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  • 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.

  • Historic Corps gristmill operates during cornbread festival

    MONTICELLO, Ky. (May 28, 2011) – Kentuckians arrived in droves here today at Mill Springs Mill to see the many craft booths, enjoy music performances, and to eat “hoe” cakes during the 18th Annual Cornbread Festival. They also came for bags of cornmeal on sale at the gift shop, and watched as the largest overshot waterwheel in the world turned and ground corn for the masses.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District promotes water safety practices

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the leading provider of recreation on federally-managed lands in the United States and one of the founding members of the National Water Safety Congress, is committed to promoting water safety practices.

  • New Turbine Increases Hydroelectric Power

    Despite a rough beginning more than two decades ago, the Abiquiu hydroelectric facility’s third turbine officially turned on when Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) pushed the start button at a ceremony at the facility April 21.

  • MED’s Hangar Fire Protection TCX is in demand

    MED is home to the Technical Center of Expertise (TCX) for Hangar Fire Protection that provides FPE assistance throughout the country and the world through design and construction of fire protection systems, and participation in acceptance tests for aircraft hangars. The TCX provides services to the Army Corps of Engineers, Air Force, Army, Air Reserve, and the Department of Homeland Security.

  • Agencies Launch Construction of “Bug Nursery” to Control Exotic Plants

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the South Florida Water Management District, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, and several other partners this morning marked the start of construction of a science facility for raising insects to help control invasive plant species.

  • District Team Marches to Remember

    A dedicated team representing the Albuquerque District traversed the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 27 for the 22nd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March.

  • Fish Squeezing is Focus of Dirty Jobs Episode

    Every spring, Game and Fish personnel capture walleye in large traps and nets. They then squeeze them to express their eggs into large enamel pans.

  • Corps Ensures Lab Built to Fulfill Air Force’s Needs

    A contract the Corps awarded in 2008 for the construction of a 145,000 square foot Battlespace Environment Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base was seen to fruition, and the structure, which cost nearly $60 million, was officially opened for business April 21.

  • Agencies to hold joint public meetings in Clewiston and Okeechobee to explain invasive aquatic plant spraying programs

    Two public meetings will be held May 10 and 11 around Lake Okeechobee to explain to the public details of the different invasive aquatic plant spraying programs being conducted on Lake Okeechobee.