15 Jun 2023

Construction begins on project to help agriculture researchers conserve nut, fruit crops for today and tomorrow

Renovation and construction began June 15 at the Lewis Brown Research Farm in Corvallis, Oregon, where nearly 35,000 square feet of screenhouses and greenhouses are being upgraded.

2 Jun 2023

Work begins on fish and wildlife habitat restoration at Lake Ballinger

Construction to restore a fish and wildlife habitat for over 16 acres of a former golf course is underway as part of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and City of Mountlake Terrace partnership.

22 May 2023

Lake Washington annual summer refill underway

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials continue the remainder of the annual refill of Lake Washington to elevation 22 ft the week of May 22.

22 May 2023

McGlinn Island Jetty emergency repairs underway to protect endangered salmon

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. lead emergency repairs to the McGlinn Island Jetty and resident endangered salmon, near La Conner, Washington.

16 May 2023

Groundbreaking ceremony ushers in start of fish and wildlife habitat restoration at Mountlake Terrace

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will commemorate construction of a fish and wildlife habitat restoration project with a groundbreaking ceremony, May 30, 2023.

1 May 2023

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Phanna Cea

In the span of the first six years of Phanna Cea’s life, she had experienced life in a refugee camp and immigrated twice to flee from unrest in the southeast region of Asia during the Vietnam War. For Cea, a native Cambodian, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District hydraulic engineer, these years didn’t define her but grew her strength and appreciation for her home country’s heritage.

11 Jan 2023

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards $5.5 million contract toward Mountlake Terrace Lake Ballinger aquatic ecosystem restoration project

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials award contract to Tunista Construction LLC. to restore wetlands, riparian corridors, and fish and wildlife habitat within Ballinger Park in the city of Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

5 Oct 2022

Geoff Van Epps promoted to brigadier general

Geoff Van Epps was promoted to the rank of brigadier general today in a traditional military ceremony at the historic Gen. George C. Marshall House at the former Vancouver Barracks in Vancouver, Washington. Major General Richard Heitkamp, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, hosted a long-standing traditional ceremony which is a public indication of the increased responsibility that the service member is about to assume. Photos from the ceremony will be released later today.

29 Jul 2022

Opportunities and Support Abound at the Corps

Working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is like “getting into the gates of heaven.”

4 Jan 2022

Former Resource Management Chief Bids Farewell to Army Corps and Federal Service

Robert Frazier, Seattle District’s former resource management division chief, officially retired from federal government service Dec. 31, 2021.