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  • January

    Jeff Cook, is the operations manager for the Pokegama Dam and Winnibigoshish Lake recreation areas.

    New operations manager for Pokegama Dam Recreation Area settles in

    Jeff Cook always knew he wanted to be a park ranger. From his early childhood growing up in Eagan, Minnesota, Cook encountered park rangers at the Autobahn Center in Sandstone, Minnesota, giving a presentation about the outdoors for kids. From that point on, he knew he wanted to do what park rangers do -- interact with the public, teach people about being good stewards of the environment and be involved in all the outdoor activities that Minnesota has to offer year around.
  • Victoria Moore

    Moore named chief, Mobility Systems Branch

    VICKSBURG, Miss. - Victoria “Vickey” Moore was recently selected as chief of the Mobility Systems
  • Mr. Jan Hendrik Dronkers, Rijkswaterstaat Director General and Ms. Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, participate in seminar discussions marking publication of the history book about the US Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program and the Rijkswaterstaat.

    Two Centuries of Experience in Water Resources Management book release

    On Veteran’s Day 2014, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat (RWS)
  • Pictured on the lock wall are left to right: Andy Harkness, INDC Deputy Chief; Kevin Gabig, district quality assurance; Mark Jones, district Engineering and Construction Division chief; Paul Surace, district structural regional technical specialist; Brian McFarland, district lead engineer; and Dennis Zeveney, district Dam and Levee Branch chief.

    Team visits Charleroi new river wall remediation work

    Members of the Inland Navigation Design Center and U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Pittsburgh District
  • Spill barge Thomas N. George places dredge materials from the Mississippi River to fill eroded areas near Lock 25 in Winfield, Missouri. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District officials used the Dredge Potter’s flexible pipe assembly to move more than 100,000 cubic yards to stabilize the overflow dike.

    Corps’ oldest dredge still going strong after 83 years

    The Corps oldest dredge wrapped up another successful dredging season on the Middle Mississippi, January 8. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter, built in 1932 during the Great Depression did not let age stand in her way as she moved more than 3.2 million cubic yards of sediment this year – enough to cover a football field to a height of 1,500 feet.