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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with other federal agencies announced today the release of the updated National Wetland Plant List. This national list of wetland plants by species and their wetland ratings provides general botanical information about wetland plants and is used extensively by federal and state agencies, the scientific and academic communities, and the private sector in wetland delineations and the planning and monitoring of wetland mitigation and restoration sites.
Updated 2012 National Wetland Plant List is available
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with other federal agencies announced today the release of the updated National Wetland Plant List. This national list of wetland plants by species and their wetland ratings provides general botanical information about wetland plants and is used extensively by federal and state agencies, the scientific and academic communities, and the private sector in wetland delineations and the planning and monitoring of wetland mitigation and restoration sites.
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ARLINGTON, Va. — The Honorable Dr. Joseph Westphal, Under Secretary of the Army, presents Maj. Gen. Merdith
USACE receives Small Business Excellence award
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Honorable Dr. Joseph Westphal, Under Secretary of the Army, presents Maj. Gen. Merdith "Bo" Temple, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acting commander and chief of engineers, the highest award for Small Business Excellence from the Secretary of the Army during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Apr. 23, 2012. Also photographed are Thomas L. Lamont, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (right of Temple), and Lt. Gen. William T. Grisoli, Director, Office of Business Transformation.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers formally reopened its Washington, D.C.-area Veterans Curation Program (VCP) laboratory at its new location in Alexandria, Va., May 1. Devine Speights (right), an Army and Navy veteran and a participant in the Veterans Curation Program, explains details about the archaeological curation process to two attendees at the VCP Laboratory Open House.
Veterans Curation Program laboratory opens in new location
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers formally reopened its Washington, D.C.-area Veterans Curation Program (VCP) laboratory at its new location in Alexandria, Va., May 1. Devine Speights (right), an Army and Navy veteran and a participant in the Veterans Curation Program, explains details about the archaeological curation process to two attendees at the VCP Laboratory Open House.
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Robert E LeeROBERT E. LEE SERVED 26 YEARS AS CORPS OF ENGINEERS OFFICER: Robert E. Lee was a United States Army engineer officer from 1829 to 1855. Born on 19 January 1807 in Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lee’s father was Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee. Home-schooled by his parents until he was thirteen, he then entered an academy in Alexandria, Virginia. After a year at a Quaker prep school, he entered the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York on 1 July 1825. An excellent student, Lee graduated number two in the class of 1829 and entered the Corps of Engineers.

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USACE employee wins Emergency Preparedness and Employee Safety Award
5/15/2012
Keeping people safe is U'.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South Commander, Air Force Col. Benjamin Wham's number one priority.

USACE defers shoreline activity requests at Greers Ferry Lake
5/15/2012
To provide the best value to the largest number of people possible during these austere economic times, the Army Corps of Engineers’ Greers Ferry Project Office will stop accepting requests for shoreline use permits from May 15 until Oct. 1.

A bird helping birds: Tulsa District uses helicopter to prepare habitat for endangered birds
5/11/2012
For the first time, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District used a helicopter to spray herbicide on four Interior Least Tern islands along the navigation system.

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AFGHANISTAN — Jeffrey Ice, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District - South safety specialist, reviews the safety board at a USACE construction site in Helmand province May 8, 2012.
WIESBADEN, Germany — The stumbling stones, shiny brass plaques, are placed in the sidewalk throughout Wiesbaden and across Europe to memorialize the millions of Jews, gays, resistance fighters and Gypsies who perished between 1933 and 1945.
WIESBADEN, Germany — Defense Contract Management Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District volunteers honor local Holocaust victims by cleaning individual memorials and attending the installation of a new Stolperstein or "stumble stone" for Dr. Stein here, May 2, 2012.
WIESBADEN, Germany — Defense Contract Management Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District volunteers honor local Holocaust victims by cleaning individual memorials and attending the installation of a new Stolperstein or "stumble stone" for Dr. Stein here, May 2, 2012.
WIESBADEN, Germany — Rich Gifaldi, a sustainability engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, helps Asante Lattimore and Corey Ruben with a solar energy problem during his presentation at the Wiesbaden Middle School.
OKLAHOMA — Dick Fluke, contractor from AirPro, Inc. refuels the helicopter used to spray an EPA-approved herbicide on Interior Least Tern islands on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Oklahoma. This is the first time the Corps has sprayed by helicopter. In the past, the herbicide was administered by boat.
OKLAHOMA — Ryan Smith and Dick Fluke, contractors from AirPro, Inc., examine GPS coordinates of the Interior Least Tern Islands on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Oklahoma. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District, used a helicopter to prepare least tern habitat.
OKLAHOMA — A helicopter prepares to land on the refueling platform after spraying one of the Interior Least Tern islands along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Oklahoma. The Corps used an EPA-approved herbicide to spray the island for the bird, which prefers barren sandbars along river systems as habitat.
OKLAHOMA — A helicopter sprays an EPA-approved herbicide over an Interior Least Tern island along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System; this is the first time a helicopter was used. In the past, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District sprayed by boat, which was more time consuming, costly and less effective.
CHARLESTON, SC — The 27th Engineer Battalion (27th ENB), which is based out of Fort Bragg, NC, is commanded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District’s former District Deputy, Lt. Col. Michael Ellicott. The 27th ENB spent May 2, 2012 with the Charleston District during a regular 27th ENB’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) session. The 27th ENB’s LDP was put together by their Command and key leaders in the 27th ENB participate in it. The 27th ENB came to the Charleston District to learn more about the District, what we do and how we operate. While with the Charleston District, the 27th ENB’s LDP experienced a wetland delineation from Robert Huff, a biologist with the Charleston District. It is important for the Corps to educate others about wetland delineations and how performing a delineation is important to our environment.

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