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  • Bird population modeling protects Plovers, sustains military mission

    "Snowbirds" is a nickname that popularly describes northerners who enjoy the warmth of winters in Florida. The same holds true for a diversity of birds that migrate to Florida and places further south. These real snowbirds, such as Snowy and Piping Plovers, are benefitting from ERDC team members' environmental recommendations for coastal military installations.

  • Interagency workshop on contaminated sediments

    The ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) recently hosted an interagency workshop on contaminated sediments that brought together more than 30 scientists and engineers from the Navy, Environmental Protection Agency, and ERDC's EL and Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL).

  • GSL's live fire evaluations of structures for department of state

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory's (GSL) Survivability Engineering Branch recently performed full-scale evaluations of a Modular Guard Tower System (MGTS) and a Hardened Alternative Trailer System (HATS) at Eglin and Tyndall Air Force Bases, respectively.

  • EL briefs Miss. River Commission

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) staff recently briefed the Mississippi River Commissioners on environmental studies being conducted in the lower Mississippi River.

  • EL scientist presents Aquatic Weed Control at LSU

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) Research Biologist Dr. Christopher Mudge recently presented "Aquatic Weed Control in Louisiana and the Gulf States: Research and Partnership" to the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences (SPESS).

  • CERL researcher gives power grid talk

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) Electrical Engineer Melanie Johnson was the featured speaker at the recent Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) seminar held on campus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  • Local March Intensive students visit CRREL

    ERDC-CRREL recently hosted a visit from local high school students and a teacher as part of their March Intensive activity, LUV: Livelihoods in the Upper Valley.

  • Memphis District to publish new construction update report for confluence projects

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 6, 2012 – Beginning April 6, the Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin publishing a “Mississippi-Ohio River Confluence Update” to provide timely updates on the progress of construction on projects in the confluence area. This new update will expand the scope of the “Operation Make Safe Project Update” and replace it.

  • USACE Galveston District awards small business contract for routine testing of dredged material

    GALVESTON, Texas (April 5, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Sol Engineering LLC, an 8(a) small business, in the amount of $42,155.24 for environmental services to include a study comprised of collection and chemical analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Texas City Navigation Channel.

  • Ice Harbor Lock and Dam seeks historic photos, memories for 50th anniversary event in June

    BURBANK, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Ice Harbor Lock and Dam is seeking historic