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  • Corps seeks trail work volunteers at Mill Creek Storage Dam and Bennington Lake on National Trails Day on Saturday

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking volunteers to repair the Whitetail Trail near Mill Creek Storage Dam on Saturday, June 4, as part the Corps’ support for National Trails Day on that day. The American Hiking Society's National Trails Day® is held the first Saturday of every June.

  • Celebrate June 4 National Trails Day at a Corps recreation area

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – With more than 250 miles of managed trails to explore in the Walla Walla District, outdoor recreation enthusiasts can find plenty of places to celebrate National Trails Day on June 4, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation officials.

  • Dworshak Dam Visitor Center hosts “Log Drive Day” activities

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – Dworshak Dam Visitor Center staff invites the public to attend a “Log Drive Day” event on Sunday, June 12, at the visitor center theater, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials at the dam announced today.

  • Temple tours Lake Barkley and flooded areas in Kentucky

    KUTTAWA, Ky. (June 2, 2011) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District Commander, Lt. Col. Anthony Mitchell welcomed the (acting) U.S. Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, Maj. Gen Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple to Kentucky for a tour of the Lock, the Lake Barkley Dam and Power plant, the town of Smithland and various flood protection barriers, structures and pumping stations along the levees in Paducah, Ky. Temple also took the opportunity to observe firsthand the progress that the Nashville District is making on several major projects at the Kentucky Lock.

  • Cultural Immersion Course Promotes Introspection

    Imagine being given the opportunity, as part of your work, to step outside your culture and become completely immersed in the culture of another for several days, to be truly welcomed into homes of people who have different beliefs and vastly different historical experience, and to be shown why certain plants, animals and land features play an intricate role in their existence.

  • New Leader Assumes Command of South Pacific Division

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Pacific Division welcomed its 53rd Commander, Col. Michael C. Wehr, as he took command on June 3 during a change of command ceremony at the Bay Model Regional Visitor Center in Sausalito, Calif. Wehr accepted the Division guidon from the Deputy Commander of the Corps of Engineers, Maj. Gen. Merdith “Bo” Temple, during the symbolic passing of the colors with Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Koontz and outgoing Division Commander Col. William Leady.

  • Corps Program Recruits Minnows

    Endangered animals frequently survive in natural habitats that have been grossly altered or have largely disappeared due to human or natural causes. In the case of the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow, water development projects and practices on the Rio Grande and the Pecos River have contributed to the elimination of this fish from most of its original range.

  • East Bank of Orleans Parish achieves 100-year level risk reduction

    NEW ORLEANS – One week after metro New Orleans, defined as the area between the 17th Street Canal

  • Corps Contracting Division wins Excellence in Contracting Award

    NEW ORLEANS, LA – On May 12, 2011, the Contracting Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New

  • Corps begins work to repair flood-damaged John Dodge Levee

    JACKSON, Wyo. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, personnel began emergency repairs on another levee section within the Jackson Hole Levee Project, a system of many levee sections that provides flood-risk management benefits to communities along the upper Snake River near Jackson, Wyoming.