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U.S. Engineering Team Assesses Colón, Panama’s Infrastructure Challenges, Strengthening Bilateral Partnership

By By Maj. Jason Elmore Joint Planning Support Element - Public Affairs Published May 15, 2025
A team from the U.S. Army’s 553rd Forward Engineer Support Team-Advance (FEST-A) drove around important parts of the city of Colón, Panama, surveying the stormwater and wastewater systems on May 13, 2025. The survey was designed to find ways to bolster the ongoing partnership between the United States and Panama while addressing one of Panama’s largest city’s long-standing infrastructure issues.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers encourages use of the Regulatory Request System for an improved permitting experience

HQ USACE Public Affairs Office Published May 8, 2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to encourage the public to use the Regulatory Request System (RRS) for an improved permitting experience. RRS, launched Jan. 31, 2024, provides a straightforward, transparent process for the timely submittal and review of permit requests.
Army Corps of Engineers reminds visitors to practice water safety

HQ USACE Public Affairs Office Published May 7, 2025
As millions of Americans plan visits to our nation’s lakes and rivers for the 2025 recreation season, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reminds visitors of the importance of practicing safe, sensible and thoughtful activities in, on and around open water.
USACE helps one of their own begin to recover

By Jordan Raiff U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southern California Wildfires Recovery Field Office Published May 6, 2025
As a former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, employee, Darius Wallace, had never seen anything like the Southern California wildfires that destroyed his home Jan. 7.
Strengthening community resilience through engineering

By Marcy Sanchez U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District Published May 5, 2025
In spring 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District Water Management team conducted its annual snow flight across southeastern Washington, Oregon, and Idaho—using aerial surveys and ground sampling to assess mountain snowpack’s depth, density, and melt stage. These measurements underpin precise runoff forecasts months in advance, guiding reservoir refill schedules, flood risk mitigation, hydropower release timing, and environmental flow requirements for the Columbia River Basin. The resultant forecasts support farmers’ irrigation planning, municipal and industrial water supply management, endangered fish flow scheduling, and recreational water‑level stability—strengthening regional resilience and community well‑being.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers teams support California Wildfire recovery

By Jordan Raiff U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southern California Wildfires Recovery Field Office Published May 6, 2025
Working on the Southern California wildfire recovery is incredibly challenging as people come together from across the country to deploy and offer their help.
Preserving the past: USACE supports mission to recover fire-surviving artifacts

By Jordan Raiff U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southern California Wildfires Recovery Field Office Published May 6, 2025
When the Southern California wildfires began to rage on Jan. 7, many in the Altadena and Pasadena areas tuned in to their TVs to watch the flames live from the Palisades and Malibu on the other side of Los Angeles. Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine they would be battling blazes of their own.

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