Robert Wright, a program manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, was honored on Feb. 8 as a Modern Day Technology Leader at the annual Black Engineers of the Year Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.

    Baltimore District engineer honored as a Modern Day Technology Leader at BEYA ceremony

    Dr. Robert Wright, a program manager in the Programs and Project Management Division-Civil, was
  • Lt. Col. Edward Chamberlayne (left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, teams up with Baltimore District Commander Col. Trey Jordan to present the ceremonial check for the project to replace the 1.6 million square foot roof and mechanical systems at the Eastern Distribution Center, DLA Distribution, New Cumberland, Pa. This Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization project will be completed in 2015.

    Corps and DLA Distribution officials team together on a huge roof replacement project

    Corps officials from both Charleston and Baltimore Districts joined DLA Distribution leaders for the

  • December

    Corps of Engineers awards contract at Fort Detrick, Md.

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, awarded a $14,307,650 contract on Dec. 17, 2012, to Grimberg/Amatea GC JV to renovate the existing water treatment plant on Fort Detrick, Md.

  • Corps of Engineers demolishes house in Washington, D.C.

    As the excavator scraped the side of the stately colonial brickhouse at 4825 Glenbrook Road N.W., people gathered to watch the long-awaited demolition in Spring Valley.

  • October

    STEM programs connect students with District employees

    After attending the "Easy as Pi" event sponsored by the Baltimore Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) last spring, some students are better equipped with what they need to do to excel in a specific field.

  • Corps of Engineers project pulls out World War II fuel storage tanks

    Early in World War II, the U.S. government acquired a 305 acre area in Monaca, Pa., on the banks of Raccoon Creek northwest of Pittsburgh. The purpose was strategic and secret -- build six petroleum, oil and lubricant storage tanks to store almost 10 million gallons of fuel as the East Coast reserve for defense fuel.