• White River Chinook runs rising through collaborative efforts, operational changes

    SEATTLE – The White River’s 2016 Chinook salmon run numbers were the best seen in 71 years until 2017’s run. Runs consistently averaged 1,565 in the early 2000s, but 2017’s count as of mid-October was 15,565, a 67 percent increase from 2016’s 9,347 total.
  • Predicting the Arctic sea ice, piece by piece

    HANOVER, N.H. (Oct. 23, 2107) - Viewed from an airplane or a ship’s deck, Arctic sea ice can appear
  • Whitney Point Dam celebrates 75 years of reducing flood risks

    When it was completed in 1942, Whitney Point Dam was the answer to what had been recurring disastrous floods for Binghamton, New York and other communities downstream of it. Since its completion in 1942, the dam has prevented an estimated $726 million in flood damages. The dam itself cost less than $6 million to complete.
  • Mentorship program offers opportunities for exploring new challenges

    VICKSBURG, Miss. (Oct. 19, 2017) - Two ways to keep work stimulating are to undertake new challenges
  • Thurmond Lake Project to mark some boundary lines over next few months

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Army Corps of Engineers will clear and remark the government boundary lines along portions of the J. Strom Thurmond Lake beginning Nov. 1 with the work continuing through the winter. Contracted crews will primarily work on the boundary in McCormick County, South Carolina.
  • Army Corps continues Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts

    NEW YORK – It’s been five years since Hurricane Sandy made history as the largest Atlantic hurricane on record when it made landfall near Brigantine, N.J. on Oct. 29, 2012. With wind gusts in excess of 75 miles per hour and storm surge that inundated much of the New York and New Jersey coasts, the storm killed more than 100 Americans and caused more than $50 billion in damages. Since the storm, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has supported repair and recovery efforts throughout the northeast.
  • Army Regional Environmental and Energy Office recognized for collaborative success

    The U.S. Army Regional Environmental and Energy Offices (REEOs) have been developing strong partnerships throughout the nation for more than 20 years. These partnerships enable the REEOs to work closely with military and regional policymakers to set standards that improve Army readiness, safety, and well-being.
  • Water levels near the DePere Dam to be lowered over the next few days

    DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is planning to drawdown the DePere
  • Corps takes public comment at Aliso Creek meeting

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, along with local sponsor Orange County Public Works, hosted a public meeting Oct. 17 to present the Aliso Creek Mainstem Ecosystem Restoration Study, describe the Tentatively Selected Plan and receive public input on the Draft Integrated Feasibility Report.
  • Chief of Mobile District’s Coastal Project Office supports disaster response operations in Puerto Rico

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – As the chief of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mobile District Coastal Project Office, Duane (Bubba) Poiroux is responsible for all of the coastal navigation projects in Mobile District’s area of operations. But, several times during his long career with the Corps, Poiroux has turned his hand to disaster response.