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  • April

    Debris Vessel Reynolds works to clear Chessie the Chesapeake Bay sea monster from the Baltimore Harbor Friday morning April 1, 2016.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers debris vessel pulls Chessie from the depths of the Baltimore Harbor

    BALTIMORE—After decades of speculation, the legend of Chessie--the sea monster who calls the

  • Celebrating New England District's Engineers

    National Engineers Week was celebrated Feb. 21-27 this year. The theme was “Engineers Make A World of Difference.” The purpose of Engineers Week is to celebrate engineers and the contributions that they make to society. The Corps of Engineers has been making those contributions since the very beginning of the Revolutionary War, so it’s no surprise that many Divisions and Districts participated in celebrations and events to mark the occasion.
  • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – (l-r): Ron Kneebone, outreach coordinator with the Corps’Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise; Mike Goodrich, chief of the District’s Planning, Projects and Program Management Division; Jerry Nieto, chief of the District’s Civil Project Management Branch; Corinne O’Hara, landscape architect; Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, Albuquerque District Commander; Zia Governor Jerome Lucero; Lt. Governor Carl Schildt; Robert Medina, Zia Pueblo general counsel; Genevieve McGeisey, director of Zia Pueblo’s Department of Environmental Resources.

    Albuquerque District and Zia Pueblo enter into watershed assessment agreement

    The District and Zia Pueblo entered into a watershed assessment agreement March 9, 2016, under Section 203 of the Tribal Partnership Program.

  • Engineers make progress on military hospital project in Germany

    WEILERBACH, Germany – By far, the largest construction project being managed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District is the $990 million replacement of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and the 86th Medical Group Clinic with a new consolidated medical facility on Rhine Ordnance Barracks. Site preparation is underway, and and the German Construction Agency here recently awarded a contract to the firm HDR TMK to complete the next design phase.
  • Presque Isle partnership inspect shoreline conditions during the annual Presque Isle Beach Walk, March 30, 2016

    Presque Isle Spring Beach Walk Shows Significant Erosion

    Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District, the Presque Isle Advisory Committee, the Park Operations Manager, and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) gathered March 30th to walk the entire length of Presque Isle’s western beach to assess the condition of the beach ahead of the summer swimming season.