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  • September

    A man in a grey shirt walks through waist high grass with blue sky in the background.

    ‘We have the responsibility’: Missouri River fish and wildlife mitigation project a vital undertaking

    After Lewis and Clark ended their journey westward in 1806, an expedition known as the Corps of Discovery, the Missouri River would prove to be a vital link between the east and west. Flowing right through the heartland, the Missouri River is the longest river in the U.S. and is an important economic resource to the region, the nation and the world. Before the Missouri River became the navigation hub it is today, it was an untamed, wild body of water prone to flooding, known for changing paths, with a floodplain as wide as a mile in some places. By the late 19th century, the government realized the value the river could have on westward expansion and began the process of taming the river.
  • Aerial

    Norfolk District Schedules Aerial Mosquito Treatment at Craney Island on September 20

    NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has scheduled aerial mosquito treatment on Sep 20th, over the federal property on Craney Island.
  • Sediment is examined for multiple attributes before information it’s documented during the Archaeology Day event at Lake Monroe in Bloomington, Indiana, Sept. 17, 2024.

    Volunteers unearth history at Archaeology Day

    Archaeologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District and the Indiana Division of
  • U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Board of Directors take a close up look at a hydropower turbine shaft at the Barkley Dam hydropower facility in Grand Rivers, Ky. during a visit on Sept. 23, 2024. The visit aimed to explore opportunities for innovation and collaboration between ERDC and USACE Nashville District at key projects. (USACE Photo by Michael Davis)

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Board of Directors visits Nashville District projects

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Board of Directors visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District on Sept. 16 to tour key projects, including the Kentucky Lock Addition construction project and the Barkley Power Plant and Dam. The visit aimed to explore opportunities for innovation and collaboration.
  • During the 2024 summer, ERDC hosted a record-breaking number of interns at its seven laboratories. This year’s historic rise in ERDC student interns is an agency best, setting a record for recruitment and growth in student participation.

    ERDC earns high scores on annual student survey

    This summer, ERDC hosted a record-breaking number of interns at its seven laboratories—544 of them to be exact. Ninety-five percent of the students, interns, and fellows who worked at the organization during Fiscal Year 2024 agreed in an annual student survey that ERDC’s work activities provided a positive learning experience.