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  • October

    Army Corps, Local Officials and Partners cut the ceremonial ribbon at Soundview Park, celebrating the completion of the $9 million ecosystem restoration project in the Bronx.

    Army Corps Completes Marsh Ecosystem Restoration at Soundview Park in the Bronx

    Army Corps, Local Officials and Partners cut the ceremonial ribbon at Soundview Park, celebrating the completion of the $9 million ecosystem restoration project in the Bronx
  • Lisa Baron, Project Manager and marine biologist with the Army Corps’ New York District speaks with students about the New York and New Jersey harbor estuary and the importance of ecosystem restoration and activities associated with the Army Corps’ restoration projects and studies.

    Army Corps and Partners Celebrate ‘Estuary Day’

    Army Corps and Partners Celebrate ‘Estuary Day’ in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
  • In the 1960s, the Office of Civil Defense, with help from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other Federal agencies led an effort to answer this question. But, instead of zombies, the threat was from a potential nuclear disaster. The Civil Defense Fallout Shelter items were on display at the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center at Gavins Point Dam during the 2014 recreation season. Background photo is courtesy of Thierry Ehrmann to copy and redistribute with credit via creativecommons.org 2.0 attribution.

    Where to go in a Zombie Apocalypse? What about a Nuclear Attack?

    Zombies. They’re at your door. Sure, this time it’s just trick or treaters. BUT... What would you do if it were really zombies? Where would you go? What supplies would you need? Where would you use the bathroom? How would you get food or water and where would you sleep? Instead of zombies, think 1960s and the threat? A potential nuclear disaster. Just in time for Halloween, peek into life in a fallout shelter as presented in a display at the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center at Gavins Point Dam during the 2014 recreation season.
  • Four of the water quality monitoring stations feature a raised platform to protect the equipment from high waters.

    Sophisticated network monitors Savannah River estuary

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Ensuring healthy water quality is an essential part of environmental monitoring for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is partnering with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to monitor water quality in the estuary using a sophisticated network of continuous monitoring stations.
  • Len Iseldyke from D2Team-Sim discusses his firm's capabilities with Crystal Bennett-Echols and Wes Turner of the Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate's Medical Division programs during the center's Small Business Forum Oct. 15 at Jackson Center in Cummings Research Park.

    Small businesses essential to Huntsville Center success

    “The truth is we couldn’t deliver our programs without them – when you get to the actual execution