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  • February

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Natural Resources Program Manager Amy Cobb-Williams works with a child at the University of South Alabama Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Feb. 20, to construct a bridge out of Popsicle sticks. The event was part of the district’s National Engineers Week outreach program to teach school-age children the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

    District employees visit local children’s hospital during National Engineers Week

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, stopped by the University of South Alabama Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Ala., Feb. 20, as part of the district’s National Engineers Week outreach activities. During the visit, district personnel helped the children construct Popsicle-stick bridges, taught them about the importance of learning science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and handed out Mardi Gras beads and coloring books.
  • Engineering Day at Marshall University

    Engineering Day at Marshall University

    Marshall University hosted Engineer's Day at the Student Union on February 21, 2018. The event kicked off with a speech from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District's Commander, Colonel Philip M. Secrist III.
  • While several sections of the Kansas City District paly a role in the navigation mission on the Missouri River, the Missouri River Area Office and River Engineering Section inspect and prioritize repairs to river structures.

    Navigating and maintaining the river

    Navigation is one of the eight authorized purposes of the Missouri River that mandates the Corps of Engineers to manage the navigation channel between Sioux City, Iowa and St. Louis, Missouri. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1945 calls for a 9-foot deep and minimum 300-foot wide channel. Today, the focus of the Corps of Engineers navigation mission is to provide safe, reliable, efficient and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation system for movement of commerce, national security needs and recreation. In order to meet this mission, the Corps focuses on repairs to river structures from damage such as ice, debris, scouring and high water velocity.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts a deep drawdown of Fall Creek Reservoir, southeast of Eugene Ore. to enable juvenile Chinook salmon passage, Nov. 26, 2011. Deep drawdowns at Fall Creek have been highly successful in passing these fish. Studies indicate a 98-99% survival rate for these out-migrating juveniles and is an important step in meeting the 2008 Biological Opinions for the Willamette Valley.

    Corps juggles dam operations, fish survival in the Willamette Valley

    An upcoming Corps construction project at Detroit Lake, Oregon has been generating buzz around the region because of its potential impacts on thousands of Willamette Valley residents. This project, like many U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fish-related projects in the valley, is part of a broader effort to reduce the effects of Corps-operated dams on winter steelhead and spring Chinook salmon. Both species are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
  • Truman Lake releases 12K cubic feet per second through the two power generation units and an additional 38K cfs through the tainter gates (pictured). We are coordinating with Ameren to maintain target levels in the Osage River. These releases are needed to get the lake back to a state where it can receive more water from the next rain events.

    Water Management: An overview of Osage River Basin operations and rainfall events at Harry S. Truman Reservoir

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Runoff in the Missouri River basin was slightly above average in 2017. Increased releases through the fall has allowed the reservoirs to have all flood storage capability ready for the beginning of the 2018 runoff season. Water management teams help guide the decision making process that prepares our system to handle the unexpected. The coordination through the Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in setting releases and storage at the main stem dams in the northern portion of the basin, sets the conditions for our reservoir system on the tributaries that feed into the Missouri River.