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  • Whiplash weather patterns testing Mississippi Valley Division’s flexibility, responsiveness

    Major General John Peabody, Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division and President of the Mississippi River Commission, describes water as “the perfect engine of destruction. If it finds a weak spot in your defenses, it will attack that weakness relentlessly.”

  • USACE Galveston District awards $3.75 million small business contract for breakwater construction at Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

    GALVESTON, Texas (April 26, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a small business contract to Apollo Environmental Strategies Inc., in the amount of $3,750,050 to construct a rock containment perimeter at the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) adjacent to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Calhoun County, Texas.

  • Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam to Reopen

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District announced today the Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam located on the Apalachicola River in Chattahoochee, Fla., will reopen to all vessels. The lock will reopen on Saturday, April 27. The lock was closed on December 10, 2012 to allow repairs to the hydraulic system that opens and closes the lock gates.

  • “Landfarming” sustainably cleans soil at nation’s largest Army Reserve post

    At Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., the largest U.S. Army Reserve post in the nation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is using the sun to naturally clean up soil contaminated with gasoline at a former fueling station on the installation.

  • Discovering a steamboat relic of Missouri River trade

    When you think of shipwrecks, it might be pirates, the ocean, sunken treasure and the stuff of

  • Air Potato Roundup yields big results, educates community

    National Invasive Species Week, held March 2 through 8, focused on raising awareness of non-native threats to local ecosystems and endangered species. Invasive species smother native plants and are one of the greatest ecological threats to natural communities, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior, which also estimates the costs to prevent, monitor and control invasive species at about $137 billion annually.

  • Army Family Action Plan

    AFAP is input from the people of the Army to Army leadership. It's a process that allows Soldiers, Department of the Army (DA) civilians, retirees and family members to say what's working and what isn't – and what they think will fix it. It alerts commanders and Army leaders to areas of concern that need their attention and it gives them the opportunity to quickly put plans into place to work toward resolving the issues.

  • Coastal menace from the Carolinas creeps towards Florida

    The rapidly spreading beach vitex, an invasive vine native to countries in the western Pacific, is creeping down the eastern coast from the Carolinas towards Florida, impacting beach stability and endangering sea turtles.

  • ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PARTICIPATES IN ACTIVE SHOOTER AWARENESS TRAINING

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ district office, in partnership with the Albuquerque Police Department and other federal law enforcement agencies, will conduct an Active Shooter Awareness Training April 24, 2013. The purpose of this exercise is to train district employees how to safely and quickly respond in an active shooter situation at any public or private gathering.

  • Settlement reached in Clean Water Act violation

    A 2006 Clean Water Act violation case against Century Homebuilders has been closed with the receipt of payment of $400,000 in civil penalties plus the purchase of $60,000 in mitigation credits from Everglades National Park. The penalties were assessed in a 2010 consent decree (CD) between the U.S. District Court in Miami and Century Homebuilders when Century Homebuilders failed to fulfill its commitment to enhance 47 acres of wetlands associated with a residential development in the city of Doral, Miami-Dade County, Fla.