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  • April

    Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, speaks during the Hatchery Creek Dedication in Jamestown, Ky., April 29, 2016. He talked about how the Hatchery Creek Restoration Project gave the Corps of Engineers enough top soil to cover a 40-acre disposal area filled with limestone rock, concrete and clay from the Wolf Creek Dam Safety Rehabilitation Project. The Corps spent $650,000 to excavate the soil, but used about 56,000 cubic yards of top soil excavated from the channel with savings of almost a million dollars.

    Officials celebrate completion of Hatchery Creek

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (April 29, 2016) – Officials celebrated the completion of the Hatchery Creek Restoration Project below Wolf Creek Dam during a dedication ceremony today, culminating a 21-month stream and wetland mitigation project that triples the length of the stream and prevents sedimentation pollution from making its way into the Cumberland River.
  • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Ericka Zabala (right) receives a certificate of achievement from District Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, April 26, 2016. Zabala was recognized as the District’s 2016 Administrative Professional of the Year.

    Albuquerque District Recognizes Its 2016 Administrative Professional of the Year

    The District recognized its 2016 Administrative Professional of the Year, April 26, 2016.

  • Water Safety and Jr. Ranger Program at Burnsville

    Park Rangers Ben Coulter and Brandy Acord visited Burnsville Elementary, Sand Fork Elementary, and Glenville Elementary schools to lead their annual Water Safety and Junior Ranger programs. Their presentations covered topics such as park ranger duties, forestry, environmental conservation and water safety. They also conducted a Bulltown Historic Area tour as part of the Junior Ranger
  • Bolivar Seepage Barrier

    Bolivar Seepage Barrier

    Construction of the Bolivar Dam seepage barrier remains ahead of schedule, it is currently 90 percent complete. Members of the Huntington District staff had the rare opportunity to visually view a section of the seepage barrier when it was excavated to allow the construction of an adjacent panel at a lower elevation. The visual inspection confirmed that the construction methods are producing a high quality seepage barrier with uniform wall thickness and geometry.
  • Col. Philip A. Keller, Col. Michael D. Nyenhuis and Lt. Col. Mitchell A. DeMarais were honored at a hosted dinner on Friday, April 22, 2016, which was presided over by Maj. Gen. James T. Walton, director of USFK Transformation and Restationing. Col. Nyenhuis holds his framed token of appreciation, standing between Maj. Gen. Walton (right) and Far East District commander Col. Stephen Bales (left).

    Trio retires at large friendship event

    More than 300 people attended a hosted dinner honoring three retiring officers, Col. Philip A. Keller, Col. Michael D. Nyenhuis and Lt. Col. Mitchell A. DeMarais, on Friday, April 22, 2016. The event commemorated the three officers' over 95 years of combined service, and was presided over by Maj. Gen. James T. Walton, director of USFK Transformation and Restationing.