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  • June

    U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick Commander Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein shakes hands with Frederick City Mayor Randy McClement following the ribbon cutting for the Nallin Farm Gate and Consolidated Logistics Facility.

    Army Corps joins Fort Detrick and Frederick officials for key ribbon cutting event

    Baltimore District joined Fort Detrick at ribbon cutting for two Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified Silver Consolidated projects.
  • The G-3273 Constraint Relaxation and S-356 Pump Station Field Test is the critical first step to improve hydrologic conditions for Northeast Shark River Slough in Everglades National Park, while maintaining the multiple congressionally-authorized purposes of the Central and Southern Florida (C&SF) project.

    Environmental reports for G-3273 & S-356 Pump Station Field Test available

    The Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the first increment of the G-3273 and S-356 Pump Station Field Test are now available online. The first increment of the G-3273 and S-356 pump station field test will evaluate the raising or removing of the G-3273 constraint of 6.8 feet and holding the L-29 Canal stage at 7.5 feet to enable increased water deliveries to Everglades National Park. This is the first step in the incremental approach to develop the final operating plan for the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park and C-111 South Dade projects.
  • Adalberto Meller, left, and Josimar Oliveira, engineers with Agência Nacional de Águas, Brazil, visit a Corps construction site in Sacramento, California, June 3, 2015.

    Sacramento District helps Brazil fast-forward their flood risk management

    Brazil’s water-related challenges are similar to those in present-day California, but the South American nation’s approach to flood risk management is more similar to the approach used by the U.S. in the early part of the 20th century. Sacramento District is helping fast-forward Brazil’s efforts.
  • Chairman Mike Simpson (right), House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, and Congressman Tim Murphy (middle) receive a overview of Locks and Dam 4 on the Monongahela River at Charleroi, Pa., from Steve Fritz (far right), a Pittsburgh District civil engineer, June 5.

    The district provides a political view

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District leadership hosted several political figures and
  • The Stonewall Jackson Lake staff partnered with a local fishing group to beautify and make the lake safe for visitors, June 6.

    Fishing group helps to clean up Stonewall

    The Stonewall Jackson Lake staff partnered with a local fishing group to beautify and make the lake