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David Gatterman, left, SSCAFCA executive engineer, and Lt. Col. Matthew Miller, Albuquerque District commander, sign the PPA, Oct. 8, 2024.
District, SSCFCA sign Project Partnership Agreement to protect Rio Grande water
Nov. 06, 2024 | 
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The Albuquerque District signed a Project Partnership Agreement with the Southern Sandoval County Flood Control Authority to provide federal support for a...
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A photo of the project area.
Pilot project tests new technology for collecting sediment from Niobrara River
Nov. 05, 2024 | 
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A joint research pilot project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and the...
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Participants fill sandbags during a flood fighting training Nov. 2, 2022, in Marin City, Calif.
USACE, partners kick off Marin City Flood Resilience Project with Nov. 7 community event
Nov. 05, 2024 | 
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Please join our Project Kickoff Celebration for the Marin City Flood Resilience Project on Thursday, Nov 7, 10-11 a.m. This event celebrates Marin City’s...
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Storm damaged after Hurricanes Marco and Laura in 2020. A multidisciplinary ERDC team is working to modernize widely used flood models such as StormSim and Hydrologic Engineering Center software by developing a vegetation index that more comprehensively quantifies vegetation stability on coastal levees. The index will incorporate an array of ecological measurements, such as root/shoot ratios, evapotranspiration rates, soil moisture, vegetation shear, root strength, and vegetation age, size and type. Photo courtesy of Dr. Navid Jafari and Dr. Jasmine Bekkaye, Natural Hazards Engineering Research Institute.
ERDC looks to modernize flood models with levee vegetation index
Nov. 05, 2024 | 
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A multidisciplinary ERDC team is working to modernize widely used flood models such as StormSim and Hydrologic Engineering Center software by developing a...
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Allison Stefanelli, Buffalo District Biologist
Allison Stefanelli dives into environmental waters and returns to biology interests
Nov. 04, 2024 | 
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Allison Stefanelli had a passion for the outdoors and all things nature from an early age. When it came time to start her career after college, she decided...
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Taylor Rycroft, a research environmental engineer, was named the 2024 USACE Researcher of the Year for his work with the Wellbot and Cyanobacterial Suppression through Ultraviolet-C Neutralization (CyanoSTUN) technologies.
ERDC’s Taylor Rycroft named USACE Researcher of the Year
Nov. 04, 2024 | 
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A researcher with the U. S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) is receiving recognition for his role in...
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HQ USACE News Releases

Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Veterans Day
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,850 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of Veterans Day, November 11...
Army Corps of Engineers waives fees and invites volunteers to participate in National Public Lands Day, Sept. 28
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it will waive day use fees normally charged at boat launch ramps and swimming beaches at its recreation areas nationwide in recognition of...
New Army Civil Works program announces 18 proposals are being invited to apply for federal financing for non-federal dam safety project
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today announced the first set of proposals being invited to apply for loans under the new Corps...
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Brandon Cockrell Energy Action Month
Army Multimedia and Visual Information Division
Sept. 17, 2024 | 1:31
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability promotes more efficient and effective use of energy in the U.S. Army around the globe.
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