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  • Little Hoot Island tree planting

    On May 23, 2013, 19 tree planters representing individual volunteers, the Student Conservation Association, School on the Prairie from Holmen, Wis., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Environmental Section of the Corps of Engineers, converged on Little Hoot Island on the Mississippi River in Pool 8 near Brownsville, Minn., to plant 750 tree and shrub seedlings.

  • Air quality concerns call for Corps’ quick action in the Golden State

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was called on for quick action in the San Francisco Bay

  • LA District cleaning up FUDS in Kingman

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District team is moving along with its clean-up work at the Formerly Used Defense Site just outside of Kingman, Ariz. which began Apr. 15. The work being done by the district and its contractor is part of the time-critical removal action for the site, which is referred to as Munitions Response Site 03 of the former Kingman Ground-to-Ground Gunnery Range. The site was used as a skeet range for military training during World War II.

  • Raystown Lake cleans up with volunteers at annual event

    RAYSTOWN LAKE, Pa.  – More than 100 volunteers dedicated their time and energy to keeping Raystown

  • Raystown Lake Cleanup Day 2013

    RAYSTOWN LAKE, Pa. — More than 100 volunteers dedicated their time and energy as part of the annual Raystown Lake cleanup day event, April 20. Each year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Raystown Lake and the Friends of Raystown Lake request local community support to help cleanup the area around the lake.

  • “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.

  • Corps scopes out endangered species at Kentucky Army National Guard training facility

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District has been working closely with the

  • Corps to host public meeting to discuss environmental document Greater New Orleans Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction System

    NEW ORLEANS, LA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans Dist rict, will host a public

  • Soils training gets down in the mud at salt pond

    Twenty regulators and biologists left the comfort and safety of their offices March 20 to slosh through mud and muck in their search for hydric soils at a former salt mining pond in San Diego Bay.

  • LA District team members brave the elements for annual Tres Rios Nature Festival

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Arizona/Nevada Area Office joined with exhibitors and vendors at the annual Tres Rios Nature and Earth Festival held Mar. 9 and 10 at the Baseline and Meridian Wildlife Area near the Phoenix International Raceway. District team members talked with members of the public about projects across the Valley, the state and the LA District, which covers Southern California, all of Arizona, and portions of Nevada and Utah. One of the major local projects the team discussed was the Tres Rios Environmental Restoration Project.