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    Restoring balance to training ranges using plants

    Restoring balance to training ranges using plants

    HANOVER, N.H. (Aug. 29, 2017) -- Military live fire activities on training ranges can result in the
  • The illustrations depict modeling from what we projected early Aug. 29 before we increased our releases to 7000 and 6000 at Addicks and Barker Dams. Areas depicted in green are currently not flooded, as previously predicted due to the increased releases.

    Addicks and Barker Potential Flood Maps

    The illustrations depict modeling from what we projected early Aug. 29 before we increased our releases to 7000 and 6000 at Addicks and Barker Dams. Areas depicted in green are currently not flooded, as previously predicted due to the increased releases.
  • Boats move about J. Percy Priest Lake in Nashville, Tenn., July 19, 2017. The public is encouraged to make water safety priority over the Labor Day weekend. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Keep safe Labor Day weekend with a few water safety tips

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2017) – School is back in session, work has picked up, days are getting shorter, and there is just one holiday left before the unofficial end of summer. This Labor Day weekend families will get together to recreate and celebrate all the hard days they have worked. When swimming or boating on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes, the public is encouraged to have fun, but remember a few water safety tips to keep safe.
  • Col. Hudson toured our Continuing Authorities Program project in Frisco near Lewisville Lake June 28, along with CAP Program Manager Jon Loxley and Frisco City Manager George Purefoy – who has overseen Frisco's rapid growth in 30 years as the only city manager Frisco has ever had.

    Ecosystem restoration reverses 160 years of habitat decline in suburban Frisco, Texas

    Lynde Dodd, a research biologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ERDC Environmental Laboratory, still recalls her summer hike three years ago. She walked drainages between subdivisions in Frisco, a booming suburb, conducting a pre-construction vegetation survey. The first settlers to the Peters Colony 160 years ago encountered bison and a vibrant prairie. It spread across rolling hills that overlook rich North Texas riparian bottomlands. This Blackland Prairie “once exploded with a riot of colorful wildflowers and grasses,” wrote Matt White, author of Prairie Time. “From flowers that bloom barely above the ground to others 10 feet or more in height, the variety of plant life that existed within just a few feet was remarkable.”
  • Coastal Engineer Richard Allen an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler into the Apalachicola River to the broadcast system which provides data communication to the Corps of Engineers into the Apalachicola River near Wewahitchka, Florida for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. The data provides feedback to basin managers to make informed decisions within the basin and provides a record of data for environmental compliance. (Photo by Frank Sanchez III)

    Data vital in monitoring ACF Basin's ecosystem

    Wewahitchka, FL. – The city of Wewahitchka, Fla., is named after the Seminole Indian name meaning "water eyes” and is the location where U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District’s coastal engineer Richard Allen is working with nature’s elements. Allen is monitoring how the bodies of water flowing through the Florida panhandle are impacting the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint (ACF) Basin and the surrounding communities.