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    2016 Wallback Lake Youth Fishing Derby

    On April 16 Burnsville Lake Park Ranger Ben Coulter and Bobber the Water Safety Dog attended the 2016 Wallback Lake Youth Fishing Derby. The youth fishing event was a great opportunity to provide water safety information to several hundred children and their parents.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander, Brig. Gen. Mark Toy and Sacramento District staff gather under the Solar Array at Tooele Army Depot for a group photo during a three-day tour March 29-31, 2016, of project sites throughout the states of Utah. Toy saw the Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization program up close at the depot’s $9.6 million solar array that will bring the installation to net-zero energy consumption. (U.S. Army photos / Released)

    Division Commander tours Sacramento District projects in Utah

    Brigadier General Mark Toy, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, visited military construction projects at three installations and met with Regulatory staff during a three-day trip to Utah on March 29-31, 2016.

  • Second wind turbine brings Tooele Army Depot closer to net zero energy

    A second wind turbine now towers nearly 300 feet above the rugged landscape of Utah’s Tooele Army Depot, part of a rapidly growing sustainable energy network constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District.

  • Business Opportunities Open House

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Arizona-Nevada Area Office hosted a Business Opportunities Open House March 17.
  • Representatives from federal, state, local and private sector entities gathered March 29 for an exercise that simulated a levee breach in Louisville, Ky. The event was planned and hosted by Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District, the agency responsible for operation and maintenance of the levee, floodwall, pump stations and closures associated with the levee system.

    Flood simulation promotes agency coordination

    On March 29, 2016, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District participated in a tabletop exercise to improve emergency planning related to flood risk in the Louisville Metro community. The exercise, planned and hosted by the Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District, simulated a levee breach of the Louisville Metro levee system, assuming river levels equivalent to the Great Flood of 1937, the current flood of record.