18 Sep 2013

Military Appreciation Day at the Minnesota State Fair

St. Paul District employees took on the August heat and humidity during Military Appreciation Day at the Minnesota State Fair on Tuesday, August 27, to spread the word about the district’s missions. More than 94,000 people passed through the turnstiles on what would be the warmest day recorded in the fair’s history.

18 Sep 2013

Army Corps awards $36.9 million contract for Keansburg, N.J. Shore Protection Project

Keansburg, N.J. -- Hurricane Sandy severely impacted large portions of the northeastern United States. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ previously constructed hurricane shore protection project in Keansburg, New Jersey was damaged. Damages included a loss of beach fill sand and damages to levee closure gates that were a part of the original project constructed in 1973.

18 Sep 2013

Draft Environmental Assessment for land exchange at Garrison Dam/Lake Sakakawea Project available for public review

A draft environmental assessment for the exchange of federal and private lands at Garrison Dam/Lake Sakakawea Project in N.D. is currently available for public review. The draft EA evaluates the effects of exchanging 11.4 acres of land owned by the Corps and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with 5.9 acres currently owned by a private land owner.

18 Sep 2013

Army Corps of Engineers waives fees on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 28

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,400 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in recognition of National Public Lands Day on Sept. 28. On this day, fees normally charged at boat launch ramps and swimming beaches will be waived.

18 Sep 2013

International visitors tour Poplar Island, explore environmental protection methods

The Baltimore District and Maryland Port Administration hosted a delegation of 22 environmentalists, government officials and scholars from 20 different countries for a tour of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration project at Poplar Island.

18 Sep 2013

Army Corps awards $36.9 million contract for Keansburg, N.J. Shore Protection Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District awarded a $36.9 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge Dock, LLC of Oak Brook, Illinois to place approximately 1.1 million cubic yards of sand at Keansburg, New Jersey as part of an emergency shore protection project affected by Hurricane Sandy.

18 Sep 2013

National Public Lands Day commemorated during the

Mark Twain Lake—Families and outdoor enthusiasts are invited to commemorate National Public Lands

17 Sep 2013

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District provides update on area parks

FORT WORTH, Texas – The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that

17 Sep 2013

ITL’s Allen develops anisotropic growth grain simulation model

VICKSBURG, Miss. - ERDC Information Technology Laboratory’s (ITL) Dr. Jeff Allen has developed a

17 Sep 2013

GSL’s Garcia to receive HENAAC Civilian and Military Hero Award

VICKSBURG, Miss. - ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory’s (GSL) Lyan Garcia was recently