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  • May

    Todd Dirmeyer, the Army's 2014 Energy Manager of the Year from Fort Hunter Liggett, California, shares his installation's Net Zero strategy with Army Resource Efficiency Managers during an April conference at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

    ECIP projects inching Fort Hunter Liggett toward Net Zero

    This summer Fort Hunter Liggett will begin the design phase of a $22 million Energy Conservation Investment Program (ECIP) project that, when complete, will get the California installation to Net Zero energy use.
  • Since 2009, more than 7,800 tons of contaminated soil polluted the remote location of Test Well No. 9 near Umiat, a historic oil exploratory base camp. The conditions are harsh with the site located more than 100 miles from the nearest road system in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska. Several long trains of snow-tracked machinery transported the material to the disposal staging area.

    Arctic Cleanup: Tough conditions no match for test well remediation

    Since 2009, more than 7,800 tons of contaminated soil polluted the remote location of Test Well No. 9 near Umiat, a historic oil exploratory base camp. The conditions are harsh with the site located more than 100 miles from the nearest road system in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska. Operations at the site officially completed this year.
  • GIS Program Manager Jared Scott demonstrates how to use new internal GIS portal, April 2015.

    Geographic Information Systems – much more than maps

    Baltimore District’s GIS Data Store organizes and stores many major base map layers such as roads, potential flooding, topography and aerial imagery. Baltimore District GIS experts are integrated within the district’s major divisions.
  • Boy Scout Brian DiPasquale and Park Ranger Viola Bramel stand at his Timeline Tree and bench project at the entrance of West Hill Dam, Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

    Scout projects at West Hill Dam Mass. bring big benefits to all

    When New England District Park Rangers hold special programs or clean up events, there is almost always a boy or girl in a scout uniform present and ready to work.
  • As of April 28, approximately 37 percent of the lower 48 states remained in some level of drought. Tulsa District varied from normal conditions in some eastern areas to the exceptional drought level in western portions.

    Tulsa District Reservoir Drought Update - May 6

    As of April 28, approximately 37 percent of the lower 48 states remained in some level of drought. Tulsa District varied from normal conditions in some eastern areas to the exceptional drought level in western portions.