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  • New technology improves river management

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and The Nature Conservancy have joined forces to develop the Hydrologic Engineering Center’s Regime Prescription Tool, software to help teams reach agreements on managing the flow regime of a river. The idea for this software was conceived during a Sustainable Rivers Project workshop, where scientists worked together to formulate a set of ecosystem flow recommendations needed to sustain or restore ecosystems connected to the river.

  • Free GeoPDF Mapping Format Extension Available to Department of Defense Users

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Topographic Engineering Center (ERDC-TEC) created and released an extension for ESRI's ArcGIS 9x. The GeoPDF to ArcGIS extension, which is free and available only to Department of Defense agencies, will allow users to import the TerraGo® Technologies GeoPDF® or geo-referenced PDF file format for viewing, manipulation and utilization as map backgrounds into ArcGIS.

  • Salamonie, Roush dam investigations near completion

    Louisville, KY -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District has nearly completed

  • Jim Lloyd is new Chief of Project Management Branch for Corps of Engineers

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 10, 2007 – Jim Lloyd has been selected as the Chief, Project Management Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District.

  • Dredge keeps New Madrid Harbor open as vital link to world markets

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 4, 2007 – The river dredge Venture, contracted by the Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, completed work Oct. 3 at the New Madrid Harbor in the Missouri Bootheel, ensuring the facility will remain open for regional agribusiness to ship commodities to world markets via the Mississippi River.

  • USACE lecturer Dr. Michael Izady visits Alexandria site

    Dr. Michael Izady, a guest lecturer with the USACE Global Issues Seminars, visited the Humphreys Engineer Center at the Alexandria site Sept. 12. Izady is a subject matter expert on Middle Eastern studies. His presentation addressed the issues of land and resources, language, religion and ethnicities, sources of discord and rebellion, and future prospects for the immediate and long-term in the region.

  • Pribble receives Army Engineer Association scholarship

    Michael Pribble, a science aide in ERDC-TEC’s Data Signature and Analysis Branch (DSAB), recently received a $1,000 academic scholarship from the Army Engineer Association (AEA) Individual Member Scholarship Program. The scholarship honors deceased Army Engineers and individual AEA members, Maj. Gen. Leif J. Sverddrup, Command Sgt. Maj. Robert W. Elkey and Saul Horowitz. Pribble received the Horowitz Award which is given to a Department of the Army Civilian engineer in grade General Schedule 9 and below.

  • Corps will comply with legal decision on St. Johns Project

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2007 – The Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received the order issued Sept. 13, 2007, by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and immediately halted work on the St. Johns/New Madrid Project in order to comply with the Court’s instructions while the parties concerned review the Court’s accompanying opinion.

  • Work to begin soon on Red Duck Creek erosion protection

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 12, 2007 – The Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will begin an erosion control project later this fall along Red Duck Creek, directly adjacent to 9th Street in Mayfield, Ky. Erosion in this area threatens the safety of the street, a major community thoroughfare.

  • Work to begin soon for Oakland sewage lagoon protection

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 6, 2007 – Work is slated to begin later this month on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to halt erosion downstream of the Oakland, Tenn., town sewage lagoon.