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  • Corps unveils draft plans for West Sacramento flood risk reduction

    A plan to implement enhanced flood risk reduction features around West Sacramento’s perimeter was revealed today as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District released its draft general re-evaluation report and draft environmental impact statement/environmental impact report for the West Sacramento project for public review.

  • Corps’ chief of engineers signs off on plan to reduce Truckee River flood risk

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Truckee River Flood Management Authority are closer to moving forward with a $280.8 million plan to reduce flood risk along the Truckee River after Corps Commanding General Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick signed off on the project April 11 at Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C.

  • Corps studies accessibility for Cemetery

    A team from the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is traveling around and taking notes at Arlington National Cemetery to assess the accessibility of certain sections of the 150-year-old facility for its disabled visitors.

  • Utah, Army Corps partner on major flood mapping study

    The Utah Geological Survey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District signed an agreement Feb. 20, 2014, to conduct a comprehensive study of potential flood hazards in Utah’s Wasatch Front and Cache Valley.

  • Corps to discuss changes to Folsom Dam facilities at public meetings

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will host public scoping meetings Feb. 19 and Feb. 24 to discuss and solicit comments for the Folsom Dam Raise Project.

  • Truckee Meadows final reports available for public review

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is scheduled to begin a 30-day public review period Jan. 17, following the release of its final general reevaluation report and environmental impact statement for the Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project.

  • Final Berryessa Creek report available for public review

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District today released its recommended plan to reduce flood risk from Berryessa Creek. The plan would build new flood walls and box culverts and widen the channel along a 2.2-mile stretch of the creek.

  • The LA River and the Corps: A brief history

    The Los Angeles River is regarded as an icon of LA’s sprawling hyperurbanization. To some, it’s nothing more than a part of the landscape that splits the concrete jungle in two. To others, it’s an eyesore; a resplendent piece of nature stunted in a tomb of steel and cement. But the 51-mile-long river wasn’t always a flood control channel.

  • Corps Central Valley-wide flood study resumes under new cost-share agreement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, California’s Central Valley Flood Protection Board and the California Department of Water Resources signed a feasibility cost-share agreement amendment Aug. 30 for the Corps’ Central Valley Integrated Flood Management Study.

  • Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project nears study completion

    The federal plan to reduce flood risk along the Truckee River near Reno, Nev., moved closer to reality this month as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District released its draft report and environmental impact statement for the Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project.