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  • April

    Fifteen Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildland Firefighters from Crawford, Venango and Mercer counties conducted a prescribed and controlled burn on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer land leased to them at Shenango Lake March 29.

    Shenango Conducts Prescribed Burn and Fire Management

    Fifteen Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildland Firefighters from Crawford, Venango and Mercer counties conducted a prescribed and controlled burn on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer land leased to them at Shenango Lake March 29.
  • Lt. Gen. Michael C. Wehr (left), President of the Mississippi River Commission, greets Dr. Tran Hong Ha (right), Vietnam’s Minister of Natural Resource and Environment, aboard the Corps of Engineers’ Motor Vessel Mississippi.

    Mekong meets Mississippi in Memphis

    Twelve members of the Mekong River Commission, headquartered in Vientiane, Laos, spent five days in the Lower Mississippi Valley sharing knowledge and learning from their counterparts on the Mississippi River Commission. They arrived in Memphis, Tenn., on April 2 and traveled from there to a variety of locations in the region. The two commissions formed a partnership in 2010 built around common interests in water resource development and management, and sharing of technical expertise and lessons learned.
  • Major Doug Droesch, an engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Tulsa District, inspects the gates on R.S. Kerr Lock and Dam (#15) as part of a periodic inspection. Droesch is using the rope access technique, which allows him access to areas he would not have easily accessed by using the fall arrest method. Rope access allows the inspectors to ascend and descend via ropes, while fall arrest requires them to scale the structure with only a safety line to keep them from falling. (photo by Thomas Mills USACE)

    Engineers hang around to get the job done

    Go to Robert S. Kerry Lock and Dam (#15), Oklahoma, thisweek and you might see Maj. Doug Droesch and
  • With scissors in hand, Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander (left, and Army Col. Kirk Gibbs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, prepare to cut the ceremonial ribbon signifying the official opening of the new 411th Flight Test Squadron facility March 22. The squadron is responsible for the developmental testing of the F-22 Raptor and its systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian Turner

    Corps completes F-22 relocation project

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District participated in a ceremony March 22 to cut the ribbon at the 411th Flight Test Squadron’s new F-22 Raptor facility here.
  • Water is released from Miller’s Ferry Lock and Dam in Wilcox County, Alabama, Mar. 11. Miller’s Ferry is one of several locks on the Alabama River that will be involved in a fish passage study led by Auburn University.

    Mobile District to facilitate Auburn University fish passage study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is working with the Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences to facilitate a study on the effectiveness of conservation lockages on migratory fish species in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin. The study is part of a continuing effort by the district and members of academia to identify how lock and dam operators can better support the passage of migratory fish through our Nation’s waterways.