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    Westrick Park at The Dalles Dam has become a prime roosting habitat for bald eagles in recent years.

    Dalles Lock and Dam welcomes raptor (and human) visitors during Eagle Watch 2013

    Nestled between Oregon and Washington is the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, home to year-round resident bald eagles and temporary host to hundreds more eagles that winter there. As northern rivers and lakes freeze over and animals go into hibernation, food sources become scarce and the eagles migrate to the Gorge.
  • Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations Maj. Gen. Michael J. Walsh looks on during Great Minds in STEM's Viva Technology Day at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Jan. 18 2013. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than half of the 30 fastest-growing occupations through 2018 are science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM-related. Environmental engineers are leading the way at an expected 31 percent job growth.

    STEM students building bridges to bright futures

    LOS ANGELES -- During Great Minds in STEM's Viva Technology Day at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Jan. 18, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick delivered last-minute instructions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, students during the beam bridge challenge.
  • New York Recovery Field Office Commander Lt. Col. John A. Knight (at left) and RFO Operations Chief Sean O'Donnell speak with local homeowners, Fire Island, N.Y., Jan. 11, 2013. The Corps of Engineers and the municipalities on Fire Island are exploring alternate ways of removing debris from the narrow walkways and paths that exist on the remote barrier.

    Corps awards Fire Island debris removal contract

    Yaphank, New York -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Jan. 25 the award of a Hurricane Sandy debris removal contract worth $8.8 million to DS3 Enterprises Inc. of Central Islip, N.Y.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District continues work in December on NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe International School campus in Mons, Belgium. The endeavor, funded collectively by Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe and NATO, will bring new elementary, middle and high schools to DoDDS students and new classrooms for the international school in an environmentally sustainable campus setting. Officials have targeted 2018 for completion of the entire campus.

    Taking SHAPE: USACE projects key to organization's future

    MONS, Belgium -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing a major push into upgrading decades-old buildings on the NATO base here as part of an endeavor that will have a lasting impact on the culture and mission of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, military and education leaders say.
  • This aerial view of the solar photovoltaic array at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., was taken, Jan. 8, 2013. The panels cover 42 acres and provide more than four megawatts of electricity to the base.

    Army Corps of Engineers completes Army's largest solar array installation

    WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M.-- The largest solar power system in the U.S. Army is coming online at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and officials gathered Jan. 16, to mark the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
  • Lori Gardner (right), the Afghanistan Engineer District-South Tarin Kowt Resident Office Engineer, and Capt. Daniel Sunden, the resident office officer in charge, review site plans on a helicopter ride to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project site in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan.

    Building Afghanistan: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at work

    KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- How does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oversee construction in Afghanistan? Who decides the scope, design, location or budget of the projects? The answers to those questions are not simple, neither are the steps involved in bringing projects to completion.
  • Fire Island, N.Y. - Close quarters and narrow egress paths make for challenging debris removal following the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy. The Corps continues to work with all of its federal, state and local partners as we support the townships on Fire Island in their recovery effort.

    Challenges on Fire Island

    Hurricane Sandy's horror and destruction came ashore in the Northeast region Oct. 29, 2012, its tropical force winds and storm surge impacted millions in 15 states. One of the areas hit in New York by the storm was a barrier island called Fire Island.
  • Jason Cade, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District Leadership Development Program team member delivers an e-lesson on the physics behind roller coaters to a Wiesbaden Middle School eighth-grade class via video conference at the district's headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany Dec. 19, 2012.

    Web conferencing brings Army engineers to DoDDS classroom

    WIESBADEN, Germany - A live video stream of eighth-grade physics students displayed on Jason Cade's computer screen. After a quick audio check, Cade, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District project manager and mining engineer, with the assistance of his colleagues, used face-to-face video conferencing to teach a lesson on roller coaster engineering to Wiesbaden Middle School students recently.

  • Interagency Report Published on Information Required for Short-Term Water Management Decisions

    WASHINGTON - Adapting to future climate change impacts requires capabilities in hydroclimate monitoring, short-term prediction and application of such information to support contemporary water management decisions. These needs were identified in a report, "Short-Term Water Management Decisions: User Needs for Improved Climate, Weather, and Hydrologic Information."
  • This image from the "Civil works transformation" video (http://bit.ly/UojcHX) shows Steve Stockton, director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters, explaining how the Corps is transforming its civil works program to best serve the public, meet the nation's water resource needs and help the Corps remain relevant in the 21st century. (U.S. Army illustration)

    Army Corps of Engineers to transform civil works program

    "The Civil Works transformation is really about how we adapt to the change that's going on all around us," said Steve Stockton, director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters. "Our fiscal climate is very constrained, expectations are high and we don't have enough federal resources to do all that is expected from us. These are only a couple of challenges we are facing."
  • From the left: Eric Milstrey, USAID District Stability team lead for Maiwand, Alan Avery, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 565th Forward Engineer Support Team-Advance, and Lt. Col. Robert Bensburg, Regional Command-South Stability Division, Infrastructure officer in charge, discuss a proposed electric utility improvement project in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 29, 2012.

    U.S. to improve electric grid in Kandahar Province

    KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Electricity is a scarce resource in Kandahar City, but should become less so for Kandahar government district centers and businesses when four separate projects, designed to improve electricity distribution in key areas of the city, are completed by winter 2013.
  • Marcy Leavitt, Texas/New Mexico Branch Chief of the Albuquerque District's Regulatory Division, recently received two honors recognizing her work in preserving water resources in New Mexico.

    Albuquerque District regulator receives two awards for water work

    Marcy Leavitt, Texas/New Mexico Branch Chief of the Albuquerque District's Regulatory Division, recently received two honors recognizing her work that has helped protect not just water quality, but also watersheds and headwaters -- precious resources in an arid state.
  • An artist's rendering of the new maintenance complex at Kunsan Air Base completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District. Leaders and representatives from Kunsan Air Base cut the ribbon on the final phase of the complex Dec. 18. This new complex consolidates maintenance facilities which were spread out over the air base.

    Far East District, 8th Fighter Wing open final wing of new maintenance facility

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District and members of the U.S. Air Force's 8th Fighter Wing "Wolf Pack" cut the ribbon on the final phase of a new maintenance complex at Kunsan Air Base Dec. 18.
  • The removal of 890 cubic yards of limestone from the navigation channel on the Mississippi River near Thebes, Ill., began Dec. 17, 2012. This is just one phase of the action the Corps is taking to improve the navigation channel for the river industry.

    Corps keeps Mississippi River open as drought continues

    ST. LOUIS– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to project river stages will sustain the authorized 9-foot deep commercial navigation channel between St. Louis, Mo., and Cairo, Ill. The Corps continues to apply all available capabilities and resources to keep the channel open.