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  • Newark Bay Dredging is Team Effort: Supports Safe Navigation, Environment, Commerce

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has completed dredging four federal navigation channels in New York-New Jersey Harbor ─ Newark Bay Main Channel, Port Newark, Port Elizabeth and South Elizabeth ⎼ through the Newark Bay Maintenance Dredging Project. The work supports deep-draft commercial vessels calling on The Port of New York that, in turn, generates billions for the regional economy each year.

  • From curiosity to conservation: How a young park ranger discovered two rare, old-growth forests

    Youghiogheny River Lake now has two forests registered into the Old-Growth Forest Network, which is a nationwide nonprofit with volunteers across the country who find the last remnants of old-growth forests in North America. The two newly-discovered forests are Klondike Ridge forest in Pennsylvania and the Mill Run forest in Maryland. Less than one percent of all forests east of the Mississippi River are considered old growth, containing trees older than 70 or 80 years old.

  • USACE upgrades fueling infrastructure at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District recently completed a $21 million project to

  • LA District, Yavapai-Apache Nation sign project agreement for wastewater treatment plant

    A project agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and the Yavapai-Apache Nation was recently signed to solidify federal support for a wastewater treatment plant on the Nation’s reservation at Camp Verde, Arizona.

  • Army Corps to collect Christmas trees at Woodcock Creek Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District will begin accepting live evergreen Christmas trees at Woodcock Creek Lake, which will be used for aquatic habitat improvement projects, beginning Dec. 27.

  • Recycle real Christmas trees at Thurmond, Hartwell Lakes for fish habitat

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District’s Forest, Fish, and Wildlife Section at the J. Strom Thurmond Lake and the Hartwell Dam and Lake will accept real Christmas trees for recycling as fish habitat again this season.

  • Student Employment Open House at Rend Lake Coming Up

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Rend Lake is recruiting for Student Trainee Intern Positions (Pathways Interns) for the 2025 recreation season. The Pathways Internship Program provides paid opportunities to explore federal careers while still in school.

  • USACE Interference Management Standard v1.0

    Abstract: The Interference Management Standard (IMS) is a comprehensive framework designed to streamline the coordination of design, construction, and operation and maintenance models. The IMS provides clear guidelines, defined goals, and objectives to ensure effective interference management. The process encompasses several stages: authoring and compiling models, clash detection, clash analysis, conflict resolution, report compilation, and deliverables submission. By implementing the IMS, users can expect im-proved efficiency and accuracy in model coordination, leading to enhanced project outcomes.

  • Building leaders: Three USACE Far East District employees graduate leadership program

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Far East District recognized three employees for completing the USACE Leadership Development Program (ULDP) Level 3 Dec. 5, 2024, in a virtual ceremony. The class included 10 people from across USACE Pacific Ocean Division. ULDP aims to cultivate leadership at all levels within USACE “regardless of their formal position or role in their organization, to develop their leadership potential, knowledge and skills.”

  • USACE Vicksburg District announces it will not raise pool levels at Felsenthal Lock and Dam for Waterfowl Season

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces that the biannual planned pool raise at Felsenthal Lock and Dam, located on the Ouachita River in south central Arkansas, will not take place this year. The purpose of the pool raise is to expand acreage for waterfowl hunts within the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge.