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20 Jan 2012
Corps discusses environmental, economic benefits of restoration at Everglades Coalition Conference
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District spoke at the 27th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference, Jan. 5-8, 2012, in Stuart, Fla., the largest annual forum for discourse on Everglades restoration and conservation.
20 Jan 2012
99 percent of 1st quarter 2012 construction goal met
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District-South exceeded its December goal by placing more than $64 million worth of construction, or 105.3 percent.
20 Jan 2012
Assistant Army Secretary meets with USACE, MCoE, and Fort Benning military and community leaders
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment met with the South Atlantic Division - Corps of Engineers and Fort Benning leaders during a visit to U.S. army Maneuver Center of Excellence.
20 Jan 2012
USACE, DoDDS, SHAPE team up to deliver 21st century-style schools to international community
Representatives from SHAPE, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, Department of Defense Dependants Schools-Europe, Belgian Federal Government and City of Mons marked the beginning of the first phase of construction on new facilities that will replace the aging SHAPE American and International Schools with a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 11 on the SHAPE International School grounds.
20 Jan 2012
Corps of Engineers workers deliver donations to Kabul orphans
Eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees distributed two dozen boxes of donated jackets, hats, gloves and other winter clothes to a large orphanage on Jan. 14, a day when heavy snow fell and the temperature reached 32 degrees in the Afghan capital.
20 Jan 2012
USACE turns over operations and maintenance responsibility to Afghan Air Force
While this is the first O&M transition to the Afghan Air Force, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South transferred O&M responsibility for some of the facilities on the Afghan National Army's Camp Hero near Kandahar in July 2011.
20 Jan 2012
Corps of Engineers leads coalition effort to save coho salmon
In the winter of 2011, biologists funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers counted a record number of wild juvenile coho salmon in the downstream portions of the Russian River system in western Sonoma County. Adult coho also appear to be reproducing in some of their historical tributaries for the first time since large-scale monitoring of the species began in 2005.
20 Jan 2012
ERDC's GSL makes JFOB Protection Handbook
ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) has distributed more than 2,000 copies of the newest edition of the Joint Forward Operations Base (JFOB) Protection Handbook (Graphic Training Aid 90-01-011) since October 2011. More than 50,000 copies of previous editions have been printed to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan prior to the current version.
20 Jan 2012
ERDC's GSL makes JFOB Protection Handbook available to Soldiers and deploying engineers
ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) has distributed more than 2,000 copies of the newest edition of the Joint Forward Operations Base (JFOB) Protection Handbook (Graphic Training Aid 90-01-011) since October 2011. More than 50,000 copies of previous editions have been printed to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan prior to the current version.
20 Jan 2012
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comment on environmental document for the implementation of proposed improvements to the Baker Pumping Plant in Dallas, Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas - The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently accepting