2 Dec 2011

Lower Granite schedules eight-hour navigation lock closures Dec. 5-7 to install backup generator; cross-dam vehicle traffic could experience delays

POMEROY, Wash. – Lower Granite Dam’s navigation lock, located at Snake River Mile 107.5 near Pomeroy, Wash., will close to all river traffic from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 5, 6 and 7, according to operations officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District.

2 Dec 2011

Huntsville Center ends munitions disposal mission in Iraq

At one time, it would have been easy to call Iraq the most dangerous place on Earth. Years of war and slipshod munitions accountability during the Saddam Hussein regime had turned the country into a thicket of unexploded ordnance.

2 Dec 2011

ERDC Research on Wall-Breaching Methods earns Army Modeling and Simulation Award

Dec. 2, 2011Contact  Public Affairs Office601-634-3188ORLANDO, Fla. — ERDC Geotechnical and

2 Dec 2011

Corps trains on new emergency operations vehicles

Corps personnel were trained on the efficient operation of new emergency command and control vehicles, or ECCVs, during a session near Sacramento, Calif.

2 Dec 2011

Coastal Storm Risk Management NED Manual Published

The Mississippi River Watershed is the world's third largest. It is the drainage basin for 41% of

1 Dec 2011

2nd Engineer Battalion burns its colors

Every year, the Soldiers of the 2nd Engineer Battalion burn their unit colors. To military people, this is shocking. A unit’s colors, its flag, is part of the unit’s soul. During a change of command the colors pass from the previous commander to the new commander. Battle streamers record the unit’s history in combat. The colors lead the unit on parade.

1 Dec 2011

Corps and Partners Celebrate Bosque Restoration Project

The Corps of Engineers and six other agency partners gathered at Albuquerque’s Tingley Beach Nov. 18 to conduct a groundbreaking ceremony in celebration of the beginning of the construction phase of habitat restoration work planned for several areas along the Middle Rio Grande.

1 Dec 2011

Log Boom to Help Clear Lake of Debris

In response to the large amount of debris that was flowing into the Corps’ Cochiti Lake from the aftermath of the Las Conchas Fire, the District decided to install 50, 20-foot-long log booms on Nov. 17 to help collect future debris.

1 Dec 2011

Lake Texoma blue-green algae warning reduced to lake-wide advisory

TULSA – Test results from blue-green algae samples taken Feb. 22, 2012 at Lake Texoma show

30 Nov 2011

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases draft Environmental Assessment on Via Verde

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announced today that the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the natural gas pipeline project in Puerto Rico, known as Via Verde, is now available for public review and comment.