3 Sep 2013

Al Lee returns from deployment

Al Lee, Director of Regional Business for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division, recently returned from deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan, in support of overseas contingency operations.

3 Sep 2013

Visitors get hands-on opportunity during Lock and Dam 1 open house

The St. Paul District hosted its annual open house at Lock and Dam 1 in Minneapolis in conjunction with the annual Highland Fest, celebrated by the St. Paul, Minn., Highland neighborhood, July 19.

3 Sep 2013

District staff, tribes gather to remember Big Sandy Lake tragedy

Around 200 people gathered at the district’s Big Sandy Lake Recreation Area, near McGregor, Minn., July 31 to honor and remember a tragedy that occurred 163 years ago.

3 Sep 2013

Portland District dive office oversees critical inspections of Army piers in California

The Portland District Office of Dive/ROV Operations and Safety led the Corps’ underwater execution of MOTCO’s pier inspections in California this summer.

3 Sep 2013

District team earns national value engineering honors

The district earned another national-level award for engineering earlier this summer at a summit in Arlington, Va. The value engineering team received the national award from the Society of American Value Engineers, or SAVE, International organization during the SAVE Value Summit June 26.

3 Sep 2013

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District’s Civil Engineer receives ‘Great Minds in STEM’ Hispanic Engineers National Achievement Awards Cooperation Luminary Award

FORT WORTH, Texas – Fort Worth District Civil Engineer Rebecca Ward will receive a Hispanic

3 Sep 2013

Hurricane Sandy Debris Removal Task Force receives United Nations’ 2013 Green Star Award

The Interagency New York City Hurricane Sandy Debris Removal Task Force was awarded a Green Star Award, September 2, 2013, for its outstanding response efforts to Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with 24 other federal, state, and local agencies including Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the State of New York, and the City of New York, was an integral part of the Debris Removal Task Force.

3 Sep 2013

Corps creates new fish habitats at Old Hickory Lake

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 3, 2013) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Old Hickory Lake and members of the Student Conservation Association made a splash Aug. 27 when they installed the remaining fish attractors made possible by Old Hickory Lake’s Christmas Tree Recycling Program.

3 Sep 2013

Organizers, USACE staff team to host 3-day art festival

For the past 26 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model Visitor Center has been home to

3 Sep 2013

Applicant seeks Corps permit to establish 30-acre submerged aquaculture longline area in Nantucket Sound

CONCORD, Mass. – Applicant Domenic Santoro is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of