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  • 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.

  • Corps adds additional “last pass” dates for Puerto Rico

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working with local government officials, have set additional dates of the last day debris will be picked up by contractors operating under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s debris mission assignment.

  • Corps employees volunteer from across U.S. for NorCal wildfire mission

    USACE employees have volunteered from as far away as Pennsylvania, Tennessee, New York, Alabama and Alaska; they have volunteered in timeframes as brief as 3 days, and as long as 90 days straight. And whether their workday is spent on the phone troubleshooting issues for property owners or in the field analyzing the condition of properties, each one plays an important role in helping to return these distressed communities back to a sense of normalcy.

  • Consolidated Debris Removal Program Announces Milestone

    The state, federal and local community partners conducting the Consolidated Debris Removal Program have reached a major milestone with the removal of more than one million tons of fire-related debris from properties affected by the October 2017 Northern California Wildfires in Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma counties.

  • Negotiating a win-win-win

    Many of those in business negotiate deals; if each side gets what it wants, it is considered a ‘win-win’. However, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mendocino County, the California Office of Emergency Services, and survivors from last year’s devastating wildfires can consider the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s recent action a “win-win-win.”

  • Corps awards $7.6 million contract for Santa Barbara County debris removal

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded a $7.6 million contract to TFR Enterprises Inc., of Leander, Texas, Jan. 28, for emergency debris removal of the three Toro Debris Basins in Santa Barbara County to restore capacity and reduce the risk of flooding to homes and businesses.

  • Corps awards $15.29 million contract for Santa Barbara County debris removal

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded a $15.29 million contract to Tribal One Broadband Technologies LLC, of North Bend, Oregon, Jan. 28, for emergency debris removal of Santa Monica Debris Basin in Santa Barbara County to restore capacity and reduce the risk of flooding to homes and businesses.

  • Who are you going to call?

    The iconic theme song from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters asks the question, "Who you gonna call?" and although the team from the movie may prove best for that fictional situation, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made a call last year for help, it was to another federal partner -- the Bureau of Reclamation.

  • USACE commanding general views emergency response to Santa Barbara mudslides

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general was in California Jan. 18 to visit the site of a deadly mudslide. Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite toured areas of Santa Barbara hit hard by the disaster that left 18 people dead and three missing.

  • Corps meets with residents in Mendocino County

    Federal, state, and county officials continue to reach out to residents two and a half months after wildfires blazed through four counties in Northern California in an effort to ensure their questions, concerns and issues are heard and, when possible, resolved.