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  • October

    Maj. Christopher W. Burkhart, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Nashville District deputy district engineer, welcomes Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton to the Kentucky Lock Addition Project at Kentucky Lake Oct. 13, 2016.

    Lt. Gov. visits Kentucky Lock Addition Project

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky., Tenn. (Oct. 14, 2016) –The Kentucky lieutenant governor and 12 board members from the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority visited the Kentucky Lock Addition Project at Kentucky Lake and toured the Barkley Dam, Power Plant on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers in Grand Rivers, Ky. Oct. 13., to get a close overview of the construction.
  • Brandon Tolliver, Far East District engineer at the Korea Program Relocation Office, gives a presentation at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Convention on Sept. 29, 2016.

    FED engineer briefs American Society of Civil Engineers on Korea Relocation Program

    Earlier this fall, at the 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Convention in Portland,
  • Derek Dorsey, Smithville Lake park manager, inspects the dam and spillway for any signs of distress following seismic activity 3 Sept.

    Labor Day weekend earthquake doesn’t rattle district; Dam surveillance plans activated following seismic activity

    Labor Day weekend is a time for family and friends to gather and travel to popular recreation locations. For most, the holiday is seen as a relaxing three-day vacation from the normal moving and shaking. However, several in the area couldn’t miss the shaking felt at 7 a.m. Saturday morning Sept. 3.
  • Smithville Lake Park Ranger Jaime Picken spots a monarch butterfly at the Monarch Watch pollinator location. This is a good sign the site is working.

    Smithville Lake aims to boost dwindling butterfly and bee population

    Pollinators such as butterflies and bees have been on the decline in recent years, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District is actively working to increase their numbers. Monarch butterfly populations have decreased by 90 percent due to loss of habitat and nectar sources. Milkweed, the sole food source for monarch butterfly larvae, has diminished drastically in the United States due to mowing and herbicide use, especially along roadways and agricultural land.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District Safety Manager, William Pioli (left), and Engineer Diver Brian Dockstader (right) recently completed dive school at the NASA Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston, TX.

    Dive school prepares Corps of Engineers for high-risk projects

    Two employees from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District staff recently completed dive school at the Sonny Carter Training Facility at NASA Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston, TX. For Safety Manager William Pioli, taking the one-week course was a refresher course required for his position, but for engineer Brian Dockstader, his three-week course provided specialized training to work on construction sites that require diving expertise.