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  • December

    Patty Coffey, deputy chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Operations Division, holds a photo in her office Dec. 8, 2014 of her hydrating a young American Bald Eagle at Dale Hollow Lake July 27, 1989 as part of the Eagle Restoration Project. Coffey, a wildlife biologist, served as the project manager for the program that transported 18 eaglets in July 1989 from Wisconsin and Alaska to Tennessee to reestablish the American Bald Eagle to the upper Cumberland region. Twelve eaglets were bound for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to place at Chickamauga Lake, although one died during the trip, and six were resettled at Dale Hollow Lake. A total of 44 eaglets were resettled at Dale Hollow Lake between 1987 and 1991.

    Restoring American Bald Eagle to upper Cumberland region a tall tale

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 22, 2014) – Nurturing baby American Bald Eagles in a man-made crib atop a 23-foot tower seems like a tall tale, but that is exactly how biologists carried out a conservation plan in the late 1980s to restore the nation’s symbol to the upper Cumberland region.
  • Alexandria, Va. -- One of eight boxes sits in storage at the Veterans Curation Program office in Alexandria, Virginia, Dec. 3, 2014. The curation program provides recently separated military veterans with employment and archaeological training, including going through artifacts found at Fort Norfolk, while also providing the veterans with resume writing assistance and interview skills over a five month period. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Veterans transition program documents Fort Norfolk relics

    The Army Corps of Engineers Veteran’s Curation Program, provide recently separated military veterans with employment and job training through rehabilitation and preservation of archeological collections, including items found at Fort Norfolk, while also providing the vets with interview skills training and resume writing assistance.
  • Illinois Waterway Maintenance Crew members, Craig Williams, Cory Bowen and Mark Hanson remove the pintle ball and bushing from the lower right sector gate at T.J. O'Brien Lock.

    Sector Gates Raised After 35 Years

    For the first time in 35 years, the 255,000-pound sector gates at the Thomas J. (T.J.) O’Brien Lock and Dam are being raised and repaired as part of a critical maintenance project designed to rehabilitate the 54-year-old facility. T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam is a unit of the Illinois Waterway Navigation System and is located at the entrance to Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Basil Meyer, construction representative at the Far East District Seoul Project office, has worked with the district since 2003 and has overseen projects at installations across the Republic of Korea.

    Spotlight: Basil Meyer

    Basil Meyer, construction representative at the Seoul Project office, has engineering in his
  • Philip Siu is a district intern from the Department of the Army internship program. This program gives interns the opportunity to understand the various roles played within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    District intern program sets new employees on right path

    The Department of the Army internship program gives interns the opportunity to understand the