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    Agencies prune plant list

    When the national wetland plant list was initially rolled out to the web in May 2012 the Corp’s Regulatory Office said there would be periodic changes. Earlier this month those periodic changes became a reality.
  • ERDC, Fort Worth District share 2013 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Innovation of the Year Award

    FORT WORTH, Texas – Ten persons from one laboratory and one district share this year’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Innovation of the Year Award for development and deployment of the BUILDER Sustainment Management System.
  • Sea ice scallops may hold key to impact of climate change on melting glaciers

    HANOVER, N.H.—As a continuing research project, New York University scientists and students were recently at ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory conducting research in the laboratory’s flume for follow-on testing of sea ice scallops, a fundamental approach to better understand the dynamics of melting glaciers and climate change.
  • Corps collaborates on teacher training to help promote STEM

    LOS ANGELES — Teachers from among 20 schools in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles gathered recently to learn techniques for incorporating hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, in their classrooms.
  • Albuquerque District offers STEM Internship

    People use acronyms and abbreviations such as NASA or FBI because they are less clumsy and easier to write and remember than the complete expression they represent. One of the newest acronyms gaining mainstream usage is STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
  • USACE talks STEM at Boy Scouts Summerfest

    SAVANNAH, Ga. - A group of 275 scouts representing seven states explored potential career paths in STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - during the annual Coastal Empire Council Boy Scouts of America Summerfest, July 22. Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District staffed an exhibit at Summerfest demonstrating the functions of wetlands and the importance of regulating them.
  • Middle East Meets West: The Ebb and Flow of International Water Management

    COCHITI LAKE, N.M.-- The Cochiti Project office, Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, had the honor of hosting Water Managers from various countries in the Middle East on July 3. The visiting managers represented the countries of Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Yemen. This opportunity was made possible through the International Visitor Leadership Program, a program set up through the U.S. Department of State.
  • Army Corps Dredged Material Used as a Natural Resource

    Dredged rock material from the Army Corps' Harbor Deepening Project is a valued natural resource that is environmentally beneficial for the construction of artificial reefs
  • Army Corps of Engineers signs first cooperation agreement with Nicholls State University

    THIBODAUX, La.-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, signed its first Memorandum of Agreement with Nicholls State University, July 17. The Memorandum of Agreement, or MOA, establishes the basis for mutual understanding and cooperation between the corps and the university, with a focus on the school's Department of Applied Science, Geomatics Program.
  • Debris management planning underway in Bangladesh

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with its debris mission experience under Emergency Support Function #3 of the U.S. National Response Framework, is sharing its experience and lessons-learned to assist Bangladesh with the development of a draft plan to manage post-disaster debris recovery.
  • Tomorrow's engineers tackle internships in Europe

    WIESBADEN, Germany- With four right hands raised in the air, the 17th class of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District interns took the civilian service oath of office. The district welcomed Michael Gray-Lewis, Yillian Rivera, Donatello Barrett and Tiffany Williams -- this year's Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering students -- to Europe in early June.
  • Gathright Dam ‘pulse release’ to increase Jackson River water flow

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will conduct a pulse release on Tuesday, July 23, beginning at approximately 6 a.m.
  • Corps helps prepare future engineering students at Tennessee State University

    NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District collaborated with the Tennessee State University Engineering Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 9 through July 7, 2013. Corps personnel mentored and instructed students on a variety of engineering classes and current projects.
  • Army Corps of Engineers helps return of stolen artifacts

    GALLUP, N.M.-- The Army Corps of Engineers recently repatriated a large cache of sacred artifacts to the Navajo Nation.This is the first time in the history of the Omaha District, with some assistance from the Albuquerque District, that artifacts have been returned to any tribal nation in accordance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Act.
  • District inactivates after four years of delivering critical infrastructure

    KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan --Afghanistan Engineer District-South marked its inactivation after four years of delivering critical infrastructure projects in Afghanistan with a ceremony held on Kandahar Airfield July 11. Over the course of four years, the district's technical experts completed nearly 200 projects valued at $1.4 billion that improved the safety, security and well-being of Afghans, US and Coalition Forces.
  • Two Baltimore District teams recognized for excellence in sustainability

    Two Baltimore District Planning teams were recognized at the 2013 USACE Sustainability Awards for
  • Two Baltimore District teams recognized for excellence in sustainability

    Two Baltimore District Planning teams were recognized at the 2013 USACE Sustainability Awards for their excellence in sustainability, design and construction achievement, with one team winning the Green Innovation Award and the other winning the Green Dream Team Award.
  • District employee shares ‘passion’ for fishing

    With summer’s arrival and a pair of major European competitions on the horizon, Brad Smudzinski wants to get more people hooked on fishing, even while chasing his own dreams in the sport.
  • District employee shares ‘passion’ for fishing

    With summer’s arrival and a pair of major European competitions on the horizon, Brad Smudzinski wants to get more people hooked on fishing, even while chasing his own dreams in the sport.
  • Craney Island’s oyster mitigation project set for summer launch

    Oysters are expanding their real estate in the Elizabeth River and Hoffler Creek this summer, thanks to a USACE, VPA partnership to construct 16 acres of oyster reef, part of the Craney Island Eastward Expansion project.
  • Algiers Lock: Vital Shipping Structure being repaired

    One of the oldest missions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is to ensure safe and reliable navigation on our Nation's waterways. For the New Orleans District, this mission includes operating and maintaining eight locks along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the nation's third busiest inland waterway. If one of these locks becomes inoperable for any reason, it is the Corps' top priority to return the lock to service as soon as possible.
  • Science and arts symposium keeps students focused

    The Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center and the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville collaborated on this science, technology, engineering, math and arts education outreach event, providing mentors and judges for the science and technology competition. The experience gave students a clearer picture of what skills are needed to work in careers, particularly in the fields of science, technology and mathematics.
  • Army Corps of Engineers deepens vital navigational channel

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Fuel shortages and empty store shelves are a potential reality Alaskans will not have to face thanks to the work of 45 crewmembers aboard the Essayons, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned-and-operated hopper dredge.
  • Army Corps improves patient care at West Point hospital

    Today the Keller Army Community Hospital continues to carry on Dr. William Lordan Keller's commitment to patient care. To help it do this they called upon the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District to construct an addition to the hospital that will provide needed outpatient medical services for its Cadets. "The new addition will provide the patient beneficiaries with world class healthcare. West Point will have a hospital environment comparable to the very best private sector facilities," said Program Manager Maj. Christopher Kiss, U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency.
  • Army Corps improves patient care at West Point hospital

    In 1931 when President Herbert Hoover wanted to appoint Dr. William Lordan Keller as the Surgeon
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ trails designated as National Recreation Trails

    WASHINGTON –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced recently that five of its recreation trails have been designated national recreation trails by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The five are among 28 trails nationwide designated this year as new national recreation trails, and will join the national network of more than 1,200 previously designated trails that encompass more than 14,000 miles of existing trails and trail systems.
  • Army Corps improves patient care at West Point hospital

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District is constructing an addition to a hospital at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point that will provide needed outpatient medical services for its Cadets.
  • Corps construction contractor reaches critical safety milestone

    Contractors for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency New Campus East (NGA-NCE) project, along
  • Corps celebrates America's Great Outdoors, opens new pathway

    RAYSTOWN LAKE, Pa. -- A new 2.3 mile pathway around the Seven Points Recreation Area -- made 100 percent out of recycled materials - should reduce traffic congestion, increase pedestrian safety, and provide a healthy alternate to driving. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District celebrated an America's Great Outdoors event to officially open Raystown Lake's Greenside Pathway, June 20.
  • Play it safe on the lake this holiday weekend

    SAVANNAH, Ga. - Independence Day is right around the corner, and with it comes one of the busiest times of the year for recreation at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. With thousands of people expected to visit the lakes this weekend, the Corps reminds the public to play it safe on the water.