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  • USACE deploys technical team to Lake Ontario shoreline

    BUFFALO, NY– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District deployed a technical team today to assist the Village of Sodus with proper sandbag placement.

  • Forward Engineer Support Teams offer valuable career opportunities

    People say there’s no place like home, but sometimes venturing outside the known can enrich our careers and lives in ways we couldn’t have otherwise imagined. That’s just what Maj. Aaron Hotard and Sgt. 1st Class Shane Finney emphasized on March 27 when they spoke to 35 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District employees about the benefits of joining a Forward Engineer Support Team - Advanced.

  • Corps releases Environmental Assessment for proposed Oroville Temporary Debris Handling Facility

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, today released its Environmental Assessment for use of the former Koppers Inc. Plant in Oroville, California, as a temporary debris handling facility (TDHF) to stage, sort, process and transfer non-hazardous debris generated from the 2018 Camp Wildfire.

  • Corps releases Environmental Assessment for Temporary Debris Handling Facility

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, today released its environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for use of the Barber Industrial Site in Chico, California, as a debris handling facility to stage, sort, process and transfer non-hazardous debris generated from the 2018 Camp Wildfire.

  • Power team recognized as Army safety guardians

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 15, 2018) – The U.S. Army recognized team members from the Wolf Creek Dam Power Plant as Army safety guardians today at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Headquarters.

  • Army Corps Baltimore District prepares for Florence, and potential for flooding throughout the region

    BALTIMORE - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District’s is tracking Hurricane Florence and working in coordination with federal, state and local emergency management counterparts throughout the region, including particularly in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Washington D.C., and West Virginia, to prepare to respond to the effects of this storm.

  • Baltimore-based U.S. Army Corps of Engineers debris team deploys to Hawaii in advance of Hurricane Lane

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has deployed a specially trained debris management team to Hawaii in preparation of response and recovery efforts anticipated for Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 hurricane heading toward the state.

  • 18-44 District employees deploy to support FEMA missions in Puerto Rico, California

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District employees deployed during the past week to support ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster-response missions in Puerto Rico and California, according to District emergency management officials.

  • 18-040 District employees deploy to support FEMA’s Power Grid mission in Puerto Rico

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District employees deployed during the past weekend to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) power grid repair mission in Puerto Rico, according to District emergency management officials.

  • Corps continues to tackle ‘difficult to access’ properties

    The Corps is edging closer to completing cleanup of debris on properties affected by the October 2017 wildfires that swept through Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma counties. The cleanup efforts are nearly nonstop; however, like leaving the toughest portions of a jigsaw puzzle for last, so goes the cleanup of what the Corps calls ‘difficult to access’ properties.